The remarkable story of the Lada VAZ-2106 engine, a Soviet-era powerplant that powered cars for over five decades.

The reason there are so many VAZ-2101 Zhiguli-based Ladas at the Retro Museum collection of Soviet Empire machinery in Varna, Bulgaria, is that these cars are still beloved by so many old-school ...

My trip to document the scrapyards of the North of England went so well in January that I decided I'd head to the Black Sea coast to see the "auto-morgues" of Bulgaria and Romania. The 1970-1982 Lada ...

Produced between 1970 and 1988, the VAZ-2101 is more than meets the eye. Based on the Fiat 124 but far more durable where it matters, the Lada features thicker steel, a reinforced chassis, a jacked-up ...

MOSCOW, Sept. 12, 2020 -- People pose with a Lada car before the Lada cars rally dedicated to 50th anniversary of the start of the production of Lada automobiles in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 12, 2020.

On April 19, 1970, a brand new factory in Tolyatti, Russia, released the very first six automobiles of a new brand that would later earn an iconic status, not only in the Soviet Union but also in many ...

AvtoVAZ to reinvigorate Lada with new models A flat Russian market is failing to hold back the growth of Lada which, with a 22% share, is way ahead of number two make Kia. Crucially, Renault is ...

The heyday of Group B rallying was brief, brutal and above all, brilliant. Major developments in turbocharging technology and the introduction of all-wheel drive made cars of this era faster than any ...

A Russian copy of an ageing Fiat doesn’t sound promising, although what Ladas lacked in quality they made up for in value for money Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing ...