1974 Lada VAZ-2101 Zhiguli Car Review and Details | Bengali Guide

Описание: 1974 Lada VAZ-2101 Zhiguli Car Review and Details

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The VAZ-2101 Zhiguli, commonly nicknamed "Kopeyka" , is a compact sedan car (small class, passenger car, model 1 in Soviet classification) produced by the Soviet manufacturer AvtoVAZ and introduced in 1970, the company's first product.

.................. Overview................
*Manufacturer: VAZ, now AvtoVAZ
*Also called: Lada 1200/1200SLada 1300Lada 2101 VAZ-2102
*Production: 1970-1988
*Assembly: Tolyatti, Soviet Union
....................Body and...............

*Class: Compact car
*Body style: 4-door sedan,
5-door estate

*Layout: Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
*Related: Fiat 124SEAT 124Tofaş Murat 124Premier 118NEVAZ-2103VAZ-2106VAZ-2107

...............Powertrain...............

Engine:1.2L VAZ-2101 I4(gasoline)1.3L VAZ-21011 I4 (gasoline)1.5L VAZ-2103 I4 (gasoline)

Transmission: 4-speed Manual
3-speed Automatic

.................Dimensions.............

*Wheelbase: 2,424 mm (95.4 in)

*Length: 4,075 mm (160.4 in) (sedan)4,060 mm (160 in) (estate)


*Width: 1,610 mm (63 in)

*Height: 1,382 mm (54.4 in)

*Curb weight:955 kg (2,105 lb)

.......................Chronology.......................

Successor: VAZ-2103Lada Riva.

An adaptation of the Fiat 124 for the Soviet market, it was exported under the Lada brand. The estate version was known as the VAZ-2102.

The 2101 is a re-engineered version of the Fiat 124 produced under licence from Fiat and tailored for the nations of the Eastern Bloc, but was widely exported to the West as an economy car. Although the facelifted and modernised VAZ-2105, 2104 & 2107versions largely replaced it in the West in the early 1980s, it was still produced for the domestic market as late as 1988. Known as the Zhiguli (for the hills found near the plant) within the Soviet Union, the main differences between the VAZ-2101 and the Fiat 124 are the use of thicker gauge steel for the bodyshell, drum brakes on the rear wheels in place of disc brakes, and a bespoke engine. Early versions of the car featured a starting handle for cranking the engine manually should the battery go flat in Siberian winter conditions, and an auxiliary fuel pump.

AvtoVAZ were forbidden from selling the car in competing markets alongside Fiat 124; however, exports to Western Europe began in 1974 when the 124 was discontinued in favour of Fiat's newer 131 Mirafiori. The 2101 was sold in export markets as the Lada 1200, Lada 1300, Lada 1200S and Lada 2101 until 1989; it was sold in the United Kingdom from May 1974, until the arrival of the Riva in 1983. It was the first Lada to be sold in the United Kingdom.

The first year, 22,000 were produced, and capacity reached 660,000 by 1973. Sales reached one million on 21 December 1973, and one and a half million in 1974. In May 1974, it went on sale in Britain, priced at ₤979.

The 2101 was built, virtually unaltered, from 1970 until 1982.