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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An early Lada sedan, based on the VAZ-2101 Zhiguli, found in a Bulgarian junkyard.

The Lada Riva is infamous for its Russian heritage and status asTop Gearpresenter Jeremy Clarkson's "worst car in the world." But Lada is making sure there won't be a Riva to kick around anymore: ...

Founded in 1966, AvtoVAZ -- then simply known as VAZ, or Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Automobile Factory on the Volga/River) -- is the second-largest automotive manufacturer in Russia that makes ...

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.

In December 2019, General Motors sold its 50-percent stake in the GM-AvtoVAZ joint-venture which built the Chevrolet Niva SUV. The buyer was none other than AvtoVaz Group, which last week began ...