Quite obviously, old Ladas are a thing in Hungary, where roshake77 shot these two. According to him, these are a 1995 Lada 2105 and a 1991 2107. Maybe someone will tell us what the writing on the spoiler says.
Here’s how a similar Lada looks in the front:
These are Ladas from the Russian Great Brougham Epoch, which went on a long time there. These are all based on the original Lada 2101, which dates back to 1970 and was of course based on the Fiat 124, although with a number of significant changes to make them them suitable for the USSR, including a different OHC four. They were built until 2010.
Spoiler says “Come shake it” twice 🙂
Thank you for translating. at first glance, I thought it might be some serious cuss words and I was about to look it up. No one around me speaks Hungarian these days. Traveled From Eger to Kisvarda in one of these some years ago. The ride seemed a little choppy, solid car though.
Saw online recently a proposed prototype for a new Lads Riva…hope I got the name right.
(It’s the company’s 4×4 off road vehicle. ) The next Riva will have styling that to me anyway, makes the newest RAV4 look conservative.
You mean Lada Niva?
Riva was the export market name for the 2104 / 2105 / 2107 family (confusingly, on some markets they were called Lada Nova) while Niva is the boxy little SUV (model 2121 and it’s derivates, originally dating back to 1977 and later joined by the 2nd gen Chevy Niva).
Lada Niva and Chevy Nova? No, Chevy Niva and Lada Nova! Huh!?
I wouldn’t be too confident about Lada’s wilder concept cars ever making it to production. Its always a long, dragged out struggle for russian car makers to get anything into production, and its been like that for decades.
These remind me of many of the locally built Fiat 124’s I saw in Turkey seven years ago. A few were tastefully done, in mild retro-mod style. But most looked like someone had thrown the Turkish equivalent of the JC Whitney catalog at them. I had never noticed that enhanced grill on later Lada’s until today and then I saw two: this white one, and a similar vintage red Lada in Ukraine, in an NYT photo.
1970s Fords eventually offered owners similar rear bumper perforations as the car on the right, to cut down on weight, wind resistance, and aid mileage. 🙂
They are speed holes.
Those Ladas are awesome. There is nothing like taking a ‘70s sedan, giving it some rake by lowering the front, filling up the wheel wells with alternate wheels and tires, and adding a bit of extra sass through some mild flaring and spoilering.
Engine and driveline mods, along with sway bars, springs, and shocks well matched, and you are good to go, backing up the looks with some muscle.
It’s easy to take it too far, visually, and these are right on the edge.
The modifications shout “built, not bought”.
The current crop of common used cars offers little opportunity for this sort of thing.
Whole Lada Shakin’ Going On!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DGN8VV8CHnrk&ved=2ahUKEwjnw8u_x7L4AhU_KkQIHQcKAWYQ3yx6BAgOEAI&usg=AOvVaw2ZtkBnE7F26nB_0s2H6yXn
And there’s always Hot ‘Lada
Man I sure do miss those Allman Bros. Need to get my hifi hooked up soon! I just have to get off my butt and update some crappy wiring first.
Lada sold it in Brazil as the Lada Laika in a single version for both sedan and SW from 1990 to 1993, being replaced by the Lada Samara sedan (the Samara hatch went together with Laika and the SUV Niva since 1990). However Lada couldn’t keep its pace with the competition and its operation ended in 1995.
Do not push, tow rope in trunk, Dont see many old Ladas around these days in running order, the dealer principle who imported them all is still in business in Napier heaps of parts for them some harvested from brand new cars that had to be towed from the ships but no new cars available.