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 ...

The VAZ-2101 Lada sedan isn't exactly a worthy vehicle for a one-off restomod, but a Bulgarian tuning company did exactly that ...

The first model was called ‘VAZ 2101’ and would soon become widely loved and known as a “kopeika” - a copeck, a monetary subunit of the ruble. Fiat 124. Mr.choppers (CC BY-SA 2.0) ...

The VAZ-311 was placed in a whopping 250 VAZ-2101 (aka Lada 1200, aka the Soviet version of the Fiat 124) chassis and given the name VAZ-21018.

A VAZ-2101 Lada sedan, found in a wrecking yard in Bulgaria near the Black Sea coast.

And they did it while barely even changing a badge! Yes, today's 1986 VAZ 2101 does look like a relic from a Fellini film, but was in fact built under license by AutoVAZ from 1970 through 1988.

Depending on which way you look at it, the Riva has been in production for either 30 years, 42 years, or 46 years: the Riva began production in 1982, but is heavily based on the late VAZ-2101 from ...

Unlike the almost luxury GAZ-24, the simple VAZ-2101 was widely accessible to police both in the big cities and rural areas. It was used by all police departments - from road patrols to investigators.

Russian sedan was a junkyard favorite in the UK. Despite having a durable exterior, the Lada 2101/VAZ-2101 was prone to galvanic corrosion ...

“We are grateful to our partner, GUM, that this year’s famous retro rally is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of our VAZ-2101”, said Caracatzanis.

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 ...