Russian car-maker AutoVaz has announced that it will stop production of its Lada 2107 model, better known in Britain as the Lada Riva, after more than 40 years. In this gallery we remember some of ...

The Lada, was first built in the Soviet Union in 1970 by the Russian car giant AvtoVAZ. It spawned a thousand playground jokes but ended up selling more than 20 million worldwide.

The Lada "Classic" (or 2105 and 2107 Riva) was a joint venture between the Russians and the Italians. It was based on the Fiat 124 and made from inferior Russian steel that was prone to immediate rust ...

While we love the idea of a spotlessly clean Lada Niva, we're sure that somewhere in those 2.5 million examples there's another, reasonably clean one, for a fraction of the price. View the listing ...