And not just any civilian cars, but Lada Zhigulis: compact models that are just 16 feet from fender to fender and weigh slightly more than one ton. When the first Russian assault groups climbed ...

Lada unveiled a modified version of the Iskra sedan designed for ice racing. The competition-spec sedan is fitted with a 1.8-liter engine producing 173 hp. It also benefits from a stiffer ...

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Based on the Fiat 124, the VAZ-2103, aka Zhiguli or Lada 1500 (outside of mother Russia), was one of the Soviet Union's most popular cars. Though it was introduced about four years earlier ...