Dangerous steering, minivan body and foreign design: myths and facts about Lada Kalina

Outwardly, the Lada Kalina was so different from the angular “chisels” and the “pregnant-swollen” VAZ-2110 that they immediately tried to catch her in “tarnishing connections with foreign cars.” Moreover, the Opel Corsa B (or rather, the Brazilian sedan Chevrolet Corsa) outwardly really had a lot in common with the new VAZ model.

However, work on the new compact model at the VAZ began in the late eighties, and it was not so much about the new car for the Volga plant itself, but about developing the “second” model for Elabugi – first the promising car wore 1124, then 1125. Continue reading →