Lada Niva
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Soviet and Russian off-road vehicle
Key facts
- Manufacturer
- AvtoVAZ
- Production
- 1977–present
- Class
- Off-road car , Compact SUV
- Body style
- 3/5-door Compact SUV , 2-door pickup truck , 2-door chassis cab , 3-door pickup truck-based van , 3-door box van , 2-door ambulance , 2-door police SUV
- Layout
- Front-engine, full-time four-wheel-drive
- Related
- VIS-2346/2946
- Engine
- petrol : 1.6 L 2106 I4 1.7 L 21213/4 I4 1.8 L 2131 I4 diesel : 1.9 L XUD9A I4 1.9 L XUD9SD turbo I4
- Transmission
- 4-speed manual (1977–1993), 5-speed manual (1993–present)
- Front
- independent suspension with coil springs
- Rear
- 5-link live axle
- Wheelbase
- 2,200 mm (86.6 in) ( hatchback ), 2,700 mm (106.3 in) ( wagon ), 2,700 mm (106.3 in) ( pickup )
- Length
- 3,740 mm (147.2 in) (hatchback), 4,240 mm (166.9 in) (wagon), 4,520 mm (178.0 in) (pickup)
- Width
- 1,680 mm (66.1 in)
- Height
- 1,640 mm (64.6 in)
- Curb weight
- 1,150 kg (2121), 1,210 kg (21213/21214), 1,350 kg (2131)
- Successor
- Lada Niva Travel
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lada Niva Legend, formerly called the Lada Niva, VAZ-2121, VAZ-2131, and Lada 4×4 (Russian: ВАЗ-2121, ВАЗ-2131, Лада Нива), is a series of four-wheel drive, small (hatchback), and compact (wagon and pickup) off-road cars designed and produced by AvtoVAZ since 1977. Initially aimed at the rural market, later models also targeted urban users. The three- and later five-door 4×4 hatchbacks were sold under the Lada marque in many markets, and have been in continuous production since 1977.
In the 1990s, three- and five-door wagons on a 50 cm (20 in) longer wheelbase and an extra-long wheelbase pick-up were added to the range. After the original Land Rover and its successor, the Land Rover Defender, were discontinued in 2016, the Niva became the longest-production-run off-road light vehicle still manufactured in its original form. By the end of 2020, an estimated 650,000 Lada Nivas had been sold globally.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lada Niva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.