Spotted...cars in Moscow: Lada VAZ-2107

Friday, May 15, 2015

Lada VAZ-2107

This is the first post on this blog, a car spotting blog.

Starting with my favorite car of all times which is a Lada, and, more specifically, the Lada 2107.

I learned to drive in a similar Lada 2107 car, also the first car I drove myself, so the nostalgia factor is there. Also, it is probably the last of the breed of small affordable FR RWD compact sedans.

I spotted and photographed it late last month (March 2015).

It is a clean and well maintained specimen.

Front passenger window view -- a nice view, check out the seats, either after-market, or just tastefully enveloped in nice seat covers.

A Lada 2107 was the car that I learned to drive in and also the first car I drove myself.

Regardless whether it was my first car or not, I am firmly of the opinion that the Lada 2107 is the best-looking and overall the best car in the world, while all the other cars are just varying degrees of -- pardon-moi -- crap, in one way or another... and usually in several ways at once.

I believe, it also was the last affordable compact classic rear wheel drive sedan anywhere in the world.

And it is also on my all-time car wish list, except that it is out of production now and I buy only new (that is, when I do... so far it happened only once).

To further prove my point, here's a selection of fine Lada 2107 photos from the Internet -- they are AvtoVAZ promo photos formerly used to advertise the VAZ-2107 when it still was in production.

These are definitely after-market seats... could even be leather or something extracted in a process wherein animals are slightly harmed... but maybe they don't care because it happens posthumously.