Lada VAZ-21011 x 2

On Friday March 25, 2016, I went to have lunch at the same restaurant I visited when I saw these two early Ladas so had an opportunity to check up on them.

They are still there two years after.

At the time I identified them as two Lada VAZ-2101 but this time I am inclined to believe that they are actually VAZ-21011s - a version of the VAZ-2101 that remained in production until 1983 and is also known as the Lada 1300 on foreign markets.

Although certain things are not right for the 21011 either, especially the bumpers which are not the VAZ-21011 bumpers. In fact, the bumpers do look like 2101 but not the rest of the cars.

But on balance there is more of the VAZ-21011 in them than from any other related model and there was also the VAZ-21013 aka Lada 1200s in addition to the base VAZ-2101.
 

The red car also has newer side rear view mirrors. Also, the red car has no quarter glass window, but it probably should. In all, the red one looks more bastardized than the green one which is purer although not perfect either.

Nice low-back seats, you fold them out and get an even sleeping place, something you can't do any more with modern cars on account of head rests and other stuff.

The taillights are not consistent with the 21011 either. In fact they do look like they came from a VAZ-2101 as does the bumper but it has a reverse light which the 2101 did not have.

The quarter glass aka vent window is where it should properly be on this green one.