Headlight wipers (with washers) first appeared on Lada cars as soon as the square headlight models VAZ-2105, VAZ-2104 and VAZ-2107 were introduced which was in 1980.
Even though headlight wipers have now been almost entirely abandoned by car manufacturers in favor of headlight jet washers, they were first developed in the late 1960s and their heyday was in the late 1970s through early 1980s.
The Lada VAZ-2105 is also known as the Lada Riva or the Lada Nova.
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