Lada VAZ-2103

Here is a Lada VAZ-2103 parked in central Moscow today.

The Lada VAZ-2103, or simply the "Three", was a luxury version in the VAZ-2101, -02, -03, -04 and -06 line up.

In particular, it had a beautiful dashboard with a tachometer, still a rarity on many affordable 1970s cars.

This is the No. 4 Lada 2103 recorded on this blog.

The 2103 was replaced by the 2106 which looks similar to it but has differences.

Exhibition Lada Cars

This is from one of my other blogs, VreMax, where I reported on this car exhibition that I visited a year ago - in August of 2014. 

This entry is about the Lada cars I saw there.

Lada VAZ 2101 Zhiguli (Lada) in a rally livery, not sure if original.

VAZ 2103 Zhiguli (Lada) - the deluxe version of the 2101.

2103 and 2106 behind it.

VAZ 2108 Lada Sputnik. Three-door front wheel drive, the first front wheel drive Lada.

There is an urban myth (or maybe not such a myth) that Porsche engineers helped with suspension tuning. 

There will be more Ladas (and all other cars) in my blog, both museum pieces and daily drivers, both in exhibition hall and on the roads of Moscow. Watch this space (i.e. my blog).

Lada VAZ-21061 in Traffic

Last winter (2015) I saw this craggy Lada VAZ-21061.

In city dirt camouflage, with curtains on the back window... God only knows what's going on inside... maybe even nothing unusual. But the brake lights are working.

This one is interesting because the badge here says Lada 1500s which tells a story to a Lada enthusiast like me.

It means it's not the Lada VAZ-2106 (aka Lada 1600) per se although outwardly it looks like one and it's not the Lada VAZ-2103 (aka Lada 1500) which looks different, especially in the rear lights department... but is in fact the Lada VAZ-21061 (Lada 1500s)! 

And the Lada VAZ-21061 (Lada 1500s) is basically the Lada VAZ-2106 but with a motor from the Lada VAZ-2103. Amazing, isn't it? I found out all of this by researching the Lada 1500s on the Internet.

1970-87 Lada Cars

Another intermission by way of a car-related post from my other blog, VreMax.

Lada cars of the 1970-1987 period. Continuing verbatim. 

Another car show at Moscow's VDNKh -- Cars of Our Back Yard -- USSR cars.

Not the first car-themed show I saw at the location -- in August last year we saw Car Industry of the USSR.

But that time I was lazy to make too many photos. This time however I made over 200!

So it is in parts.

Part 1 - the Moskvitch -- is here -- Part 1 Moskvitch Cars.

Part 2 -- ZAZ cars -- is here -- Part 2 Zaporozhets Cars.

Part 3 -- Moto -- is here -- Old Russian Motorcycles, Mopeds, etc. 

And now - Part 4 - Lada cars (not all of them).

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1975 VAZ-2106 (Lada 1600), a Deluxe version and a development of the VAZ-2103 (see below)

1970 VAZ-2101, the first Lada model.

It is supposed to be the VAZ-2101 but certain things aren't right. I guess it is as close as they could come to a complete VAZ-2001.