Junkyard cars

Abandoned cars Lada 2107

Beautiful!

Lada 2107 "Chevy" Edition

The number 5 Lada VAZ-2107 on this blog. 

Obviously I don't record every single one I see as there are still lots of them on the road - only the nicest or the quirkiest specimen... and this one falls in the latter category.

Anyway the Lada 2107 is my all-time favorite car. I learned to drive in one.

Lada 2107 To Serve and Protect Edition

Here is a Lada 2107 To Serve and Protect edition... something like that anyway.

It may be a thing with certain racers to paint their cars (however crudely) as US police cruisers... either that or those from the GTA series.

Lada "No To Capitalism" Edition

A Lada VAZ-2107 sighted last summer (2016).

This one with a political message on the side.

"YES TO SOCIALISM! NO TO CAPITALISM!"

Hear, hear.

1:43 Lada 2107

From my other blog, VreMax, is this entry on my 1:43 Lada 2107.

The Lada VAZ-2107 is a small-sized family car built by Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, introduced in 1980s.

The production in Russia ended between 2010 and 2012, however, the Lada 2107 remains in production in Egypt.

It is the third best selling automobile platform after the Volkswagen Beetle and the Ford Model T and one of the longest production run platforms alongside the Volkswagen Beetle, the Hindustan Ambassador and the Volkswagen Type 2.

The Lada VAZ-2107 (as are other Lada Classic cars) is a small affordable RWD sedan, of which none are practically left in the world.  

The Lada 2107 also happens to be one of my all time favorite cars as it was one of the two cars I learned to drive in and the first car that I drove myself. 

The Lada 2107 is the deluxe version of the Lada 2105 itself an upgrade on the Lada 2101 based on the Fiat 124.

Even though it may be hard to believe from these first two pictures, this diecast model is what a proper diecast model should be...Front view.

I mean, of course, there are better and more detailed diecast models around, including those of Lada cars, but they tend to be bigger in scale. 

As regards, 1:43 diecasts, I have yet to see a better detailed and more functional (i.e. opening doors, hood, trunk) models...Side view. 

Back view.

3/4

And this is why it is an example to most other 1:43 (or smaller) diecast models -- because everything opens! The hood opens...

And you can have a look at a pretty detailed motor.

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.