LADA Vesta SW Cross and Vesta SW Estate Wagon

The Lada Vesta SW Cross, which is a 5-seater crossover based on the Lada Vesta, is on sale here in Russia starting on October 25, 2017, having entered production on September 11, 2017.

There is also a related Lada Vesta SW which is an estate wagon.

No sightings yet but here is a press kit of official photos:

Exterior

ED4M-0280 Electric Commuter Train ЭД4М-0280

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ER2T-7157

Crashed and abandoned: Moskvitch 2141-2

Crashed and abandoned: Moskvitch 2141-2

The Moskvitch 2141-2 aka Svyatogor was the upgraded M-2141, the last Moskvitch car model, also known as the Aleko in some foreign markets.

 

 This one was crashed and apparently abandoned.

Lada VAZ-2105 with Headlight Wipers

Here is a Lada VAZ-2105 in spring dirt camouflage but with headlight wipers.

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.

Lada car ad.

Abandoned: UAZ-452 Van

Here is a long abandoned UAZ-452 van somewhere in the woods.

The UAZ-452 has been manufactured since 1965 and is still in production under a different index.

Here is my multi-photo reportage:

Moscow Camry Corner # 2

So I have apparently jumped on the Camry dent (aka Camry corner) bandwagon, and here is my Moscow Camry corner No. 2.

This is Camry Corner / Dent No. 2 on this blog that I have photographed whilst not specifically going looking for them, just what I am confronted with in my daily living activities (as is everything else on my blog).

I am too lazy right to identify the exact model or generation of Camry here, so will file it under Toyota Camry.

Moscow Monorail Train

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A journey by Moscow monorail on August 13, 2017.

Trains EPS 04, EPS 07

Lada VAZ-2102 Storage Unit Edition

Here is another Lada VAZ-2102 spotted recently here in Moscow which is going to be the No. 3 Lada VAZ-2102 on this blog.

The Lada VAZ-2102 is the estate version of the Lada VAZ-2101 and also known as "Combi" or "Universal" (in Russia). In 1985 it was succeeded by the Lada VAZ-2104.

I think this one is an 1980s version. Too bad I didn't manage to shoot the back, maybe next time.

In this case it appears to be serving as a stationary storage unit next to some market here in Moscow not far from one of my residences actually.

A Lada 2102 is in this TV commercial spot (?)

And as per usual for this blog here are some promo photos of the Lada VAZ-2102 of the yesteryear borrowed from the Internet.

Look at all the crates that you can get into it!

Street Parked Volga GAZ-21

Here is a Third Series Volga GAZ-21 parked on a street.

As I said, this one is a third series (no bumper guards, baleen grille, etc.) but with additions aka some bastardization.

This is the No. 4 Third Series Volga GAZ-21 on blog, The count goes on well.

In particular, the deer is from a second series Volga.

So this one has two hood ornaments: the deer is from a second series Volga while the flat emblem is consistent with it being a third series.

ED4M-0457 Electric Train

Trainspotting time...

ED4M-0457 Electric Train

ED4 (Electric train Demikhovskiy 4-th modification) is a series of Russian electric trainsets, in production since 1996. The trains are produced by DMZ and currently in service on RZD lines in almost every part of the country and former USSR states.

ZAZ-968M #3

Another ZAZ-968M sighted; in fact this will be the No. 3 968M on this blog.

The ZAZ-968M is the second (and last) generation of the ZAZ Zaporozhets rear-wheel drive air-cooled supermini car.

ChME3-2336 Diesel Locomotive

Volga GAZ-31105

Here is a Volga GAZ-31105.

The Volga GAZ-31105 was the last model of the Volga mid-size sedan and was a re-styled and upgraded version of the preceding model Volga GAZ-3110.

This one is also a post-2007 version which differs from the pre-2007 in the grille shape, also has an upgraded interior on which Germany's Hоеrmann Rawema и EDAG also worked, and other things.

For comparison here are some wikipedia Volga GAZ-31105 pre-2007 pictures.

Автор: Dmitriy707 - собственная работа, CC BY-SA 4.0, Ссылка

And one in Monaco in front of the Casino Monte-Carlo.

Автор: Leon petrosyan - собственная работа, CC BY-SA 3.0, Ссылка

But again post-2007 versions looked like in my pictures above and below.

There was also an extended wheel-base 31105.

 Hоеrmann Rawema и EDAG contributed to the post-2007 interior.

A review in Russian of a used 2005 Volga GAZ-31105.