My favorite Russian cars

I adore my iron buddies.This is the car
old school shit.


April 19, 1970 at the Volga Automobile Plant was collected first 


"penny" - VAZ-2101.In the next two decades penny has become the most 

popular and widely Russian cars, and in the understanding of Soviet 


citizens - the first step to success and prosperity.

    "Foreign Car" in the Soviet

Demand for them far exceeds supply. The more so that its output of 

passenger cars then were ridiculous.In a large as the USSR, a 

country live without the car was problematic - had to agree with 

that even hard-core supporters of public transport. THEY had to make 

the deployment of their production.The country's leadership has 

decided to turn to the experience of Italian Fiat.This contract had 

a very great political significance. From an economic point of view, 

the choice was made in favor of a very promising model of subcompact 

Fiat-124, received in 1966 the title of European Car of the Year. 

Since then she decided to create the most popular Soviet car - for 

which the company Fiat bought equipment, technology and 

prochee.Summa contract, signed Aug. 15, 1966, amounted to about $ 

320 million is interesting that while the Italians managed to earn 

the extra few million - as agreement provides for the payment of the 

contract of bank loans Instituto Mobiliare Italiano, who stood under 

the Soviet Vneshtorgbank 5.6% per annum.

Place to build a new automobile, obviously, was chosen for the same 

reasons. In 1964, the small town of Stavropol Kuibyshev region was 

renamed Togliatti in honor of the Italian communist Palmiro 

Togliatti (Palmiro Togliatti, 1893-1964). Better place, from a 

policy perspective, it was not found. A flowing past the city of the 

Volga River was an important transport artery. And so, in 1967, in 

Togliatti simmered work on construction of the Volga automobile 

plant, as well as new residential areas for its future workers. The 

population of Togliatti rose sharply from year to year: in 1960 it 

amounted to only 75 thousand, then a decade later it had already 

reached a quarter of a million people.

(Fiat-124)

Something

Propose now to look into the interior car VAZ 

2101.From below the posted pictures, we see that salno car just 

shines simplicity. Please vnimnie to the panel, it is not just a 

soft cert it does, unlike chisels (range 2108-21099), made of high 

quality.But here is the lower part of the so-called oven does not 

shine and the quality is plastic.

And pay attention to the color of the skin sheathed interior, could 

be if it was the skin.

And what is the original steering wheel, with two rings, where one 

of the ring on the steering wheel car VAZ 2101 is pugalkoy.

Steering wheel easy to use, large, and because of its thickness it 

visually seems more

Technical characteristics

Engine                                                                                                   1.3l, 8-kl.

Length, mm                                                                                               4043

       Width mm                                                                                           1611

Height mm                                                                                                  1440

Wheelbase mm                                                                                           2424

Track front mm                                                                                             1349

Rear track, mm                                                                                             1305

Clearance, mm                                                                                              170

Amount of trunk, l.                                                                                          325

Body type / number of doors                                                        Sedan / 4

Engine location                                                                    Front, longitudinally

Engine volume, cm3                                                                                       1300

Type cylinder                                                                                           Inline

Number of cylinders                                                                                          4

Stroke, mm                                                                                                         66

Cylinder diameter, mm                                                                                      79

The degree of compr.                                                                                         8.5

Valves per cylinder                                                                                              2

Power system                                                                                         Carburetor

manual transmission                                                                                           4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Fuel tank capacity                                                                                               39

Maximum speed km / h                                                                                      145

Curb weight, kg                                                                                                    955 

 (0-100 km / h)                                                                                                      18 

Fuel. in urban                                                                                                        9.4

Fuel.comb                                                                                                            9