Brand Details
About Lada
- Category
- Car
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Europe
- Founded
- 1966
- Headquarters
- Tolyatti, Russia
- Parent
- AvtoVAZ
- Format
- Transparent PNG
Shown for identification. Lada and its logo are trademarks of their respective owner.
Brand History
The Lada Story
Lada is the brand of AvtoVAZ, the giant Soviet car plant established at Tolyatti in 1966 in cooperation with Fiat. Its first product, the Fiat 124-based VAZ-2101 'Zhiguli', became the definitive Soviet family car, and the 1977 Niva was a pioneering unibody 4x4 that remains in production in updated form. Renault progressively took control of AvtoVAZ in the 2010s but exited Russia in 2022, returning the company to state-linked ownership.
Logo History
Evolution Of The Lada Logo
Model Evolution
Lada Through The Years
8 milestone models from 1970 to 2015.
1970Photo: Forrexp · CC BY-SA 4.0
1977Photo: TTTNIS · Public domain
1980Photo: Charles01 · CC BY-SA 3.0
1984Photo: Torsten Maue · CC BY 2.0
1995Photo: Throwawayacc222 · CC0
2004Photo: Autos.ua · CC BY 3.0
2011Photo: Ilya Plekhanov · CC BY-SA 4.0
2015Photo: Throwawayacc222 · CC0
Current Lineup
Lada remains Russia's best-selling car brand, building models such as the Granta, Vesta and Niva at Tolyatti.
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