Last year, Lada models made up 21 percent of all new cars sold in Russia ... president Vladimir Putin has frequently posed for photos behind the wheel of Lada vehicles. Now, economic sanctions ...

It has just turned 50, and has had some hard times along the road—but, as the Lada enters its second half century, it still has its devoted admirers. Enthusiasts of the classic Soviet car ...

First built ... the Lada was a popular, budget runaround despite the 1994 Riva regularly making the “worst cars of all time” lists. Now it seems the modest motor may have had the last laugh ...

Lada sold 18 million of its 124 clone Credit: Photo: ALAMY Which family saloon, one based upon the Car of the Year 1967, sold more than 18 million units in 40 years and will cease production only ...

Well, you can always get a donor car, some extra parts, and build it on your own. This is exactly what a couple of Russian mechanics did, transforming a four-wheel drive Lada Niva into a six-wheel ...

Leaning under the hood, Tesfahun Assefa checks the oil and the radiator. - 'Deeply sad' - In the Kechene Medhane Alem neighborhood, north of the capital, a mechanic is leaning over the dusty engine of ...

Lada last exported cars to Cuba in 2005. The island's aging vehicle fleet is largely made up of cobbled-together American cars from the 1940s and 1950s, sold there before the revolution ...

Lada's history can be traced back to the 60's when a car plant opened as part of a joint venture between communist Russia and Italy. Built on the Volga river, the factory triggered the accelerated ...

Lada's history can be traced back to the 60's when a car plant opened as part of a joint venture between communist Russia and Italy. Built on the Volga river, the factory triggered the accelerated ...