AvtoVAZ is a Russian state-owned automobile manufacturing company. It was formerly named as VAZ, an acronym for Volga Automotive Plant in Russian. AvtoVAZ is best known for its flagship series of Lada
AvtoVAZ administration building in 2010
The VAZ automaking plant in 1969
Early VAZ models (left to right): VAZ-2101 (1970), VAZ-2102 (1971) and VAZ-2103 (1972)
The VAZ-2101 "Zhiguli", commonly nicknamed "Kopeyka", is a compact 4-door saloon or wagon, called small class, passenger car, model 1 in Soviet classification, and produced by the Soviet manufacturer