Retire The Jokes! Soviet Cars Were Actually Good | 1978 VAZ 2101 | CC&C Road Test (Lada 1200)

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  @classiccarsandclayton · 2 weeks ago · pinned

  What's your favorite Soviet car?

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• AN

  @antonvarenyevich · 2 weeks ago

  Приятно увидеть настолько живую копейку в Канаде

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  @RitaKocova-d8o · 8 days ago

  От плуга, запряженного волами, до первого человека в космосе, вечная память великим героям СССР.

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• IL

  @ilyatsukanov8707 · 8 days ago

  The fate of cars is like that of people in some ways. I'm glad this little Kopeyechka is living in such a beautiful place, and getting so much love both from its owner and in this review. Thank you!

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  @ДмитрийАндрианов-й4ы · 12 days ago

  Моя первая тачка. Помню садился в неё включал зажигание и балдел глядя как щиток одометра подсвечивется.

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  @ПетрСоломов · 6 days ago (edited)

  Привет, у меня &nbsp;в 25 лет, была ВАЗ-2106 &quot;КАНАДКА&quot; с 5-тью скоростями в перед и 1-на назад, я её в гараже сам один собирал 6 месяцев по журналу по ремонту. Печка там &nbsp;просто ЖАРКАЯ в минус 25 в машине спишь в шортах и свитере. Разбирал в ней всё Двигатель 2 раза, в одного, КПП и задний мост то же разбирал. Что бы лучше зимой ехать ложили в багажник груз около 100 кг. И бак заливали полностью, он тогда стоил 4 руб. литр. Машину мне дал тесть она вся ржавая была пришлось менять метал и красить. И ещё всю эту машину можно разобрать ключом на &quot;13&quot;.Когда продавал в 2002 году плакал. <br>Привет из России г. Москва мне 50 лет.

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• NI

  @nickmaronese · 2 weeks ago

  Well, isn&apos;t that a handsome little fella?

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  @r0mant1k4 · 2 weeks ago

  Greetings from this car&apos;s homeland.<br>My first car was a 2101, and later i had a built 2105 with 16v engine. These cars are actually a very popular platform here, since it&apos;s the cheapest rwd platform you can buy. With simple bolt ons they become rather capable for winter drifting or amateur rallying. If you invest more - you can enter into many summer lada-specific time attack events. They are getting more expensive now, since many people have nostalgia for them, and since there are less and less good ones being left.<br><br>It is sort of a russian version of a beloved ae86/ae85. It&apos;s a car that spawned our car culture, taught many people how to drive, and created many aftermarket shops all over the country. What&apos;s funny, &nbsp;in terms of physical dimensions, rwd ladas are almost identical to an ae86 (wheelbase, track widths etc.). The only difference is that lada&apos;s have steering boxes and double wishbone front suspension, while ae86&apos;s have mcpherson struts and rack an pinion. I&apos;ve actually seen a guy, who found a gutted ae86 shell and installed a complete lada powertrain into it. Engine, transmission, rear end etc. Even the driveshaft did not need any modifications.<br><br>Also, i believe, that if you combine the sales of all RWD lada models, turkish fiat 124 derived tofaşes, early fiat 124 based kia models, and the original Fiat 124, it will actally become the most sold platform in history.<br><br>Also, fun fact. I don&apos;t know if you&apos;ve talked about this in the video, I haven&apos;t yet seen it fully, but ladas specifically have their own unique engines. Fiats and other fiat 124 based cars used the fiat&apos;s original ohv engine, and sometimes fiat&apos;s 8v dohc &quot;twincam&quot; engine. Meanwhile, for ladas, the soviets actually purchased an unfinished ohc engine project from fiat, which fiat did not out into any of their models. This engine was completed during the Togliatti plant construction, and ladas has been using it ever since.

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• JD

  @jdnrotterdam2150 · 12 days ago

  In The Netherlands my parents bought this car brand new in 1986. &nbsp;The lada 1200s

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• AH

  @AHATOJIU4 · 2 weeks ago

  Спасибо за видео! Приятно видеть энтузиаста!

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  @ОлегПоляков-я9р · 12 days ago

  I had same lada 20 years ago. I used to drive it for two or three years. The thing about this car is that it feels analog, no electronic injection, no electronic accelerator pedal, thin body metal and huge windows. I think every 40+ years car will give you that feeling, mk2, mk1 golfs, old fords and many many others. Its about feeling you defenetly wont find in modern cars:)

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  @doctorb1973 · 10 days ago (edited)

  also known as ”kopeyka”. my dad still has one. 51 years. So many memories. I know every bolt of it (some of them still have FIAT stamped on them ). Soviets had to modify the original Fiat 124 model to withstand the punishment of rugged Russian roads.

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