Lada
Lada
The first cars manufactured by AvtoVAZ were produced with technical assistance from Fiat and marketed under the Zhiguli) designation. The Lada brand appeared in 1973, initially being overseas-focused before becoming AvtoVAZ's main brand for all markets in the 1990s. Renault took control of the brand in 2016. Technical assistance from the French company started in 2008, after it acquired a minority AvtoVAZ stake. Lada was re-acquired by the Russian government in 2022.
Lada
To this day, confirmed by many sources, Lada remains by far the best-selling car in the Russian market.
Soviet era
!The first Lada, the [VAZ-2101, was introduced in 1970](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/1980-VAZ2101.JPG/250px-1980-VAZ2101.JPG)