1999 VAZ 21099I
Transmission Gearbox - Number of speeds: | Manual |
Fuel Type: | Gasoline |
Drive wheels - Traction - Drivetrain: | FF |
Price (out of date): | $3700 |
1999 VAZ 21099I specs, Fuel type Gasoline, Drive wheels FF, Transmission Gearbox Manual
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The VAZ factory is one of the biggest in the world, has over 90 miles (144 km) of production lines and is unique in that most of the components for the cars are made in-house.[citation needed] The original Lada was a basic car, lacking in most luxuries expected in cars of its time and was patterned after the Fiat 124. Ladas were available in several Western countries during the 1970s and 1980s, including Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, though trade sanctions banned their export to the United States.[citation needed] Sales to Italy were forbidden by the agreement between the Soviet Government and Fiat, to protect Fiat from cheap imports in its home market.[citation needed] Imports to Spain were also prohibited in Spain because the local Fiat subsidiary, SEAT, built a version of the same car.[citation needed] The plant was set up as a collaboration between Italy and the Soviet Union and built on the banks of the Volga river in 1966. A new part of town Togliatti, named after the Italian Communist Party leader Palmiro Togliatti, was built around the factory. The Lada was envisaged as a "people's car" like the Citroën 2CV or the VW Beetle. » Read More About VAZ |