IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: Lada Riva (VAZ 2105)

Check out Adrian Flux on the link here: Lada Riva - VAZ 2105 We’ve never had a Lada on IDRIVEACLASSIC before, so this is something a bit different and exciting! If you’re watching this from the UK you’ll know this car as the Lada Riva but if you’re abroad, you may know this as the Lada Kalinka, Lada Laika, Dennis Signet or the VAZ-2105. As the car progressed through its lifecycle, it became known as the Lada Classic. So I guess for everyone moaning this isn’t a classic, it technically is on all accounts I suppose! Before VAZ launched the Riva, it had launched the 2101 - which was the first car they’d ever Brought to market and like a lot of budding car manufacturers, looked to others in the market for a car they could essentially jazz up and re-badge for their appropriate target audience. Which is where Fiat came in. The 124 had won European car of the year in 1967 and VAZ worked with Fiat under license and adapted the 124 to fit the needs of the Russian