VAZ 2105

LADA 2105 (VAZ-2105 Zhiguli) - Soviet and Russian rear-wheel drive car of the III group of small class with a body type sedan. It was developed at the Volzhsky Automobile Plant. Small-scale production started in October 1979, full-scale production was launched in January 1980 and lasted until December 30, 2010. The longest-produced car of the Zhiguli family (31 years from 1979 to 2010).

History
The VAZ-2105 model became the ancestor of the second generation of the VAZ classic, and was developed by serious modernization of the earlier produced models within the framework of the second generation of VAZ rear-wheel-drive vehicles as a replacement for the VAZ-2101 first-born Zhiguli, in its turn based on Fiat 124, the winner competition "European car of 1967". With full preservation of the carcass and bodywork manufacturing technology, its exterior panels have changed markedly, giving the trendy "angular" forms at the time. Chromed decorative details gave way to matte black, made of plastic or painted metal. Aluminum bumpers with rubber buffers were designed with the expectation of installing hydraulic dampers according to American safety standards.