Lada 2107

Car spotting series of posts is continued, and Lada car series, continued too.

This time it is a Lada, and not just any Lada but the Lada 2107.

I spotted and photographed it late last month (March 2015).

 It is a clean and well maintained specimen.

Front passenger window view -- a nice view, check out the seats, either after-market, or just tastefully enveloped in nice seat covers.

A Lada 2107 was the car that I learned to drive in and also the first car I drove myself.

Lada VAZ 2107 Pictures off Twitter

Pictures of a souped up Lada 2107 on twitter via

ВАЗ 2107 #VAZ2107 #корч #БоеваяКлассика #Тольятти pic.twitter.com/uJjnruryVh
— Alexey Skyline (@AlexeySkyline) November 2, 2014

Two fans...

It's kinda like the Chaparral 2J only the fans are in front...

Louvers!

A Lada 2107 is the first car I drove.

Diecast: Lada 2107 1:43

I do not specifically collect diecast car models, yet have some.

The most favorite is my diecast Lada 2107 -- the Lada 2107 happens to be one of my all time favorite cars as it was one of the two cars I learned to drive in and the first car that I drove myself. 

Lada 2107 is the deluxe version of the Lada 2105 itself an upgrade on the Lada 2101 based on the Fiat 124.

Even though it may be hard to believe from these first two pictures, this diecast model is what a proper diecast model should be...Front view.

I mean, of course, there are better and more detailed diecast models around, including those of Lada cars, but they tend to be bigger in scale. 

As regards, 1:43 diecasts, I have yet to see a better detailed and more functional (i.e. opening doors, hood, trunk) models...Side view. 

Back view.

3/4

And this is why it is an example to most other 1:43 (or smaller) diecast models -- because everything opens! The hood opens...

And you can have a look at a pretty detailed motor.

Hooniverse Post on Lada 2107

Hoonobituary: The Classic Lada 2107 Riva. 

The post (linked to above) is from some two years ago that I came across just now.

The link is worth clicking only to look at some attached pics of the Lada 2107.

The written commentary is frankly all predictable and cliched rubbish most likely produced by someone who has never driven one, let alone actually owned one, though it is understandable.

But I did drive it. In fact I learned to drive in it.

For a long time it was top of my car wish list. In fact, it remains there.

Unfortunately it's now two years since it went out of production.

Yes, it was the world's last compact and affordable rear wheel drive classic sedan.