Today I will tell you about a car like the VAZ-2101, which is popularly called "penny". This car became the most massive in the entire Soviet era of the existence of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant. The brands of this plant are now known as "LADA".

But the name "LADA" did not appear immediately. The fact is that VAZ initially named its line of cars "Zhiguli". But, this word is obscene for the inhabitants of Italy, and Italian-speaking peoples. Therefore, a rebranding was carried out.

VAZ-2101 "Kopeyka" is a modified licensed copy of the Italian brand "Fiat-124". The Soviet leadership began negotiations on the purchase of a car model back in 1966. After that, a hasty construction of the enterprise began, and already in 1970, the "2101" car began to be actively sold throughout the USSR. - Actively - relatively. Since there were queues to buy a car.

VAZ-2101, had a body model - a sedan. Rear-wheel drive. Fuel "Gasoline AI-72". The total weight is 955 kilograms. Engine displacement is 1.2 liters. 62 horsepower. The maximum speed is 140. But, it was not safe to accelerate to it, because the car was losing contact with the road. The release of modifications was discontinued in 1988.