Abandoned Dealership Full of Vandalized Cars Hides Family Feuds and Big Egos
18 Mar 2024, 14:25 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / An abandoned dealership somewhere in Germany was vandalized years ago. The place hides a story of family feuds and big egos
2024 Lada Niva Is Finally Getting ABS, but It Doesn't Even Have Airbags
4 Dec 2023, 12:13 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / The Lada Niva is the car that never had airbags on board. No ESP, no automatic transmission either. Now, it is finally getting the ABS
This 2JZ-Swapped Lada Riva is Japanese Precision Wrapped in a Funny Soviet Suit
25 Sep 2023, 16:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Safe to say, the three-liter Toyota 2JZ-GTE straight six under the hood of this restomod Lada blows anything it could have had stock out of the water.
Timbeeer! Log-Frame Car Is the Most Russian Thing You'll See Today Because 'Hold My Vodka'
23 Aug 2023, 10:36 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A bunch of YouTuber mechanics makes a running, driving automobile on a wooden frame, in the forest, in 24 hours, then take it out for a spin
Straight Outta Russia: Old Lada Sedan Gains Square Sliding Front Wheels Because Why Not?
25 Jun 2023, 09:31 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / Russian mechanics build motionless square wheels, put them on a car, and take it for a spin; sometimes physics isn’t enough to repel out-of-the-box engineering
Russian Vlogger-Mechanics Smelt Cans and Forks for Pistons; Engine Destruction Is Swift
17 Jun 2023, 21:33 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A Siberian team of automotive YouTubers tried their hands at homemade aluminum pistons; the test-drive session is short, fragmented, and predictable
Cast Iron Skillet Discs Are Perfect for Smoking Car Brakes – And These Russians Prove It
28 May 2023, 13:28 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A team of mechanics from Siberia with an appetite for crazy motoring experiments made brake discs out of cookware, but it didn’t end well
Are Communist Era Cars Really That Bad?
20 May 2023, 08:30 UTC · By: Călin Iosif / The stigma around communist era cars is that they are pretty crummy. But, is that true? Let's take a look at their history
Can You Start a Car With AA Batteries? Yes, You Can – If You and the Car Are From Russia
9 Apr 2023, 20:07 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / “How many 1.5-volt standard batteries does it take to get an inline-four running?” The question has riddled Planet Piston since never; now Russia has the answer
Half-Wheeled Car With Rebar-Reinforced Tires Is As Smooth as Barbed Wire – Because Russia
23 Mar 2023, 22:00 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / A team of Siberian vloggers modified a front-wheel drive automobile to test the functionality of the half-wheel locomotion; results are inconclusive
The Old Lada Niva 4x4 Becomes a Light Commercial Vehicle in Russia
26 Jan 2023, 13:14 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / Based on the Niva Legend, Lada's new LCVs are offered in various configurations for the local market, and they cost as much as a Nissan Versa stateside
Only Lada Beats Tesla as Carmaker With the Oldest Lineup
15 Dec 2022, 00:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to a JATO Dynamics study, the four vehicles Tesla currently sells are, on average, 7.8 years old. Lada vehicles are, on average, 18.9 years old
AvtoVAZ To Build Cars at Nissan Plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, From 2023
10 Dec 2022, 20:55 UTC · By: Răzvan Măgureanu / Avtovaz, the Russian manufacturer of Lada models, wants to expand production in 2023 at the Nissan plant in St. Petersburg that it took over
From Rust to Race: 8-Month Built Lada Cosworth Duratec Is the Ultimate Street Sleeper
28 Nov 2022, 14:23 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Russian sedan was a junkyard favorite in the UK. Despite having a durable exterior, the Lada 2101/VAZ-2101 was prone to galvanic corrosion
These Guys Made Exhaust Valves Out of Old Soviet Coins, Are They Made of Stalinium?
19 Nov 2022, 21:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If it were this easy to make a set of valves for a Small Block 350 Chevy motor, we bet you'd never see one in a mechanic's shop ever again
Russia Develops Electric Lada e-Largus Despite Crippling Sanctions
8 Aug 2022, 16:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the Russian Federation struggles to secure the chips it needs to make ICE-powered cars, Russia is currently pouring money into an electric vehicle
2022 Lada Niva Gets Poverty-Spec Classic '22 Version, Simplicity Defines It
26 Jul 2022, 09:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The poverty-spec Lada Niva is back under the Classic '22 handle, a back-to-basics trim level resulting from the western world's sanctions on Russia
Lada Granta Classic '22 Revealed, Poverty-Spec Model Doesn't Even Have Airbags
16 Jun 2022, 14:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you ever wondered how bad the Russian automotive industry is doing after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this car is the perfect example
Sanctions Send Russia’s Car Industry Back to the 80s, New Cars Now Without Airbags and ABS
17 May 2022, 12:25 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Russian carmakers are also authorized to ignore Emissions standards and are no longer obligated to equip their vehicles with seat belt pretensioners
Renault Dumping Its 68% Stake in Russia’s Biggest Carmaker for One Rouble
28 Apr 2022, 08:47 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Renault will reportedly transfer its 68% stake in AvtoVAZ to an automotive research institute, while its factory in Moscow goes to the Russian government