This article is about the vehicle currently known as the Lada Niva Legend. For the Lada Niva Travel, see Lada Niva Travel.
This article is about the 4×4 vehicle formerly known as the Lada Niva. It is not to be confused with the compact car known as the Lada Riva or Lada Nova or the musical group called Ladaniva.
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Motor vehicle
Lada Niva Legend
1987 Lada Niva
Overview
Manufacturer
AvtoVAZ
Also called
VAZ-2121 & VAZ-2131 "Niva" (Soviet Union/Russia (1977–1993)) Lada Super 4×4 (Egypt) Lada Bushman (Australia)[1] Lada Cossack (United Kingdom & New Zealand) Lada Turist (New Zealand) Lada Fora Lada Hussar Lada Job (Italy) Lada Sport (Iceland) Lada Niva Lada Taiga (Germany & New Zealand) Vlada 4×4 (Japan)
2,200 mm (86.6 in) (hatchback) 2,700 mm (106.3 in) (wagon) 2,700 mm (106.3 in) (pickup)
Length
3,740 mm (147.2 in) (hatchback) 4,240 mm (166.9 in) (wagon) 4,520 mm (178.0 in) (pickup)
Width
1,680 mm (66.1 in)
Height
1,640 mm (64.6 in)
Curb weight
1,150 kg (2121) 1,210 kg (21213/21214) 1,350 kg (2131)
The Lada Niva Legend,[3] formerly called the Lada Niva, VAZ-2121, VAZ-2131, and Lada 4×4 (Russian: ВАЗ-2121, ВАЗ-2131, Лада Нива), is a series of four-wheel drive, small (hatchback), and compact (wagon and pickup) off-road cars designed and produced by AvtoVAZ since 1977. Initially aimed at the rural market, later models also targeted urban users. The three- and later five-door 4×4 hatchbacks were sold under the Lada marque in many markets,[4] and have been in continuous production since 1977.
In the 1990s, three and five-door wagons on a 50 cm (20 in) longer wheelbase and an extra-long wheelbase pick-up were added to the range[clarification needed]. After the original Land Rover and its successor, the Land Rover Defender, were discontinued in 2016, the Niva became the longest production run off-road light vehicle still manufactured in its original form. By the end of 2020, an estimated 650,000 Lada Nivas had been sold globally.[5]
The Lada Niva is the world's first mass-produced off-road vehicle with a unibody construction (fully integrated body and frame).[6] It is the predecessor of current crossover SUVs, most of which are built similarly. It was part inspiration for the Suzuki Vitara.[7]
In August 2020, Lada took over production of the 2003 Chevrolet Niva and rebranded it the "new" Lada Niva.[8] In December 2020, the new Niva was further rebranded as the Lada Niva Travel, while the old model was renamed Lada Niva Legend in January 2021.[9][3]
Outside Russia, the Niva primarily competes with the Suzuki Jimny, a similarly designed off-road mini SUV.
^Lada Australia advertisement for Lada Niva and Lada Bushman, Wheels (magazine), April 1997
^"Ao"Азия Авто"". Aziaavto.kz. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ ab"LADA Niva Legend: the new name for the iconic model – Press-releases – News – Official website LADA". LADA official website. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^https://www.lada.ru/en/ Push cars icon and scroll down
^"AVTOVAZ has started production of the new LADA Niva Travel". LADA official website (Press Release). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
^Six years ahead of the 1983 (for the 1984 model year) American Jeep Cherokee (XJ).
^Thompson, p.238.
^"Niva возвращается в семью LADA!" [Niva returns to the Lada family] (in Russian).
^"AVTOVAZ has started production of the new LADA Niva Travel – Press-releases – News – Official website LADA". LADA official website. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
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