Lada Samara

The Lada Samara is a small family car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ under the Lada brand since 1984. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called Sputnik until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara entered in production, using the export name. It was the first front-wheel drive car built in the Soviet Union. Production of the saloon and estate ended in 2013. However, there is no word of the pickup version being discontinued.