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The inoculation of Work Equip wheels, the military flag of Japan, riveted fender flares and Japanese license plates into a humble VAZ 2106 sedan is a stunning display of modern tuning culture, where ideas, memes, details and styles flow like bits and JPEGs. More »
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The Lamest Day takes place at Nelson Ledges next weekend, and it will feature the best all-time Index Of Effluency matchup in 24 Hours Of LeMons history: a Soviet car taking on a finned Caddy! More »
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While the Beetle, Ambassador, Mini, and 2CV each enjoyed more than four decades of production in pretty much their original form, we mustn't overlook the other long-term survivors of the automotive world. More »
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57Sweptside loves junkyards, and not just the ones in his native Southwest. He's found for us this collection of photos shot in a Russian yard packed full of Volgas, Moskviches, and even Tchaikas. More »
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Whether you're wrenching on a flying Spitfire or a leaking Spitfire, Haynes has a shop manual for you. Very useful, but hardly the sort of thing you'd keep on your coffee table. More »
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The standard Lada Oka is your typical eastern European econobox; humble transportation that makes a Tata Nano feel macho. But apparently there are some Russians who look at the poor little thing and see the perfect starting point for an all-terrain monster. We have no idea what the thought process was that led up to the creation of such an awesome machine. Given the choice between this and a Jeep or a Hummer, we'd take this every time. Check out the gallery below and see what it originally looked like here. [English Russia] More »
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When you look at a VAZ-1111 (popularly known as the Oka), do you think "Nice car, but how many girls can be packed in its commodious interior?" Exactly, and so it came to be that some Russians decided to find the answer to that question. We're going to deduct some points for the blocks under the frame, because real car-stuffers know it's fun to break suspensions. Apologies for not running a "In Soviet Russia [noun] [verb] YOU!" headline, but sometimes even a schtick that good needs a rest. [English Russia] More »
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Is this what the glorious Soviet workers in the Zhiguli plant had in mind back when they built this car (Russian car experts, please correct me if I'm guessing wrong on this car's VAZ-ness)? A rolling advertisement for a clique of capitalist profiteers, growing fat on the fruits of the labor of others? Who knows? What we can say is that the wooden hubcaps are the best thing is Russian wheel decor since the Red Star wheels on the Stalinmobile! [English Russia] More »
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We reported the other day that the Ganja Automobile Factory had cut a deal to produce cars for a foreign manufacturer, and now we've got more details. Apparently, besides the Russian VAZ cars the factory already produces, they'll also crank out 2,500 cars, minibuses and light trucks for Chinese automaker Lifan. Still, details are nebulous, due to the article having written by someone who either naturally has a limited command of the English language or was just really, really stoned. More »
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