Automobile Makes and Models Lada

We don't know if the Renault - Nissan Alliance's new Dacia Duster 4x4 will be as capable as the Lada Niva when it comes to off-roading, but it appears that the Romanian firm is aiming to create a modern day successor to the Russian 4x4 with its latest model that was officially revealed today. In Renault's own words, the Duster is "an economical to buy and run, tough, reliable and easy-to-use 4x4, aimed at motorists looking for an everyday car...  

Are you familiar with Lada? No? Let me refresh. It is the bargain basement Russian car (think the Red Square's version of the Fiat Panda or Citroen 4CV), mass produced in huge quantities during the 1980s...  

Transportation technology provider and consultant Ricardo has been awarded a major contract by Moscow-based KATE LLC to partner with it in the development of a new 7-speed automatic transmission for use in AvtoVAZ cars. KATE LLC, an independent company established...  

Filed under: Renault, Russia Lada Concept C - Click above for high-res image gallery All eyes have been on Renault since acquiring a 25% stake in Russian automaker Avtovaz. The French carmaker headed by the venerable Carlos Ghosn beat out Fiat and General Motors to acquire the interest in Lada's parent company, but then the economy tanked and Ghosn was left holding his hat. Original plans centered around new product launches to re-invigorate...  

MOSCOW — Russia is trying alternately to woo and to strong-arm Renault into helping to pay for a rescue of its largest carmaker, the manufacturer of the boxy Lada sedans that was just eking by before the financial crisis swept the globe, and is now ...  

French carmaker Renault has signed a deal to save struggling Russian partner Avtovaz, the maker of Lada cars.  

Moscow is trying alternately to woo and to strong-arm Renault, a stakeholder, into helping to rescue Avtovaz, maker of Lada sedans. But Renault has shifted its ambitions.