History of Lada Priora
Historically, Lada Priora is the last family of cars to come out of the design workshops of the Togliatti automobile plant.
Along with the Lada Kalina, this car is one of the options for Zhiguli lovers and their descendants who want to drive everything new. Lada Priora's roots grow in the tenth version of Lada. It is made on the basis of ten, and the manufacturer does not hide this. Of course, the Priora has redesigned a lot, both externally and internally, which is easy to see by comparing the repair and operating manuals for these two cars. The Priora has a changed external and internal design, and the wheels are now driven by a 1.6-liter engine (81 horsepower or 98).
Everyone also admits that the design of the body has now made the Lada much safer, although on a global scale safety is average. In the basic configuration there is one airbag and that’s it (I believe that the body mentioned above can be ignored - it is common to all versions of the configuration). The most expensive version has two airbags (the second is also frontal, for the passenger), and also has pre-tensioning belts, its own parking sensors and ABS. By the way, the ABS of the Lada Priora is not natively made, but is supplied in Togliatti by Bosch.
Lada Priora began to be produced in 2007, in very small quantities. Then it was only a sedan. Currently, this car is also available as a station wagon and hatchback. It is interesting that AvtoVAZ does not want to stop there, and if the plant does not go bankrupt completely, then we will see Priora in coupe bodies, and, who knows, maybe even a convertible.
In the future, the release of this car with a 1.8-liter engine is also being considered. There are rumors about what else the inventive VAZ drivers can bring their youngest... Much has already been said about the automatic transmission, and AvtoVAZ promises to install it in its various cars for several years in a row. The plant, perhaps wisely, refused to develop its own box; it will be assembled by a third-party company from foreign components.
AvtoVAZ has not escaped the general GLONASS craze, since it has been announced that Priors will soon have a standard navigator, and of course, it will use a domestic navigation system. Finally, the designers are considering using an engine that will consume not only gasoline, but also natural gas. And finally, a few words about plans to strengthen security. The most expensive version of the Lada Priora will have as many as four airbags - two side ones will appear.
Generally speaking, for the money, the Lada Priora looks good, since in the configurations that the plant is promoting for the luxury version, other foreign classmates are much more expensive. The question about the reliability of all this is terribly awkward, so I really want to omit it.
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Lada Priora car rolled off the assembly line in the first month of spring 2007. It was a sedan, similar in appearance to the distant predecessor of the VAZ-2110. The design of the new car contained 950 radical changes. Two thousand new spare parts were installed on Priora. Thus, the released Lada was a completely new AvtoVAZ model. During the creation of the Priora, design errors that arose during the development of cars of the “tenth” family were corrected.
The appearance of the car has become more beautiful and proportional. Modern and better technologies for assembling components and assemblies have contributed to a significant reduction in the gaps between body elements. The machine's protection against rust has been enhanced. After the sedan, a hatchback went on sale, and 2 years later a station wagon appeared. Lada coupes are produced in small quantities. Cars belonging to the Priora family are equipped with a 1.6-liter sixteen-valve engine. At first, the car was equipped with a five-speed manual transmission. However, since 2014, cars with automatic transmission began to be produced. Drive the car to the front wheels.
Priora configurations
In the standard version of the new Lada, attention is drawn to the interior, which looks much richer and better than in the previous model. The new design was developed together with Italian painting professionals from the Carcerano studio. The new interior has a soft plastic “dashboard” panel and an instrument panel with an on-board computer. On the center console of the car, decorated with a silver trim, there is an oval-shaped clock. The car uses the best quality interior, there is a multiplex control system for electric mirror drives, fuel combustion activators. The use of improved insulation against noise, inserts for absorbing energy on the front doors, and “dashboards” made it possible to create a new level of comfort. The maximum configuration also includes a parking radar, air conditioning, alarm system, heated seats and other features. The vehicle underwent modernization in 2013. As a result, the level of equipment of the machine has improved.
In the basic configuration of the Priora sedan, a VAZ 21114 1.6 engine with eight valves is installed. Its power is 81 horsepower. This engine is a modification of the 2111 engine, in which the engine volume was increased to one and a half liters. Particular attention should be paid to a significant change in this engine, called VAZ-21126. There are two varieties of this engine: eight and sixteen valves. The sixteen-valve engine, whose power is 98 horsepower, allows the Lada to accelerate to the highest speed - 183 kilometers per hour. And the car can accelerate to 100 kilometers per hour in 11.5 seconds. Having driven 100 kilometers, Priora will consume 7.2 liters of fuel. You should pay attention to other transformations and improvements in comparison with the previous family. The car now has a reinforced clutch to increase the efficiency of the vehicle, a device to reduce the pressure of the driver’s foot on the brake pedal with a large diameter, and gearbox drive devices with closed bearings. Production of cars with an eight-valve engine was stopped in 2013. The sixteen-valve engine became the basis for the development of the modern VAZ-21127 engine, whose intake geometry changes. The new engine accommodates 106 “horses”. A year later, separate cars began to be produced, on which a powerful 1.8 engine (123 horsepower) was installed.
The new struts installed on the Priora at the front and rear of the car, the selected parameters of the shock absorbers and stabilizer struts, and the selected wheels of 185/65 14 radius were able to create all the conditions to achieve excellent performance in driving the vehicle. At the end of May 2009, Lada began to be produced in the body that is favorite for many car owners. In the station wagon, the roof panel was changed, the shape of the car's front buffer, glass, doors, lights and rear wings was changed. The Priora station wagon can be safely used for transporting various cargoes. The trunk holds 450 liters. The seats at the rear of the car can be quickly folded down to increase the luggage compartment by another 327 litres.
Equipment
The new Lada is very different from its predecessor in terms of reliability. Every year the level of equipment in the car increased. Now the “Norma” version has an airbag for the driver, seat belt pretensioners for the driver and front passenger, an ABS system, and a parking radar. Priora “Lux” is equipped with 4 airbags, has ABS and ESP systems, a precipitation control sensor, and an additional braking distance reduction system (BAS).
Although old developments and technologies were used in the development of Lada Priora , the car is still in great demand among Russian residents. The car often became a bestseller on the Russian market. The reason for such popularity of the Priora is the optimal ratio of good equipment and low cost.
History of Lada Priora, photo video, characteristics of Lada Priora
Putting a car into mass production and immediately starting to modernize it is our way. At least this is what happened with the VAZ-2110. In the late 90s, when the car just started rolling off the assembly line, it seemed like a novelty only to unspoiled buyers. The factory workers themselves understood perfectly well that the “ten”, work on which began back in the 80s, would very soon require at least a cosmetic update.
Based on world experience, AvtoVAZ relied on modernizing the appearance. The designers were given a difficult task - to get rid of the inherent heaviness of the VAZ-2110 with little effort. But the usual replacement of bumpers and linings in such cases was too little. “Pregnant antelope,” which is how evil tongues nicknamed the VAZ-2110, required much more serious intervention. The designers had to work on the optics, revise the rear arches, and change the shape and design of the rear bumper.
How difficult and painstaking the work was is evidenced by the fact that on the way to the appearance of the serial Priora, AvtoVAZ made five trial versions. The situation was complicated by the fact that the stamps of the doors, sides and roof had to remain unchanged in any case. Fortunately, by 2001, the final appearance of the new Lada Priora model was found and approved. By this time, it became clear to absolutely everyone that the “ten” could not do without a serious restyling.
The interior of the car had to be worked on just as much. Restrained by strict technological limitations, VAZ designers prepared a quite interesting version, which later received the name Status, but things did not go further than pre-production samples. Then AvtoVAZ decided to use the help of foreign specialists.
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