WHA. Not passed the test of time

Now few people remember, but 15 years ago at the WHA (hate the word AvtoVAZ - is that: the car Volga Automobile Plant ?!) it was decided to design and launch a series of compact seven-seater four-wheel drive vehicle can be equipped with automatic transmission.

The car was based on the platform of the Niva, the test capabilities of this design was designed by VAZ 2129 car aroused great interest among customers and has been launched in a series.





Developing successful idea began to spin LONG cornfield releasing version with high roof



And then with an extra set of doors



When the vitality of this platform was proof, we have started small-scale assembly of VAZ 2120 Hope, which for a specific front end design called hamsters.



The machine had seven seats, four-wheel drive and was collected from all parts of domestic plants that are good for the maintainability.



Some models were equipped hydraulic ZF automatic transmission and



Surprisingly, even at the WHA decided on reystayling test model, code name of the manager



There were modifications taxi



Van with a good capacity



Sitting was a bit crowded, but seven of



Interior transformer allowed to organize the interior of the



And then the inexplicable happened: first, lost equipment, power, elektrosteklopdemnikami and automatic transmission. To all stopped producing local 7-vesriya remake it into 6-seater. Later altogether removed from production. Incredibly, given the fact that an experimental 5-door cornfield "welded from two halves" rivet until now.

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