Introduction |
Avtovaz (Lada) was founded in
1966 as a state-owned company but it is now privatised. It is by far the
largest car maker in Russia and being the only car maker there to export
considerable amount to the West. In Europe, its cars are badged as "Lada".
In home country, it is simply called as "VAZ".
Lada cars are not quite up to
the world standards because of the lack of fund, just like most of the
Russian industrial products. However, it has independent development ability,
although the Western consultants such as Porsche gave some help.
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