"Lada-2115" is a high-quality budget sedan

The car "Lada-2115" is a front-drivefour-door passenger sedan, which has a reliable design, high-quality technical characteristics, inexpensive in operation and fully compliant with the parameters of the domestic budget car.

The appearance of a new sedan

The history of the appearance of the "Lada-2115" model of the Volgacar factory is quite unusual. Initially, the company planned to switch from a classic rear-wheel drive VAZ-2107 sedan to a new front-end VAZ-2110 model and to continue the production of the VAZ-2108 and 09 in the late 1980s. However, the preparation for the production of the 2110 subcompact was delayed, so the family " Samara "was initially supplemented with a sedan under the index 21099. In the mid-90's 99 model was a significant upgrade, a modified version of the car was designated" Lada-2115 ". Practically the "spot" is a restyled version of VAZ-21099 "Samara".

The production of the new Lada-2115 began in 1997year, planned updating was carried out in 2008, and manufacture has stopped in 2012. In total it has been let out about 750 thousand copies. The car was replaced by a more modern new sedan car factory "Lada Granta".

Appearance

Design of "Lada-2115" can not be called bright, butthe appearance of the car, thanks primarily to the dynamic parameters, was individual and recognizable. The designers of the company managed to create such an image of the car with the help of the following solutions:

• Narrow headlights;
• small radiator grille;
• rounded corners of body hinges;
• stepped front bumper with lower fog lights;
• straight roof line;
• round protruding wheel arches;
• the lower frontal body kit;
• wide lateral molding;
• straight middle post;
• an enlarged luggage compartment with a horizontal lid;
• rear spoiler with built-in brake light;
• large multifunction rear lights, connected together by a plastic insert;
• a stepped device of the rear bumper;
• large and straight side windows.

The main changes in the appearance of the VAZ car"Lada-2115" after the restyling in 2008 was reduced to the installation of a narrower lateral, the so-called euromolding, and the appearance of completely painted in the body color of the rear and front bumpers.

Interior

Lada-2115 salon differs from its "donor", model VAZ-21099, better ergonomics and increased comfort. Such parameters are obtained due to:

• a new informative instrument panel with additional indicators and sensors on the state of the vehicle systems;
• on-board computer;
• adjustable steering column;
• a large glove compartment;
• installation of adjustable seat belt anchorages;
• sound alarms about some problems;
• comfortable front seats;
• improved design of the rear row of seats, which increased comfort for all three passengers;
• more powerful heating system.

Also to positive changes include an increased luggage compartment with a lower loading height.

In the interior of the cabin used high-quality plastic and high-quality fabric materials.

Technical specifications

During the whole period of its productioncar VAZ "Lada-2115" was equipped with two gasoline words aggregates. First, a 72-liter engine. with., from 2000 - 78 liters. from. (volume 1.5 liters), and since 2007 - a motor in 81 force and a volume of 1.6 liters. The technical characteristics of the sedan in the basic version with the engine of 72 forces are:

• length - 4,33 m;
• width - 1,62;
• height - 1.42 m;
• wheelbase - 2.46 m;
• radius of turn - 5,20 m;
• height of the ground clearance - 17,0 cm;
• gross weight - 1,39 t;
• number of seats - 5;
• Transmission - mechanical with a five-speed transmission;
• drive - front;
• engine model - VAZ-2114;
• type - gasoline, inline, four-stroke;
• number of cylinders (valves) - 4 (8);
• mixture formation - distributed injection;
• volume - 1.5 liters;
• power - 78,0 l. from.;
• the highest speed is 155 km / h;
• acceleration (0-100 km / h) - 14.0 seconds;
• consumption of fuel (urban cycle) - 10.0 liters;
• The volume of the fuel tank is 43 liters;
• the size of the trunk is 428 liters;
• the tire size is 175 / 70R13.

Equipment and equipment

The car "Lada-2115" was manufactured in three trim levels: "Lux", "Standard", "Basic". In the richest performance, the sedan was equipped with the following equipment:

• door safety bars;
• side mirrors with heating and anti-glare function;
• electric lock of door locks;
• rear headrests;
• an immobilizer;
• a headlight optics corrector;
• instrument panel equipped with a clock and a temperature display for outdoor air;
• atermal glasses;
• Electrically heated front seats;
• luggage compartment lighting;
• 13-inch wheel disks;
• adjustable lighting of instruments and controls;
• rear window with electric heating;
• threshold skirts.

The decoration uses artificial leather, velvet, and improved noise insulation materials.

Such equipment allowed to keep the car in an inexpensive budget price segment.

Vehicle Features

Despite the fact that the basis of "Lada-2115" wasthe age model VAZ-21099 was applied, thanks to a well-executed update, the modified car received not only a high-quality construction with good technical characteristics, but also had the following advantages:

• affordable budget value;
• low operating costs;
• high maintainability;
• recognizable by its appearance;
• comfortable for its class salon.
• capacious luggage compartment.

These properties of the car provided him with a long, almost 15-year production period and a large number of manufactured specimens.

In addition, it should be noted that during the period of simultaneous production with a more modern VAZ-2110 sedan, the Lada-2115 car model was in great demand among buyers.