The new 2022 Niva Urban model combines comfort and high cross-country ability

Probably, in Russia no one needs to explain what a Lada Niva is. That’s what they call it all over the world, but here we just call it Niva. At one time, the Niva changed the shape of its trunk, and then, in 2015, a new model was created on its basis - the Lada Urban SUV. There are three differences between Niva and Urban: metallic paint, air conditioning, and the design of some external elements. But if the latest model is restyled, everything should change. The following shows what the 2022 Lada Urban looks like.

A report on the assembly of the “first Urbans” - in one video.

New optics

A new optics option has been prepared for the entire 4x4 family. The new taillights are mechanically compatible with those produced since the 90s.

The updated version of the optics is designed for restyled Urban SUVs. But in the future, these lights will be installed on all Nivas.

Perhaps the Niva with new taillights will be produced after 2022. But you can carry out the modernization on your own - the car will not be removed from the warranty for this.

Restyling external and internal Lada Urban 2022

The first Urban differs from the regular Niva minimally - in bumpers, wheels and paint. The shape of the radiator is also different, but not very significantly (see photo). But there is an air conditioner under the hood.

It's time for Urban to change everything. In this case, the body structure must not be affected. But we need to get rid of the round headlights at the front to remove the association with the model “from the 70s”.

It is clear that they will try to change their appearance as much as possible. A possible option is shown in the photo below.

Restyled Lada Urban

Photography is a guess. But it is known that along with the appearance, the interior must also change.

The shape of the dashboard will change. And along with it, they can update the design of the air conditioner.

Successor

Photos of another “restyled Niva” have long been published in the media. Lada Urban will change in 2022, but not to that extent.

Niva 2 (after 2022)

The photo shows what will be produced after Niva. But now it’s too early to talk about a generational change; we’ll have to wait a long time for this event. What year it will be, VAZ cannot even say approximately.

Lada Ueban, “the differences are minimal”... 40 years with the same lights... Back in the 70s of the last century, Russia produced cars of the future... )))

kick out the freak designers, production will be cheaper and more practical

Three things need to be changed: 1) increase the length of the body by 20 cm in order to increase its meager trunk to an average one. 2) change the 80s interior! 3) something to think about fuel consumption, for a fairly small car it is clearly too high.

Again 25, change everything: engine, gearbox, transfer case, chassis - this is a thing of the past

Firstly, when they started producing the Niva, it was necessary to develop a FIVE-DOOR body and after a couple of years, for unusual people, to produce a type of sports version with 3 doors

Everything needs to be changed. The plastic creaks, the transfer case howls as if before takeoff, the engine is voracious and roars and produces strange sounds, vibration, extraneous sounds everywhere that cannot be removed by any noise (don’t waste your money in vain), there is play everywhere, starting with the cardan shafts, the stench of gasoline, poor gear shifting, a tendency to corrosion, lack of dynamics, constantly dirty hands, this is not a complete list. Consider that a new car, an unprepared person will not withstand all the delights))))))))) very disappointed.

Well done. Engine box axles - Fiat 60s. As part of the modernization, the injector was supplied with power steering and hydraulic compensators, which blow the minds of the owners. The body is also far from the 20th century. No matter how you protect it, it still rusts. Hum, vibration, play everywhere (in the transfer case, gearbox, axles) indicates that you are driving on a Niva. By the way, you can install a subframe under the transfer case and vibration will be eliminated. But no one seems interested. But still, the most important thing remains the expectation of the 100th anniversary, which I think our famous designers will reach without significantly changing this car. But what it will be called - Niva or Urban with a new bumper, the result will not change. No matter what you call it, it’s all the same……………………………..

Salon

The interior of the Lada Niva Urban 2022 is almost completely identical to the standard version. However, photos of the interior indicate that this is a rich version of the model, equipped with almost all the options available for an SUV.

1. The main differences were better noise and vibration insulation. The door cards and engine compartment have it.
2. The Niva's steering wheel is familiar from other models in the family - a large four-spoke steering wheel with small horn buttons.
3. The instrument panel has a standard layout with two analog dials for the tachometer and speedometer, and small additional scales in the side segments.
4. The updated seats of the Niva Urban received a combined upholstery made of non-marking fabric with bright orange stitching. The dense filling and good fixation allow even a driver with above average height to sit comfortably. Already the basic equipment received heated front seats. But lateral support and the range of adjustments leave much to be desired.
5. The back row of the Niva is an ordinary ascetic “bench” with a flat back and two seat belts. Among the innovations are ISOFIX child seat mounts.
6. The center console has air conditioning with old-fashioned slider controls. The system performance is not enough - the windows fog up when it rains.
7. Below are the seat heating buttons, as well as buttons for controlling secondary functions.
8. Among the innovations is a decorative overlay for the central tunnel with cup holders and three transmission levers. The first is a standard gearbox selector, the second turns on the de-multiplier, and the last is responsible for locking the differential.

Specifications.

The new Niva Urban 2022 was created for those who need a car with increased cross-country ability for adequate money. Initially, it was created to meet the needs of drivers from small towns, so that they could solve most everyday problems with the help of a car. So the new Lada Niva 2022 has become a practical car, most of the components of which can be repaired independently. At the same time, their cost is quite low. In general, several key characteristics of this car can be identified:

• The car has excellent off-road performance thanks to a ground clearance of 190 millimeters
• Only 1 power unit option with a capacity of 83 l/s is available. This design is a little outdated, the displacement is 1.7 liters. Fuel consumption is 10 liters per 100 kilometers.
• The gearbox is a five-speed one. It is quite simple, yet highly reliable, and can also be repaired independently, with a minimum set of tools.

Manufacturer's color scheme

The official dealer offers a long list of body colors for the Lada Niva Urban 4x4 2021 2022 model. You can buy an SUV painted in one of 9 shades:

• white;
• black;
• dark green;
• violet;
• crimson;
• blue;
• dark grey;
• silver;
• golden brown.

The first three shades of Niva Urban are two-layer enamel. The next six options are metallic paint.

Black color

Two-layer enamel of a dark shade looks great from any angle and has good resistance to fading after exposure to ultraviolet rays. When choosing this color, the buyer does not have to pay extra - it is included in the base price of the car.

Exterior

Niva Urban is a new model, but despite all the efforts of engineers it was not possible to come completely close to the canons of modern design. Apart from the body kit elements, the car remained very similar to the pre-restyling version. Because of this, the body turned out to be very simple. There are several main characteristic points of this model:

Installing a plastic bumper instead of a metal one. This improved the appearance of the car, but there may be problems when overcoming obstacles.

• The new and old versions use 16-inch wheels.
• The radiator grille is coated with black paint instead of chrome, which makes the use of the part more practical
• The changes also affected the rear-view mirrors.
• The shape of the windshield wipers has been changed. The fit to the glass has been improved, providing better visibility.
• The head optics have not received any changes. But the simplicity of the design allows the use of diode elements, which have the highest brightness and give good visibility.
• The wheel arches are enlarged to accommodate larger diameter wheels.

Interior

The interior of the car also received minor changes:

• new steering wheel installed
• The instrument panel has become more readable
• The seat upholstery material has changed
• Niva 5-door new model 2022 has rear sofa seats that, when folded, have the shape of a step, so it is impossible to achieve a flat floor. But the design allows them to be easily dismantled for transporting goods.
• a convenient panel appeared between the seats, equipped with additional niches and cup holders
• new lampshades installed

In general, the interior design is quite simple. Most panels use inexpensive hard plastic that is still highly scratch resistant.

Competitors

Among the main competitors of the car, there are several SUVs in the inexpensive price segment:

• Chevrolet Niva
• Renault Duster
• Nissan Terrano

All these cars can be classified as budget class. The cost of most starts from 600 thousand rubles. Among them, Niva has a more advantageous position. But at the same time, the owner will receive a minimal set of characteristics compared to competitors.

The new Lada 4x4 2017 model year can present a lot of surprises. We already know for sure about some important changes. Other updates to Lada 4×4 are only planned. The first copy of the Niva VAZ-2121 rolled off the assembly line of the Togliatti automobile plant on April 5, 1977. Next year, 2022, the car will celebrate its 40th anniversary! At the end of the seventies of the last century, the Niva was an advanced car in the technical field throughout the world.

Engineers who worked at AvtoVAZ combined a monocoque body with permanent all-wheel drive, achieving high ride comfort, which is more typical for passenger cars. As a result of this, the Niva gained great popularity abroad, where its assembly soon began. In 1985, production of the VAZ-2121 began in Greece, and then this experience was picked up by several other countries, including Ecuador and Uruguay. The model was exported all over the world, even to Japan!

“A car is not cognac, it doesn’t get better with age,” the creator of the Niva, Pyotr Mikhailovich Prusov, once said. But Avtovaz does not refuse to abandon the legendary concept. At the end of 2014, the concern introduced a modification of the Lada 4X4 - Urban. The changes mainly affected the appearance of the car. In addition, the Urban model features new seat and steering wheel designs. The design was developed by Briton Steve Mattin. The model is constantly being refined, and in 2016 a five-door Urban version was released. It is known for sure that the Niva 4x4 will not undergo major external changes until 2018.

Lada 4×4 Urban — Niva Urban

We drove this car from Tolyatti to Naberezhnye Chelny, returned and drove it around the city and country roads for another week. The latest AVTOVAZ product at the moment left us with a partly nostalgic, but overall very strange impression.

I drove this car for a week and absolutely did not understand why it was needed. I really expect that now in the comments to this material there will be a person who will write: “Kesha, you don’t understand anything about cars. I always knew that you were just a home-grown ignoramus. After all, it is obvious that Lada 4×4 Urban 5d

absolutely indispensable in…” – and after the ellipses there will be a lot of examples of the use of this car. I will read all this and burst into tears - from grief, but also from happiness, because the truth will be revealed to me. But for now I am completely ignorant and confused. Honestly, I don't even know where to start.

Maybe I should tell you about how in the second half of the 1990s I worked at the VAZ OPP and assembled these same cars, the VAZ-2131, though still without plastic bumpers and the “Urban” sign on the tailgate? How was this car then completely perceived as a kind of logical expansion of the model range, even despite the fact that the bodies were pushed around the workshop by hand by grimy mechanics, and the doors on these bodies were leveled with hammers? Or maybe I’ll remind you of those “almost new Niva for the city” sentiments that were in the air in the public a couple of years ago, after the first presentations of the future Urban - all these stories about the electronically controlled transfer case, the refusal of the “lowering” gear, new wheels, lowered suspension and, what the hell isn't it, a new engine?

Or should I first confess my love for Niva as a phenomenon in the domestic auto industry? With this sauce, I could very well tell you the story of how the Niva became the first car for me that my dad let me drive on my own - that is, without holding me on his lap and without even looking after me from the passenger seat. Instead, that time my younger brother sat next to me and screamed with delight the entire time we were drifting in a white Niva through a snowy parking lot. And dad just stood at its edge and smoked thoughtfully. I have no idea why he did this then - we were very small and stupid, we could easily kill or injure ourselves, him, and the government car - but I am incredibly grateful to him for that act. Seriously, I can tell this story very emotionally, and maybe even squeeze a couple of milligrams of some liquid out of you.

What if I list all my adventures with a Lada 4×4, tell you all the times when the car surprised, delighted and helped me and my colleagues out during various test drives and runs? How did she always come in handy, how did she make even inveterate cynics fall in love with her, how did she break through where other SUVs failed? I'll give you a bunch of links to earlier publications

, so that the reader can be convinced that this car is familiar to the author firsthand and that he is not going to indulge in mischief and badmouth the car, but right now he will do a thorough and objective test drive, identifying all the pros and cons, putting everything on the usual shelves: design , ergonomics, dynamics, handling, maneuverability...

But, perhaps, it’s better if I tell you about how a week ago I was driving along the highway in a Lada 4×4 Urban 5d at a speed of about 90 km/h. It was a bypass around the city with two lanes in each direction. There was quite a lot of traffic around me - townspeople were in a hurry to get out of the urban... um. The townspeople were in a hurry to escape from the city. Suddenly a downpour hit us - the whole crowd simply drove under a huge cloud, which caused incontinence.

Visibility dropped sharply - large drops machine-gunned the glass, dozens of wheels raised splashes from the dusty asphalt. The steering column switches in this car are cheap (I’m not kidding), but realizing that now was not the time to be nostalgic, I stupidly pulled the right switch down, jumping through the “just wave the wipers” position to the “quickly wave” position.

Yes, yes, there are only two windshield wiper speeds. And on any of them, the “wipers” do not clean the area of ​​​​not very large glass very well, but the next second all this journalistic sugar was dissolved by KAMAZ, which poured several liters of water into my left ear - I slowed down, and he began to overtake. Squealing like a graduate, I groped for the front power window keys on the central tunnel (the long Urban still has “oars” at the back, despite the only possible Lux configuration) and closed the windows. And then I made a fatal mistake - feeling that it was noticeably colder in the cabin, I turned on the heater.

The windshield immediately fogged up. Moreover, “instantly” is not a figure of speech. When I say “instantly,” I mean that in one second the visibility went from poor to zero. Around me, still driving at a speed barely comparable to surviving a frontal impact, there was wet asphalt and a dozen cars... Do you think it’s taking me too long to tell you all this? Guys, I almost...

Almost having (as it seemed to me) avoided going around one of the roadside poles with Urban’s plastic bumper, I slowed down, pulled to the side of the road, opened the windows, laughed nervously, took a photo of the windshield with my phone and... continued to watch how I couldn’t see a damn thing through it. In order to at least schematically see the road, at some point I had to wipe the glass with my hand.

Windshield in the rain

“Turn on the air conditioner, idiot!” some of the readers are already indignant. Okay, okay, let's turn on the air conditioning. This is a great way to dry the air in the cabin and get rid of moisture on the windows, yes. In general, it’s great that Niva finally has air conditioning. Very good.

1. Fan switch on the center console. It must be turned on at one of two possible speeds - “zzzz” or “UIII”;
2. The hot air slider, marked with a red triangle, should be in the closed position;
3. The slider for the volume of air entering the cabin, marked with a blue triangle (remember, this is not cold air, it is just a damper that opens or closes the flow of air into the cabin) - it must be open.
4. The air conditioning switch is located at the bottom of the center console.
5. Rotary knob for air conditioning temperature on the right side of the steering column. You need to figure out which way to turn it, but you can do it. It also duplicates the “on/off” function of the air conditioner.

There's another slider on the center console that distributes air flow between the windshield and the cabin, as well as a "blower" handle, theoretically groped somewhere in the area of ​​your right shin and opening the flow of air to your legs, but for now you'd better not talk about that think. In general, it just seems complicated, and in fact, if you assembled an AK-47 at speed as a child, you won’t have any problems.

By the way, this is an amazing thing: once conceived as a purely “civilian” car with claims to the comfort of a “passenger car”, in 2016 the Lada 4x4 really evokes associations with military equipment. A couple of days before the episode with the fogged glass, I gave my mother-in-law a lift in a long-wheelbase Urban, and after a while I asked: “So, how?” She said that she liked that there was a lot of space in the back, but in general she had just watched a film about the GAZ-69, and was very surprised when she came out of the entrance and saw that I had come to her “in something similar.”

Later, on that same rainy day, two more women, my mother and her friend, expressed themselves in a similar way: when I stopped frantically rubbing the windshield with my limbs, coped with the microclimate in the Urban's cabin and took them on board, all they said was that the car brutal, powerful and generally very masculine.

But in fact, the Lada 4x4 Urban 5d is not an army guy. He is more of a country guy who really wants to pass for a city guy. He succeeds with varying degrees of success: the plastic bumpers fit inaccurately to the wheel arches (as do the wide moldings to the sides of the body), between the lower edge of the doors and the body a finger-thick gap is felt (and dust flies into it while driving), the left cup holder is blocked by the range lever (and therefore completely useless), the trunk shelf does not rise or fold when the tailgate is lifted, and besides, it partially blocks the 12-volt socket in the trunk, and the cutouts for the rear speakers are now pure fiction, because the rear coils are “stuck” into them belts moved from the rear pillars behind the seat backs as part of the fight against noise...

Probably, it really has become quieter in the back - at least, the old “reel-to-reel” ringing is really not audible, and my seven-year-old son, who was riding behind, did not complain about any particular noise. Moreover, he is already familiar with Niva and understands that if you find yourself in her womb, you need to be prepared for unexpected loud sounds.

In general, the new generation is better at navigating stressful situations - for example, when I first started the engine of the Lada 4×4 Urban 5d, I thought that a civil defense siren had gone off somewhere, but it turned out that under the hood the fan had just turned on because the engine was hot.

At the same time, the son noticed that there are no headrests in the back seat - he personally doesn’t need them, but he understands that it will be uncomfortable for adults. And this is true: the rear is uncomfortable, despite the room in the legs.

The slightly chaotic, if not futile, nature of the Niva’s modernization creeps in from all the cracks, even in small things: you open the hood and see that some of the clamps have already been replaced with screw ones, while others remain with less reliable tape ones. Of course, you only see this if you are already accustomed to the sight of a “spare wheel” in the engine compartment. Does anyone still want to say that this is a family trait? And, probably, due to the “family” nature, the interior still has a stretch ceiling made of leatherette?

And yes - its doors still slam with difficulty, the range and center differential switch with difficulty, the windows slowly fog up in humid weather... By the way, the same air conditioner that in the three-door version of the Lada 4×4 cools the interior tolerably is already present on the inside of the five-door not enough: if the temperature outside is approaching “plus 30”, you will be hot even with the extreme position of the cold “twist” and at the fan speed “U-I-I-I” (which, however, you will not turn on if you don’t want , so that it slightly mills your brain). And the ergonomics would be nice: the car is not even a month old, and the edging of the drainage gutter on the left side of the rear has already come unstuck and is puffing up “on its own,” and on the inside of the back door there is a barely noticeable focus of corrosion, completely devoid of any coating...

Do you live in the city, drive a B-class sedan, and suddenly for some reason you decided to buy yourself a new Lada 4×4?

Ok, imagine that you have to exchange your ordinary apartment for a fairly spacious concrete bunker with a metal roof as furniture. We have the latest, most modern modification of the bunker, so instead of a basin in the corner there will be a hole in the middle of the room, and on the wall there will be a telephone with a crank for communication with the outside world. True, you can only reach the commandant upstairs, and even then, he shot himself last month, but that’s something, you’ll agree. Why do you need a bunker? Well, it’s immediately clear that you’re not in the know: the bunker will be very useful to you in the event of a nuclear war!

But seriously, what is this car for? Just a couple of weeks before the Lada 4×4 Urban 5d was officially announced, I jokingly asked my colleagues: what about the five-door Urban? Then the majority thought that this was too bold a fantasy: they say, the three-door Urban is a very niche modification, why also a five-door?

Otherwise, this car repeats the usual Lada 4x4. You can remember the original colors, rims and something else, but it’s better to just admit that the idea with Urban didn’t work out even half of what was planned.

Let's try to imagine a person who will choose a five-door Lada 4x4 in the Urban version. This will probably be a driver who has already owned a Niva, who likes the fact that the cabin has air conditioning and heated front seats, that the bumpers on the outside are made of plastic (especially since there is a metal beam under the plastic), this person needs space in the rear of the cabin and it quite often uses permanent all-wheel drive for its intended purpose.

At the same time, it is not embarrassed by the archaic interior, ergonomic inconsistencies, weak engine, transmission noise, relatively high consumption, or the lack of roof rails, which would be in keeping with a “long” off-road body.

Claimed fuel consumption of Lada 4×4 Urban 5d per 100 km

City, l	Route, l	Mixed, l
12.1	8,3	9,9

This man was looking at a car like the Largus Cross

, but the lack of a 4×4 version, and even our hero’s strong attachment to the Niva, ultimately tipped the scales in favor of the Lada 4×4 Urban 5d. And yes, the SUV, with a price of 552,100 rubles, is almost fifty dollars cheaper than the Cross.

I personally know several people who have been modernizing Niva for many years. Most recently, we wrote about the similarities and differences between Lada 4×4 and Chevrolet Niva

and remembered how much has been done for the VAZ SUV in the last five to seven years. This is painstaking, painful work, which is done in conditions where the introduction of each new bolt is either too expensive or impossible due to the general archaic nature of the design. So thanks to everyone who is trying to make this car better. But they also probably understand: Niva, whatever you call it - be it Urban or Elbrus - today remains the only VAZ car that needs to be “finished” after purchase. Therefore, those who already love him will choose him.

You know, I periodically have these thoughts: “Shouldn’t I buy a Niva?” It's great to have such a car. You just need to install wheels with a different rim design, redo the interior, do sound insulation, tint... well, and study the forums to understand what else needs to be done with the Niva. Of course, this car is capable of giving a lot of fun - even when you’re just driving it down the street, you feel like a conqueror of space - but I can’t imagine that the Niva is the main car in my family.

Lada 4×4 in any of its versions is ideal as a number two car. Like the bunker you have in case of nuclear war.

You rewatch Mad Max, turn into a post-apocalyptic warrior and go out with your friends to knead sand on a deserted beach. As the only car, Lada 4x4 can only be used by those who live in rural areas. This, you know, is a rather remote village, where the concept of “urban” comes down to the fact that cars do not have bare metal as bumpers.

I could joke that this article was ordered from me by the enemies of AVTOVAZ in order to undermine the sales of Lada 4×4, but the joke will not work: it is clear that this article will not change anything - the Niva has been bought and will continue to be bought. Those who did it five, ten and twenty years ago.

It is impossible to attract any new audience with the Urban modification, just as it is impossible to do this with the help of new colors, rims or stickers on the body. Because it is impossible to change the essence of this car. Among the devoted fans of this car, there are those who will appreciate the five-door Urban.

For Niva fans’ relationship with a car is not just affection, it’s love. Love until the end, that is, until the last version of this legendary model. Love before Urban.

Photo Lada 4x4 2022

It's hard to believe, but the current Lada 4x4 salon has existed since 1994 without significant changes! This year, the manufacturer has developed a completely new center console, dashboard, and steering wheel. But the introduction of the new interior is scheduled for 2022. This modernization is intended not only to modernize the design and get rid of old Soviet switches, but also to solve a lot of problems with comfort and safety. This will make it possible to install climate control, airbags and improve sound insulation. Moreover, transfer case levers will be removed from the interior and will be switched using electric drives.

Owner reviews 2022 2021: all the cons

Vladislav, 39 years old:

“Even as a boy I liked this car. Then I rode with my uncle in his official Niva. Then I took the same one for myself. Of course, compared to modern cars, there is very little comfort here - there is no climate control or other little things. But off-road it simply has no equal. It is worth considering its price of 600 thousand. For the money it’s a very good car.”

Victor, 42 years old:

“I bought myself a Lada Niva Urban 4x4 two years ago. I needed a car for my dacha and construction site. And also for hunting or fishing. For this amount you can't think of anything better. Of course, there are Chinese crossovers with a large list of options, but they break down and are more expensive. And the Niva is unpretentious with cheap spare parts and a lot of advantages.”

Pros:

• good maneuverability;
• cheap spare parts;
• great price;
• unpretentious motor.

Minuses:

• low level of comfort;
• poor equipment;
• weak dynamics.

Photos of Lada 4x4 2022 interior

We are waiting for the introduction of the new central panel of the Lada 4×4 2022 with the ability to install a multimedia touch screen and other modern options.

By the way, test samples of the new Niva without mechanical transfer case shift levers already exist and are being successfully tested.

Nivas were considered the most practical cars in Soviet reality precisely because of their trunk. A large, wide rear door and the ability to fold or remove the rear seats turned the compact SUV into a small truck. They liked to use this model of the Soviet car for transporting small loads and even for moving. So, for example, when a new multi-storey building was rented out, the move immediately began: the roadway was filled with Niva cars carrying furniture and other things.

Technical characteristics of Lada 4x4 Niva

40 years after the start of production, the Tolyatti plant produced more than 2 million of the legendary Niva. Recently it was announced that work had begun on the development of a new generation Niva car. Lada 4X4 is a unique all-terrain vehicle. The car is also the most affordable among other competitors. This type of vehicle will always be in demand. Therefore, the AvtoVAZ concern is currently working on creating a completely new model of this SUV.

In 2016, the following work was carried out in the technical part. The front hubs now have a bearing that does not require periodic adjustment. In turn, the introduction of a new bearing required changes to the steering knuckle, which at the same time increased the driving performance of the car. In addition, independent mounting of the front axle gearbox has now been implemented. Improved sound insulation.

But the main issue with this car is the outdated 8-valve 1.7-liter engine. With a power of 83 horsepower and a torque of 129 Nm, the Lada 4x4 consumes a huge amount of fuel, preventing it from boasting normal dynamics. The VAZ-21214 engine may soon be replaced with a modern 1.8 liter VAZ-21179 engine with a power of 122 hp. with a torque of 170 Nm.

A modern 16-valve unit is already installed on Lada X-Ray and Vesta. True, skeptics will object that there the engine is mounted transversely, but on the Niva it will need to be installed longitudinally. But Avtovaz thought about this in advance and, already in the process of developing the cylinder block, provided platforms for mounting the engine in the engine compartment, both transversely and longitudinally. So we are waiting for the appearance of a new engine on the Lada 4×4 2022 model year, which can “breathe life” into the legendary, but very old car.

Dimensions, weight, volumes, ground clearance Lada 4x4

• Length – 3740 mm (5-door 4240 mm)
• Width – 1680 mm
• Height – 1640 mm
• Curb weight – from 1285 kg (1425 kg 5-door)
• Gross weight – 1610 kg (1850 kg 5-door)
• Base, distance between front and rear axle – 2200 mm (5-door 2700 mm)
• Front and rear wheel track – 1440/1420 mm, respectively
• Trunk volume – 265 liters (420 l. 5-door)
• Trunk volume with seats folded - 585 liters (780 l. 5-door)
• Fuel tank volume – 42 liters (65 l. 5-door)
• Tire size – 185/75 R16
• Ground clearance Lada 4×4 – 205 mm

Video Lada 4x4

Video review and test drive of real compact SUVs Lada 4×4 Urban versus Suzuki Jimny.