Lada Revolution

The Lada Revolution was a series of sports prototype racing cars from the Russian brand Lada, part of AvtoVAZ, first presented at the 2003 Geneva Auto Show. Development began in 2001 and the car shared most of its parts with older VAZ cars, with the first running models built in 2003 and tested by NAMI at the Nurburgring and the Moscow Ring. It won design and car of the year awards in Russia, and Lada created the National Racing Series LADA around it, seven rounds from Moscow to St. Petersburg that ran from 2004 to 2006. At least 48 Revolutions were built, with three written off in the series. The engine was a naturally aspirated 1.6 litre inline four with 16 valves, and a planned road-going version was cancelled by the 2008 financial crisis.