4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY LADA · 3 ENGINES

Lada engines

Lada engines

The engines of Lada's four-wheel drives: 3 of them, 2 petrol and 1 diesel, with the vehicles each one powered and when.

What Lada used, and when

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VAZ-2121 1.6 1977–1994 VAZ Niva fours 1977–present PSA XUD9 1982–2000

petrol diesel electric multi-fuel

inline-4 · 1.6 L / 1.7 L / 1.8 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

VAZ Niva fours

1977–present

The Niva’s petrol fours — 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 litres — from 1977 to today.

8 vehicles: VAZ-2122 Reka amphibious prototype (1976–85), Niva VAZ-2121 and 21213 (1977–), Niva in the Paris–Dakar (1980s), Niva in Antarctica and at altitude and 4 more

inline-4 · 1.6 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

VAZ-2121 1.6

1977–1994

The 1,570 cc four of the original Niva, 80 hp.

3 vehicles: VAZ-2122 Reka amphibious prototype (1976–85), Niva VAZ-2121 and 21213 (1977–), Niva in the Paris–Dakar (1980s)

inline-4 · 1.9 L · diesel · naturally aspirated

PSA XUD9

1982–2000

The 1.9-litre Peugeot diesel fitted to the export Lada Niva of 1999–2007.

4 vehicles: VAZ-2122 Reka amphibious prototype (1976–85), Niva VAZ-2121 and 21213 (1977–), Niva in the Paris–Dakar (1980s), Niva 1.9 diesel (1999–2007)