4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1995
BASE MODELRussia

Niva VAZ-2131 five-door and 2329 pick-up (1995–)

The long Niva: the VAZ-2131 five-door of 1995 on a 2,700 mm wheelbase and the 2329 pick-up on the same chassis, with the 1.7 engines and the same permanent four-wheel drive, sold to rural families, utilities and small businesses across Russia and exported to Europe.

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Sources & evidence
Niva VAZ-2131 five-door and 2329 pick-up (1995–) — Front view of a brown 5-door Lada Niva UrbanThrowawayacc222 · CC0 ↗
MODEL LINENiva 2121 and 2131BUILT BYAvtoVAZ, TolyattiPRODUCED1995PRODUCTIONNot published separatelyLAYOUT4 wheels · 106.3″

The record

The long-wheelbase Niva gave the design a family and a working body without changing its mechanicals; a 2131 reached 5,725 metres on a Tibetan mountain in 1999. Both remain in production at Tolyatti.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1995–present
ENGINE1.7-litre 21213 and 21214 fours; 1.8-litre 2130
PRODUCTION RUNNot published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINRussia
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINENiva 2121 and 2131
FAMILYNiva 2121 and 2131
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE106.3″
BODY STYLEFive-door wagon
VARIANTS2

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • White (Niva)
  • Niva green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1VAZ-2121 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE
  2. 2Lada Niva ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched