VAZ 21015 - the national car in a new wrapper

Surprisingly, the work on the restyling version of AvtoVAZ designers began 20 years ago, when the goal was to change the design of the 99th model. Various versions were considered, after which it was decided to remove obsolete bumpers, replacing them with new ones - with rounded corners. VAZ 21015 received moldings-thresholds, which "poured in" the edges of the wings, as well as an even more pointed and long front end. The small original wing on the trunk lid supplemented the image.

A new look was assigned not only to the fifteenth model. Pioneers in the new version were classmates in the project "Sputnik-2" - hatchbacks of 13th and 14th models (restyled versions of VAZ 2108 and VAZ 2109 respectively), after which the already announced VAZ 21015 and its subsequent modifications were already shown. The beginning of the serial production of the new sedan was planned for 1994, but the country was going through far from the best economic times, therefore the work on the unfinished project "Samara-2" was periodically suspended due to lack of financing. Virtually all the means and forces were spent on finishing work on a fundamentally new car (the "ten") and the new "Sputnik" gradually began to forget. In the end, the development of VAZ 21015 took more than two years, and in 1996 it was put into production in small series, and even after 5 years, a full assembly of the car started on the factory assembly line.

Compared with the "ninety-ninth" VAZ 21015 became a bit longer. To a large extent, the exterior of the car has changed, the interior has been almost completely renovated, in its turn the roof, doors and sidewalls have remained the same. This tuning of the VAZ 21015 added some distinctive features to the car, namely: a new hood and front fender shape, original front lights, stylish taillights with an interesting decorative insert, body color bumpers, trunk spoiler with built-in extra "stop", door moldings and original fairings Thresholds, an updated trunk lid and a new lighting equipment.

It is believed that some of the design decisions were borrowed from the already mentioned "dozens", for example, similar points for fixing seat belts, finally, a steering column with adjustments, as well as a dashboard. As for the exterior, here, by analogy with the tenth sedan, you can talk about the license plate located on the bumper. As for the cost of VAZ 21015, the price for a new car is within 10 thousand dollars.

As power units on the sedan install one of two petrol engines - 1.5 and 1.6 liters. At the beginning of the conveyor production of VAZ 21015 the car was equipped with a purely carburetor engine, but since 2001 it was replaced by a motor with distributed fuel injection. In order to increase its service life and reduce noise at idle, the developers had a modernized clutch disc . The car is equipped with a simple on-board system, the indication of which will warn the driver about the door not closed, the maximum wear of the brake shoes, the level of the oil, the seat belts unfastened and the key left in the ignition. The new sedan is available in standard, improved and luxury trim levels.