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Lada VFTS
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The LADA VFTS is a rally car based on the Lada 2105. Lada is a trademark of the Russian manufacturer AvtoVAZ. VFTS stands for Vilniusskaja Fabrika Transportnych Sredstv (in Cyrillic: Вильнюсская фабрика транспортных средств), Russian for "Vilnius factory of vehicles".
VFTS started as a workshop at the Vilnius car repair factory and later transformed into the Vilnius factory of vehicles, a company that specialized in producing rally/race versions of Lada vehicles and engines. VFTS is best known for a rally version of the Lada 2105, which was prepared under Group B rules. The company was founded and managed by Lithuanian rally driver Stasys Brundza.
The preparation of rally cars started in 1970 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of the Soviet Union), in one of the halls of the Vilnius car repair factory. The first model produced in the Vilnius factory was the Lada 1300, with an engine enlarged to 1600cc and tuned to 130-150 HP.
Number of exported original vehicles:
In total, 30 vehicles were exported.
The head engineers and technicians at VFTS were Zbignevas Kivertas (engine), Henrikas Šilinis, Vygandas Ulickas, and Arūnas Volungevičius (design of Lada 2108 EVA).
However, production of the Lada VFTS did not continue long after Group B was banned. As the Soviet Union abolished the production of these cars, various rally drivers started to copy the design and technical solutions of the VFTS. LADA-VFTS became very popular in Hungary. Lada VFTS cars reappeared in the H class of the Hungarian championship at the end of the 1990s. Nowadays, this car is very popular among rally drivers in ex-Soviet and other European countries. For example, Russian rally drivers use these cars in Club Rally Series, also in short Rally-Sprints series. They build replicas of VFTS cars and are showing results that are better than with other newer rally cars.
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The LADA VFTS is a rally car based on the Lada 2105. Lada is a trademark of the Russian manufacturer AvtoVAZ. VFTS stands for Vilniusskaja Fabrika Transportnych Sredstv (in Cyrillic: Вильнюсская фабрика транспортных средств), Russian for "Vilnius factory of vehicles".
VFTS started as a workshop at the Vilnius car repair factory and later transformed into the Vilnius factory of vehicles, a company that specialized in producing rally/race versions of Lada vehicles and engines. VFTS is best known for a rally version of the Lada 2105, which was prepared under Group B rules. The company was founded and managed by Lithuanian rally driver Stasys Brundza.
The preparation of rally cars started in 1970 in Vilnius, Lithuania (then part of the Soviet Union), in one of the halls of the Vilnius car repair factory. The first model produced in the Vilnius factory was the Lada 1300, with an engine enlarged to 1600cc and tuned to 130-150 HP.
Number of exported original vehicles:
In total, 30 vehicles were exported.
The head engineers and technicians at VFTS were Zbignevas Kivertas (engine), Henrikas Šilinis, Vygandas Ulickas, and Arūnas Volungevičius (design of Lada 2108 EVA).
However, production of the Lada VFTS did not continue long after Group B was banned. As the Soviet Union abolished the production of these cars, various rally drivers started to copy the design and technical solutions of the VFTS. LADA-VFTS became very popular in Hungary. Lada VFTS cars reappeared in the H class of the Hungarian championship at the end of the 1990s. Nowadays, this car is very popular among rally drivers in ex-Soviet and other European countries. For example, Russian rally drivers use these cars in Club Rally Series, also in short Rally-Sprints series. They build replicas of VFTS cars and are showing results that are better than with other newer rally cars.