Usuku lokuzalwa VAZ 2101
Sekudlule iminyaka engama-42 kwazalwa imoto yokuqala yasekhaya yohlobo lweVAZ, eyathola isiteketiso esidumile esithi "Kopeyka". Ngo-April 19, 1970, i-VAZ 2101 yokuqala yabona ukukhanya, futhi ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyimoto enokwethenjelwa kakhulu futhi ekhululekile, ikakhulukazi njengoba yenziwa ngesisekelo semoto yase-Italy Fiat yangaleso sikhathi.
Kodwa, ngisho nangemva kwengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, i-"Kopeyka" endala enombhalo omuhle ebhodini le-trunk "Lada" iyaqhubeka nokuhamba emhlabeni jikelele. Ngisho nangemva kwaso sonke lesi sikhathi, abanikazi bezimoto abaningi abakayishintshi imoto yabo yokuqala. Yiqiniso, phakathi naso sonke lesi sikhathi, zonke "Kopeykas" sezivele zashintsha kakhulu kokubili umzimba kanye nenjini izikhathi eziningana.
Futhi ama-Kopeks amaningi awanayo leyo njini endala enamandla aphansi engu-1,1-litre, futhi iningi labanikazi bezimoto bafaka izinjini eziphumelela kakhulu zomndeni "wakudala" kusukela kweziyisithupha. Iphaneli yezinsimbi ibuye ibonakale kaningi kusukela “kweziyisithupha”.
Kodwa noma kunjalo, le moto izosala enkumbulweni yabanikazi abaningi bezimoto bangalezo zikhathi, izikhathi ze-USSR, lapho "Kopeyka" kwakuyimoto yabantu bokuqala, futhi kwabaningi kwahlala imoto yokuqala neyokugcina emndenini.
