Vehicle
Lada Kalina
The supermini between the Granta and the Vesta, and the model where Lada first fitted electric power steering at volume — a column-mounted unit whose failure is a common complaint and which sets a chassis code rather than a powertrain one. Otherwise conventional: port-injected fours, a five-speed manual, and the same interference-versus-non-interference distinction the Granta has, since it uses the same engine family.
Generations
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First generation 2004–2013
The first Lada with electric power steering at volume — a column unit whose failure reads as a chassis fault, not a powertrain one.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Sedan · Estate
- Platform
- Lada B
- Engines
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- 1.4 16v — VAZ-11194 · petrol
- 1.6 8v — VAZ-11183 · petrol
- 1.6 16v — VAZ-21126 · petrol · 145 Nm (107 lb-ft)
- 1.9 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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Second generation 2013–2018
The facelifted car, gaining an automatic option and the later sixteen-valve engine; the Granta shares its mechanicals almost entirely.
- Body styles
- Hatchback · Estate
- Platform
- Lada B
- Engines
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- 1.6 8v — VAZ-11183 · petrol
- 1.6 16v VAZ-21126 — VAZ-21126 · petrol · 145 Nm (107 lb-ft)
- 1.6 16v VAZ-21127 — VAZ-21127 · petrol · 148 Nm (109 lb-ft)
- 1.9 — petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automated manual
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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