What engine will LADA Niva Legend get next year?
- September 16, 2022
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In 2023, the classic SUV LADA Niva Legend will get a more powerful power source. The chairman of AvtoVAZ, Maxim Sokolov, spoke about this at the opening of
In 2023, the classic SUV LADA Niva Legend will get a more powerful power source. The chairman of AvtoVAZ, Maxim Sokolov, spoke about this at the opening of the Niva Togliatti Center. He noted that it will be a car with a three-door body. However, there are no details about the engine. But the AvtoVzglyad portal suggested what kind of power unit the legendary model would have.
Now under the hood of the Niva is a 1.7-liter, 83-horsepower naturally aspirated engine, paired with a five-speed “mechanics” and four-wheel drive system. This engine has been criticized more than once for being slow and lacking thrust. Here in Tolyatti they thought about installing a new unit.
The AvtoVzglyad portal has already written about the new “heart” for the Niva, but then it was about the 1.6-liter VAZ-11182 engine with a return of 90 forces. Such a Niva should be given the Sport prefix. However, according to rumors now circulating on the web, the new “heart” of the car may turn out to be a 16-valve 1.8-liter VAZ-21179 unit with a power of 122 horsepower. Of. It came out in 2016 and was installed on Vesta and XRAY.
The main difficulty is that it is impossible to simply place the engine, made for the front-wheel drive family, under the hood of the outdated Niva. Therefore, suppose that the factory workers use the experience of the Togliatti company “Super-Avto”, which managed to solve the problem some time ago. To accommodate the longitudinal positioning of the 1.8-liter unit, the engineers installed a new clutch and flywheel. They also rebuilt the oil pan and oil receiver.
Subsequently, a reconfiguration of the engine compartment was necessary. As a result, the exhaust duct of the Niva was completely redone, a new radiator was installed and the spare wheel was moved from the engine compartment to the tailgate. Such machines are now produced in small batches to order.
Another difficulty is that every SUV must be certified. Now, when the factory comes into operation, it will take care of certification issues.
By the way, attempts have been made before to add “horses” to the Russian all-terrain vehicle. So, at AvtoVAZ, experimental batches of Niva with engines from LADA Priora were assembled, and later a similar project was carried out by the F-Design tuning studio. The craftsmen installed a VAZ-21126 engine with 98 horsepower on the Niva. So there is experience.
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Now under the hood of the Niva is a 1.7-liter, 83-horsepower naturally aspirated engine, paired with a five-speed “mechanics” and four-wheel drive system. This engine has been criticized more than once for being slow and lacking thrust. Here in Tolyatti they thought about installing a new unit.
The AvtoVzglyad portal has already written about the new “heart” for the Niva, but then it was about the 1.6-liter VAZ-11182 engine with a return of 90 forces. Such a Niva should be given the Sport prefix. However, according to rumors circulating on the web, the new “heart” of the car may turn out to be a 16-valve 1.8-liter VAZ-21179 unit with a power of 122 horsepower. Of. It came out in 2016 and was installed on Vesta and XRAY.
The main difficulty is that it is impossible to simply place the engine, made for the front-wheel drive family, under the hood of the outdated Niva. Therefore, suppose that the factory workers use the experience of the Togliatti company “Super-Avto”, which managed to solve the problem some time ago. To accommodate the longitudinal positioning of the 1.8-liter unit, the engineers installed a new clutch and flywheel. They also rebuilt the oil pan and oil receiver.
Subsequently, a reconfiguration of the engine compartment was necessary. As a result, the exhaust duct of the Niva was completely redone, a new radiator was installed and the spare wheel was moved from the engine compartment to the tailgate. Such machines are now produced in small batches to order.
Another difficulty is that every SUV must be certified. Now, when the factory comes into operation, it will take care of certification issues.
By the way, attempts have been made before to add “horses” to the Russian all-terrain vehicle. So, at AvtoVAZ, experimental batches of Niva with engines from LADA Priora were assembled, and later a similar project was carried out by the F-Design tuning studio. The craftsmen installed a 98 hp VAZ-21126 engine on the Niva. So there is experience.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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