Lada Sputnik is a front-wheel drive passenger car with a hatchback body. Developed and mass-produced at the Volga Automobile Plant in 1987-2004. Currently assembled in Ukraine (with 1600 cc engine). With the rear seat folded down, the car transforms into a cargo-passenger version, similar to a station wagon. Previously, Sputnik was equipped with in-line four-cylinder eight-valve carburetor gasoline engines with a volume of 1100, 1300 and 1500 cc. Since 1994, 4-cylinder 8-valve gasoline engines VAZ-2111 1500 cc began to be installed on these machines. with distributed fuel injection. A feature of the 1.5-liter 8-valve engine is that when the timing belt breaks, the pistons do not reach the valves. Some cars were equipped with a VAZ-415 rotary piston engine, which had high power (140 hp), but a small resource.