The most successful design development of AvtoVAZ, which combined the comfort of a passenger car with the cross-country ability of an all-terrain vehicle. "Niva" became one of the first representatives of the now so popular "parquet" off-road vehicles and surpasses many modern analogues in terms of cross-country ability. The car was popular in many countries of the world. On the basis of the VAZ 2121, many cars for various purposes were created, produced both at AvtoVAZ and at other enterprises.