The Lada Kalina is a supermini

Supermini car

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 produced by the Russia

Russia

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n automaker AvtoVAZ

AvtoVAZ

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 and sold under the Lada

Lada

Lada is a trademark of AvtoVAZ, a Russian car manufacturer in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast. All AvtoVAZ vehicles are currently sold under the Lada brand, though this was not always so; Lada was originally AvtoVAZ's export brand for models it sold under the Zhiguli name in the domestic Soviet market...

 brand. It began production in November 2004 as the 2004 year model in Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Kazakhstan

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 and Belarus

Belarus

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, although dealership availability for foreign markets started only in September 2005.

The three models developed are:

• Lada 1117 – 5-door station wagon
  Station wagon
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   (production began in 2007/2008)
• Lada 1118 – 4-door sedan (full production began in 2005/2006)
• Lada 1119 – 5-door hatchback
  Hatchback
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   (full production began in 2006)

There are two gasoline engines, with 81 and 91 hp

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 (60 and 68 kW).