In 1990, an event occurred at the VAZ plant in Togliatti. The classic "chisel" VAZ 2109, popularly beloved "nine" got a new body and, as usual, a few more twists and turns of the salon assortment. However, minor improvements in the instrument panel and various switches to the consumer did not impress. At VAZ 21099 reviews fell down, as from a cornucopia. All attention was focused on the back of the car. Of the fast-moving hatchback, the nine turned into an awkward sedan. All the visual dynamics of the hull was broken, the line from the roof to the rear bumper failed, the profile of the new trunk was unintelligible and in general not quite aesthetic.
I retell the opinion of most car experts, who had the opportunity to evaluate the new car and express their impressions. The new nine reminded the Romanian Dacia, a primitive car with a flawed design. Of course, the luggage compartment instead of just the luggage compartment in the car is preferable, there is no dust and noise insulation is good, but still the appearance of the VAZ 21099, the reviews of which continued to arrive, evoked censures. However, over time people used to and gradually began to buy a car.
Previously, the ninth remarkably kept the road and easily, gambling, passed any turns. The new car seriously puzzled the drivers, it began to crash in the corners. Slightly, without emergency risk, but discomfort in the management appeared and considerable. The reason was an elongated rear part, when changing from a hatchback to a sedan shape, the rear overhang of the car was increased by 20 centimeters. This is quite a lot, considering that the stability of the car is primarily affected by the trunk. The empty luggage compartment makes the car scour, and the loaded luggage lifts its nose. But in any case because of the trunk sedan does not have the stability of the hatchback.
In the rest VAZ 21099, the population's feedback was immediately taken into account, it was quite a decent car. A 1.5-liter transverse petrol engine, front-wheel drive, a good wheelbase and an efficient dual-circuit braking system put the car on a par with the best models of the early nineties. And to the credit of the AVTOVAZ engineering corps, the new nine in a short time received several modifications, significant enough that strengthened its reputation. There was a period when the VAZ 21099, the reviews collected quite negative, this served as an incentive for a number of modifications that were successfully carried out.
Modification VAZ 21099-00: engine with contactless ignition, carburettor controlled from the interior, instrument panel in kit 083 and door upholstery of improved quality. On this machine, the on-board monitoring system was processed. The next modification VAZ 21099-02 added headrests on the back of the rear seat. VAZ 21099, the technical specifications of which were generally good, needed additional comfort of the cabin. And the modification of the VAZ 21099-04 brought a lot of improvements to the car: power windows, door locking, standard fog lights, rear seat headrests, natural stuffing of all seats and backs, velor seat upholstery, updated instrument panel 2115 and, finally, a full onboard control system.
The car VAZ 21099-22 received an injector engine with a microprocessor, and all of the above options, which were already at VAZ 21099-04. And the last modification of VAZ 21099-91 - with the installation of rotary piston engine VAZ 415, a small liter, but with it the machine developed a speed of 190 km / h. At present, the characteristic of VAZ 21099 is steadily positive, the car is in demand.