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15-489: The Oda was designed to serve as a practical replacement to the 1982 Izh 2125 Kombi, and was the last of the Izhevsk -designed vehicles. A pick-up truck / panel van variant, known as Izh 2717 , was also produced from 1991 to 2005. The first prototype appeared in 1977, but production was delayed for several years. Early prototypes, conceived in the late 1980s, implemented the base of Moskvitch Aleko , with notable borrowings in

30-446: Is the first liftback of Russian/Soviet origin. It was based on an Izhevsk -modified Moskvitch 412 , with the first prototype released in 1966 as a small family car. It was considered to be the first Soviet hatchback (released about a decade before the well-known Lada Samara ), though the car actually possesses a station wagon body wherein the "D" pillar has its own support and does not gain from weight reduction (which would position

45-505: The Izh 2125. The range on one charge was claimed to be 350 km, but nothing else was ever heard of this. Combi coup%C3%A9 Combi coupé is a marketing term used by Saab to describe cars with a sloping coupé -like rear hatchback . The term joins the European term "combi" (for an estate car / station wagon ) with coupé . The design combines the functionality of a hatchback with

60-553: The Oda to be updated with VAZ-derived features, such as the Lada 110 's interior design and front-wheel drive , as well as the Samara 's 2106 engine. This led to a boost in consumer demand, and in 1997, all of the previous Moskvitch-based models were discontinued, while the main line switched to production of both the 2126 and the 2717 only. The best selling years of this model were from 1998 to 2002, as

75-516: The Russian government overtook the country's part in the European emission standards , for which other Russian car manufacturers redesigned their vehicles. IzhAuto, however, was lacking in available funding to participate in the program, which forced the company to discontinue all of its models. Due to their financial circumstances, updating the designs of their models to meet the new Russian emission standards

90-618: The USSR between 1974 and 1980 due to its durability, off-road capability, and increased carrying capacity. It was the first Izh car sold for export. Its popularity was also helped by limited competition – station wagon variants of the Lada , Moscow-built Moskvitch , and Volga were in short supply and not as easy to buy as the Kombi. In 1982, the Kombi received a facelift, along with the IZh-produced Moskvitch-412 and Izh 2715 panel van and

105-511: The aging car, with its design dating back to 1977, was awarded zero stars out of a possible four by the Russian ARCAP safety assessment program. A total of 230.781 vehicle was produced at the Izh plant: Izh 2125 The Izh 2125 "Kombi" ( Russian : ИЖ-2125 Комби, short for "combination") is a small family car produced by the Soviet / Russian car manufacturer IZh from 1973 to 1997. It

120-447: The appearance of a fastback (as in liftback). As per a hatchback, the combi coupé incorporates a shared passenger and cargo space. The term was coined by Björn Envall and first introduced with the 1974 Saab 99 . Saab also discussed making a hatchback available for the Saab 96 / Saab 95 model range and Envall created the prototype Saab 98 . The "Combi coupé" term was later applied to

135-477: The body style, while the powertrain featured an upgraded 2125 Kombi engine and transmission. As planned, the Izh Oda entered production in late 1991 alongside the Kombi. Also like the Kombi, it was also planned for export release, but this never occurred. In the wake of the dissolution of the USSR, AZLK (effectively IZH's parent factory at the time) began losing significant revenue before being privatised, resulting in

150-457: The company was partially reacquired by AutoVAZ and renamed "IZhAuto". AvtoVAZ managers then discontinued all of Izh's previous models and ran their own ones into production. An all-new hatchback was introduced, called the Izh 2126 "Oda," and it ultimately replaced the Kombi. On August 23, 2018, the arms manufacturer Kalashnikov presented an electric car with exterior design closely based on that of

165-451: The cost of foreign vehicles was still prohibitively expensive to the average Russian consumer, and many domestically produced vehicles in the economy car class (such as Lada Sputnik) were seen as outdated or lacking in features for their cost. The Oda also briefly sold in Kazakhstan , Ukraine and Belarus around 2003, which was a promising future for both IzhAuto's models. In early 2005,

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180-483: The decision for IZH to convert the production of about half its lines to other industries (such as the production of firearms ) in order to keep its automotive market running. As such, the early years of production saw limited numbers, with roughly 5,000 Izh 2126 models released between 1992 and 1995. Starting 1996, IZH dropped the Moskvitch brand and merged with AutoVAZ , forming the "IzhAuto" company. The merger allowed

195-503: The model more in the liftback family). In Russian literature the car is referred to as a liftback. For the same reason, the car was given the "Kombi" nickname, which in a way alludes to the Combi coupé (the word kombi itself meaning " station wagon " in German and Polish, while in Russian a station wagon is usually called "универсал" ( universal )). The Kombi was a notable sales success within

210-475: Was not possible. The last Odas were completed in September of the same year. Starting in 2008, parts of former Izh 2126/2717 production lines have been readapted for Lada Priora hatchback production. In 2014, most of the production plant has undergone major reconstruction to also accept the assembly of the hatchback variant of Lada Granta , as well as upcoming Lada XRAY and Lada Vesta starting 2016. In 2001

225-462: Was then rebranded as the 21251 . Among notable features improved seats and headrests . The modernised Izh 2125 sold into the 1990s. As the Soviet Union collapsed, IZh was first privatized as the open joint stock company "Izhevsk" and slowly started converting their automotive production lines to other kinds of manufacture, such as firearms . In 1995–96, when AZLK 's revenue decreased drastically,

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