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==Production history== | ==Production history== | ||
The original Lada from which it was based was built and registered<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20220224075103/https://www.mycarcheck.com/car-history-check/5fd95c430dec0188e09e9743c7d8583b (Archive link) My Car Check - Lada Riva.]</ref> in late 1996. It was sold at a dealer network known as "Catalyst" (due to the extra badge on the boot) and purchased by Paul Sherwood approximately a year prior to filming. According to Guy Croft's website, the car was picked up and worked on by Lotus during November 2002<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030202020907/http://www.guy-croft.com/page9.html (Archive link) Guy Croft's personal website.]</ref>, with the engine taking the majority of the two weeks to build. | The original Lada from which it was based was built and registered<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20220224075103/https://www.mycarcheck.com/car-history-check/5fd95c430dec0188e09e9743c7d8583b (Archive link) My Car Check - Lada Riva.]</ref> in late 1996. It was sold at a dealer network known as "Catalyst" (due to the extra badge on the boot) and purchased by Paul Sherwood approximately a year prior to filming. According to Guy Croft's website, the car was picked up and worked on by Lotus during November 2002<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20030202020907/http://www.guy-croft.com/page9.html (Archive link) Guy Croft's personal website.]</ref>, with the engine taking the majority of the two weeks to build. | ||
==Media appearances== | ==Media appearances== | ||
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| Lada Riva by Lotus | |
|---|---|
 The Riva in all its glory. | |
| Vehicle | Lada Lotus Riva |
| Origin |
 Russia |
| Type | FR saloon car |
| Engine | 1.8L Inline-4 |
| 0-60 | 7.0 sec |
| Displacement | 180 brake horsepower |
| Top Speed | 135 MPH (217 KPH) |
| Produced | 2002 - 2002 |
| On-screen debut | Top Gear: Series 1, Episode 8 (2002) |
| Final appearance | Top Gear: Series 1, Episode 9 (2002) |
The Lada Riva by Lotus was a modified Lada Riva built by Lotus Cars in 2002 as a challenge for the British television series Top Gear.
Production history[edit | edit source]
The original Lada from which it was based was built and registered[1] in late 1996. It was sold at a dealer network known as "Catalyst" (due to the extra badge on the boot) and purchased by Paul Sherwood approximately a year prior to filming. According to Guy Croft's website, the car was picked up and worked on by Lotus during November 2002[2], with the engine taking the majority of the two weeks to build.
Media appearances[edit | edit source]
The Lada Riva by Lotus made its television debut for Series 1, Episode 8 of Top Gear on the 8th December, 2002. It made its final televised appearance for Series 1, Episode 9 two weeks following its initial appearance, where its engine bay would be used to cook food for famed chef Gordon Ramsay.
Significant examples[edit | edit source]
- J834 CRC - Replica based off a 1991 Riva, built in 2011 and often confused for the original.
- P968 OEX - Paul Sherwood's original car, since purchased by a major German Lotus dealer.
References[edit | edit source]
- Vehicle pages
- Vehicles produced by Lada
- Lada Lotus Riva
- Russian vehicles
- Cars
- FR cars
- FR saloon cars
- Saloon cars
- Russian cars
- Lada cars
- Lada saloon cars
- Cars with an engine displacement of 1 - 1.9 litres
- Cars with an exact engine displacement of 1.8 litres
- Cars with Inline-4 engines
- Cars with 4 cylinder engines
- Vehicles with a 0-60 time of 7.0 seconds
- Vehicles with a power output of 180 BHP
- Vehicles with a top speed of 135 MPH/217 KPH
- Vehicles which entered production in 2002
- Vehicles which ceased production in 2002
