In 1976, a Lada 1500 — the Western export name for the VAZ-2103 — arrived in Britain with a specification that puzzled automotive journalists. The vehicle featured an overhead-camshaft engine, a configuration that distinguished it sharply from its contemporaries in the Eastern Bloc. While the car's lineage traced back to Italian designs, its mechanical execution represented a deliberate Soviet engineering choice that would define its competitive…
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