VAZ 2108 is the first car created in the USSR, whose drive wheels are not rear (like the classic VAZ family and the rest of the USSR passenger car fleet), but the front. By Western standards, it is difficult to call today's VAZ models modern, even if it is PRIORA, but at the time of its debut, the VAZ 2108 shark was completely modern compared to its classmates, such as: Ford Eskort, Golf and the entire golf class of those years.
Eight can be called an attractive car, remember classmates of those years, the car is not the smallest in the class, so it is longer in length, for example - Fiat UNO. VAZ 2108 has excellent characteristics. The car turned out to be very light, only 900 kg, so the engine of 1499 cubic centimeters can easily pull the car in the city stream, and a weaker engine of 1300 cubes was installed. And today, the well-groomed eight can be called a high-speed car: a five-
speed gearbox, low weight, clear steering distinguish it from the "Classic". Only now a family car can not be called
eight, the trunk is only 270 liters, the rear seats are not too spacious, and three adults in the back will be really crowded. A significant difference from the classic family can be seen in the location of the engine, it is located transversely and not longitudinally, as was done earlier at the VAZ. Incidentally, the VAZ to this day, thus, complete the engine compartment.
The VAZ 2108 car is quite economical and, when driving on the highway, on the fifth
the transmission can keep within 6 liters per 100 kilometers. In the nineties, every guy dreamed of such a machine, it was then that she was nicknamed "chisels." The eight got such a nickname thanks to the angular body. Years of driving and owning a car showed its strengths and weaknesses, the factory bumpers made of black plastic are made quite qualitatively and will not crack with an insignificant blow, when you hit the same force, the tens or modernized eight bumper will fly apart, so decide whether to sacrifice strength for the sake of beauty. The gearbox moves are quite short and the gears shift easily.
The unpleasant moment is that the front and rear gears are very close and there have been cases when the car does not drive forward and backward - this is not a bike or a legend at all - this happened in everyday life for various motorists. The best advantage of the front-wheel drive VAZ 2108 is manifested in the winter, a car with front -wheel drive is much easier to move on slippery, rolled ice than a car with rear-wheel drive without any electronic assistance systems. Landing by car is almost the same as on foreign cars, with legs extended forward, this may appeal to those who have traveled in classics for a long time. Today, the eight is best suited for a young man who is interested and at the same time loves cars, who is ready to bring this elderly equipment back to life. Then the VAZ 2108 will please him with good behavior on the road and a sense of freedom. This car is simply designed for comfortable trips. After its acquisition, there will be enough savings for high-quality tuning.