Lada Niva to get new engine in 2025 – more voluminous and powerful, but simple and reliable
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Lada Niva to get new engine in 2025 – more voluminous and powerful, but simple and reliable

The dream of fans of domestic SUVs from AVTOVAZ will soon come true – Lada Niva will get a new engine after all. And we are not talking about small batches, but about a full replacement of one power unit with another.


Instead of the 1,7-liter, 83-horsepower engine that many people are tired of, the legendary Russian SUV will receive a larger, more powerful power unit.

It's just a pity that there wasn't much to choose from. We had to settle for the little - and that's a 1,8-liter engine - the largest of those produced at the AVTOVAZ plant.

Lada Niva to get new engine in 2025 – more voluminous and powerful, but simple and reliableFirst, the new engine will be installed in the Lada Niva Travel. Photo: youtube.com

But they decided not to rush with the power - the new engine for the "Niva" will produce 90 hp. Fortunately, the designers understand that an excess "herd" under the hood is not needed for an SUV. Naturally, we are talking about power units with a small volume. After all, if you force such, you will have to sacrifice traction at the bottom. And for SUVs, this is important.

The new engine has one more nuance – it will be eight-valve. This outdated design was not chosen by chance. Considering that power and maximum speed are not priorities, the engineers have focused on traction at low revs. In addition, eight-valve power units are more reliable and structurally simpler.

The first serial cars "Niva" with new engines will appear in dealer showrooms in 2025. At first, it is planned to equip the most modern Lada Niva Travel in more expensive trim levels with these power units. Then, Niva Legend will also receive this engine.

Moreover, AVTOVAZ plans to completely replace the old 1,7-liter engines with newer and more modern ones. This is an epochal event within the Niva family. It can only be compared with the transition to 1,7 liters from 1,6.

But they are not planning to change the interior of the Lada Niva yet. Photo: youtube.com

The new power unit will be paired with the same five-speed manual gearbox as before. There is nothing to replace it with, and there is no need to – for now, most Niva owners are happy.

The new engines were specially developed for the Lada Niva. There is an opinion that they were created on the basis of the once popular in narrow circles engines from "Super-Auto", or rather, according to the same patterns and technology.

But, most likely, the power units prepared for the Lada Vesta were taken as a basis. Moreover, in 2021, this is what the specialists at Super-Auto did. But then they took engines with a capacity of 122 hp, without changing the design of the VAZ-21179 engine.
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