Lada · 1977–present
Lada Niva
The Lada Niva Travel is a mini sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced since 1998 by the AvtoVAZ Group. Originally called the VAZ-2123 (1998–2002), the SUV was marketed as the Chevrolet Niva from 2003 to 2020, when AvtoVAZ (the parent company of the Lada brand) was in a joint venture with General Motors, called GM-AvtoVAZ. However, after General Motors sold its 50-percent stake in the firm in 2020, the car was for a short time rebranded as the Lada Niva, giving the car then the same name that the original, 1977-launched Lada Niva/ Lada 4x4/ VAZ-2121 still has, in certain European markets — while the VAZ-2123 is also a development of its predecessor, VAZ-2121's mechanical underpinnings. On 21 December 2020, the car was rebranded the 'Lada Niva Travel'.
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UK vehicles on the road
35 licensed and 209 SORN (244 total) at 2025 Q4.
| Year (latest quarter) | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 206 |
| 2015 | 214 |
| 2016 | 219 |
| 2017 | 223 |
| 2018 | 214 |
| 2019 | 214 |
| 2020 | 217 |
| 2021 | 239 |
| 2022 | 247 |
| 2023 | 247 |
| 2024 | 242 |
| 2025 | 244 |
DfT/DVLA VEH0120 vehicle licensing statistics, source ↗, Open Government Licence v3.0. Small counts are rounded or suppressed at source.
Sources
- Wikidata / Wikipedia profiles — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/cars/Q2636249CC0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- DfT/DVLA VEH0120 licensing statistics — https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/vehicle-licensing-statistics-data-tablesOpen Government Licence v3.0
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.