The creation of this model began back in 1993 at the Volzhsky Automobile Plant. At the final stage of development in 1998, the car was named Lada Kalina, VAZ 1118 is the in-house serial designation of the sedan model. The car was first presented to the public in 2000, and at the end of 2004 it went on sale. Within two years, AvtoVAZ produced more than 80 thousand copies of the car. Sales of the popular model exceeded all the expectations of the Russian car industry, so in 2007 the production of Lada Kalina VAZ 1118 was increased, which made it possible to produce 145 thousand cars per year.
