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Further details revealed on the Lada 110

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What has almost seemed like a joke since the first rumours about it in 2006 now seems to become true – Lada on the grid of the World Touring Car Championship. While the rumours and announcements in 2006 indicated a factory entry, the entry for 2008 is a private entry by the Russian team Bears Motorsport. TouringCarTimes have received information regarding the cars that will be run.

The Lada 110 was developed in 2006 by M-Tec Motorsport by the order of Lada. M-Tech has developed several prototypes for different manufacturers before. Among other cars M-Tech produced the Lada 2111 in rally S1600 specification.

The reason for the sudden halt of the WTCC project in 2006 was due to lack of funds from Lada to the project and that they found no main sponsor. Three cars were produced, one still remains with Lada while the other two were bought by Bears Motorsport.

According to our sources Lada have approved the homologation for the car which is required for the team to compete in the WTCC.

The engine of the Lada 110 is a two litre engine from Opel. The engine was originally developed for Formula 3 and has been tuned by the renowned Spiess Motorsport. The gearbox is made by Hewland with a clutch from Sachs.

No further details regarding the cars have been revealed so far.