The Lada Samara is a small family car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ under the Lada brand since 1984. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called Sputnik ("fellow traveler", "satellite") until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara entered in production, using the export name. It was the first front-wheel drive car built in the Soviet Union. Production of the saloon and estate ended in 2013. However, there is no word of the pickup version being discontinued.

The first cars left the production line on 18 December 1984. These, the three-door hatchbacks (the only model available at first), were powered by a belt-driven SOHC 1,288 cc (78.6 cu in) inline-four, and were fitted with a four-speed gearbox. The three-door was joined by a five-door, and by models with 1,099 cc (67.1 cu in) (a destroked version of the 1288) or 1,499 cc (91.5 cu in) (a bored-out 1288) engines.

VAZ debuted the 2109 five-doorhatchback in 1987, also available with the 1,099 cc (67.1 cu in), 1,288 cc (78.6 cu in), and 1,499 cc (91.5 cu in).