VAZ-21213 and its modifications - off-road cars. All wheels are permanently driven (non-switchable all-wheel drive), there is a mode of locking the center differential. The body is load-bearing, all-metal, welded. Engine - four-cylinder, in-line, gasoline, four-stroke; location - front, longitudinal. The VAZ-21213 is equipped with a carburetor engine mod. 21213 with a working volume of 1.7 liters, on the VAZ-21214 - an engine 21214 of the same volume with distributed fuel injection. (Previously, the 21214 engine with central fuel injection and a microprocessor ignition system was installed on VAZ-21214 cars). VAZ-21215 (exported) equipped with a diesel engine XUD-9SD with a working volume of 1.9 liters of concern «Peugeot Citroen». Gasoline engines with central injection and diesel engines are almost never found in Russia and are not described in this manual.
On VAZ-21214 vehicles, a toxicity reduction system with a three-way converter is installed. To avoid failure of the catalytic converter and oxygen sensor, these vehicles must not be operated on leaded gasoline.