In 1993, the car company PSA Bronto was established as part of the AvtoVAZ research center for the production of special armored vehicles and SUVs on the platform of the Lada Niva.

This car is designed to work in specific conditions that are associated with overcoming marshy swamps, deep snows, sand dunes.

[2][3][4] In 1996, the cooperation of PSA Bronto with Sberbank of Russia began, for which the company manufactured 500 cash armored vehicles.

[1] In 2005, PSA Bronto launched the "Landole" open car based on the Niva, designed by Sergey Samoilov.

[1] In 2009, PSA Bronto introduced a new SUV in camouflaged army paint, on the Niva Lynx platform, which was continued in the Niva-Lynx1, Niva-Lynx2 and Niva-Lynx3 series.