This Laboratory was founded in 1953. One of the founders of this laboratory was Vladimir Nikitin, who was famous racer not only inside the Soviet Union but also around the world. The main purpose of the life of Vladimir Nikitin was to create the fasters car in the world. This idea of creating race cars became the purpose of laboratory and has been continued by students of Nikitin throughout the years.
The first car created in LSA by students was KhADI 2 in 1961. The body of the car was made of fiberglass. It was for the first time in Soviet Union when fiberglass was used as a material for car body. This technology was improved and used in majority of our cars.
