The History of Creation

«KhADI-7» is a racing car designed in  Laboratory KhAHI in 1966. The author of the project was the Head of the Laboratory V. K. Nikitin.

When V. K.  Nikitin began to design a brand new record setting car in the engineering department, he decided to use the frame and the body of the previously designed «Kharkov-7» car, i.e. it was to become «KhADI-7».

In official guidebooks and various sports literature sources on motor racing in 1950-1960, the record results and the specifications of only the first, second, third and sixth models of the racing cars created by V. K.Nikitin are given. However, there was such a car. It was designed in 1959 with a test V-shaped 8-cylinder engine with a capacity of 340 hp. A.M. Siryatsky was actively involved  in  the engine development.