Russian automaker AvtoVAZ has started testing the Lada Niva SUV with a 90 hp 11182 engine. In this respect informs Public Avtograd News on the social network “Vkontakte”.
“Two such machines are currently being tested on the factory site near the village of Sosnovka, they are visually no different from stock machines. All changes to the engine compartment in terms of brackets for fixing the unit were carried out manually in the resource complex, ”the message states.
It is not yet known when the Lada Niva with the new engine will be officially put on the conveyor. In the Largus, Vesta, Granta models, an eight-valve 1.6-liter engine is installed, the power of which after modernization in 2021 increased to 90 hp and torque to 143 Nm.
Previously reportedThat Dongfeng will start producing auto parts for AvtoVAZ in 2024.