Head of AvtoVAZ moves to Chinese crossover

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AvtoVAZ President Maxim Sokolov began to use the Lada X-Cross 5 crossover as a company car. informs Samara edition “Autobroker Club”.

The company noted that the X-Cross 5 is not the only car Sokolov drives. At the same time, only Lada brand cars are used as official cars for AvtoVAZ top executives, Renault, Nissan and Infiniti cars have long been abandoned in the company.

In some cases, the leaders of AvtoVAZ are carried by the long Lada Vesta Signature. Since even the development of this model has not been completed yet, there is no new Lada Aura in the service fleet yet.

AvtoVAZ was launched in St. While announcing the start of production of the Lada X-Cross 5 at the former Nissan plant in St. Petersburg, car sales have not yet started. Crossovers are Chinese FAW Bestune T77 with Lada nameplates. The cars are equipped with a 1.5-liter gasoline turbo engine with a power of 160 hp. and 7-speed “robot”, front-wheel drive only.

How said Sokolov, sales of the Lada X-Cross 5 are expected to begin before the end of 2023.

Formerly socialbites.ca to solveThat a sedan from Geely and Volvo entered the Russian market.

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