He recalled that the company plans to produce more than 100,000 cars with various modifications in the second half of the year, and nearly 500,000 next year.
The production lines of Lada Granta and Lada Niva are expected to be increased to 50 and 38 vehicles per hour respectively. The speed of the Granta conveyor is also planned to be increased from 40 to about 50 vehicles per hour, and for Lada Niva models in the classic Legend configuration and in the more modern Lada Niva Travel to 38 vehicles per hour, Maxim said. Sokolov. in an interview with Russia 24 TV channel.
Therefore, it was decided to transfer the production of Lada Vesta from Izhevsk to Togliatti, since the capacity of the Izhevsk plant allowed only 150 thousand cars per year.
The production capacity in Togliatti, he said, will allow production of about 60 Lada Vesta per hour. True, the transfer requires investments – about 1 billion rubles. According to him, the project to produce Vesta at the new location will become profitable by the end of 2023.