The fact that AvtoVAZ is negotiating with three potential suppliers of automatic transmissions from China, a source at the factory told Drom. They choose not only the supply applicants, but also the types of gearboxes.
Among the discussed: hydromechanical automatic transmission (there is even an 8-speed gearbox in the list of candidates) and a variator.
In China, there are several companies that produce classic automatic transmissions for passenger cars, but most often these are joint productions with major global companies GM, ZF, BorgWarner, Aisin or licensed production.
Most likely, the use of the European, but localized in China, automatic transmission on the Ladas is most likely.
At one time, AVTOVAZ signed an agreement with Magna International for the supply of components for the assembly of automatic transmissions and the localization of production in Togliatti. Now this agreement has been suspended, but it is possible that the developments on the project can be realized through the intervention of China.
Collage: “Behind the wheel”