AvtoVAZ president Maxim Sokolov does not hide that in a year or two Lada Granta will be replaced by a generation, which will be another step in the domestic auto industry.
“It will be a whole family of cars: a sedan, a station wagon and a more advanced model based on a station wagon, which we want to produce in a few years, and this will be another step in our domestic automotive industry.” industry,” the president said in an interview with RBC at the Eastern Economic Forum.
At the moment, the Lad manufacturer has 25 different prototypes of the new generation of Grants.
“Putting a model on the assembly line is not the same as assembling one or even a small batch pilot production. This is a serious work of engineering, production workers, logistics workers, buyers. That is why it always takes time, and two years, even three years is a normal period for launching a new model,” explains Sokolov.
Usually, the localization of the component base and the search for suppliers from friendly countries should be done.
In addition, the company is preparing a new crossover based on Vesta, about which Za Rulem, the oldest and most popular automotive publication in Russia, has already written.
“It will be a new modern crossover, probably the most popular version among motorists today. And now, in the near future, it will be fully developed by the scientific and technical center of AvtoVAZ, ”said the president of the company.