Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ reported a jump in new car sales in August on Friday, as the country’s industry is reeling from Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Car maker Lada announced that it sold 18,087 passenger vehicles during the previous month, a figure that increased by 75.2% compared to July. Although AvtoVAZ’s sales are […]
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From corporate vacation to downtime. AvtoVAZ will not resume production on May 11
On May 4, AvtoVAZ went on another corporate vacation, the resumption of production was planned on May 11. However, as it turned out, the plant will not restore production, as it was originally supposed: instead, it will go into idle time. All because of the lack of components. This was announced by the deputy chairman […]
Special Edition in the harsh modern reality: “empty” Ladas without ABS, ESP, ERA-GLONASS and airbags will receive such a prefix
Due to the lack of various components and disruption of the supply chain, the AvtoVAZ plant decided to produce special simplified versions of some Lada models, which will be less affected by imported components. Atypical AvtoVAZ Group reports that with the release of simplified trim levels, AvtoVAZ expects to reach the production of at least […]
Renault to transfer 68% of Avtovaz shares to Russian Scientific Institute
French carmaker Renault SA will transfer a 68% stake in the automotive industry Avtovaz AO to a Russian scientific institute for a token price, Russian Interfax news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Embo as saying. Renault will have the right to repurchase its share capital within the next five or six years, as reported by […]
Named the main contender for the position of the new CEO of AvtoVAZ. This is a Russian
As Gazeta.ru writes with reference to the Russian Automobile Telegram channel, Mikhail Ryabov is the main candidate for the position of the new AvtoVAZ CEO. Mikhail Ryabov has been working at AvtoVAZ since 1986, starting as a mechanical assembly fitter. From 2010 to 2012, he led the B0 Platform Cars project, and later served as […]
The share of Renault in AvtoVAZ can be redeemed by a Chinese automaker
According to TASS, citing a source in government agencies, Renault’s share in AvtoVAZ can be bought out by one of the Chinese automobile concerns. Before that, it was said that the sale would be made to a Russian company, but, apparently, various options are being considered. “One of the Chinese automakers is being considered”, the […]
Renault sells AvtoVAZ: only Granta, Niva and Vesta can remain in the Lada line
They didn’t even take it with an “automatic”, but what will happen next? World sales of Lada collapsed According to Gazeta.Ru, Renault is preparing AvtoVAZ for sale, while the state corporation Rostec or structures of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which owns a 32.4% stake in the Russian JV Lada Auto Holding, may become […]
They didn’t even take it with an “automatic”, but what will happen next? World sales of Lada collapsed
The published financial report of Renault, which is a shareholder of AvtoVAZ, contains fresh statistics on sales of Lada cars in the first quarter of this year. According to published data, world sales of Lada cars, both in the Russian market and in all other countries, fell by 33.1% and amounted to 60.6 thousand cars. […]
“There are no cars with an “automatic” and never will be.” Russia is about to run out of Lada cars with automatic transmission
Representatives of AvtoVAZ official dealer centers confirmed that there were almost no new Lada cars with automatic transmission left in Russian car dealerships. Only a few cars with automatic gearboxes remained in Lada car dealerships, including traditional “automatic machines”, Jatco CVTs, as well as with AMT branded VAZ robot, supplemented by German ZF actuators. There […]
“This car will not be shown at the ceremonial events.” What does a completely new Lada Vesta look like in an “empty” version
As we wrote last week, the Russian automotive giant AvtoVAZ plans to release not only the Granta and Niva, but also the new Vesta NG in a simplified configuration against the backdrop of a shortage of components. This time, photos of such an “empty” version of the new generation Lada Vesta, seen on the roads […]