Ilta-Sanomat: AvtoVAZ borrowed the drawings of its new Lada Iskra from Renault
The Lada Iskra, the main new product of AvtoVAZ at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024), was created on the basic design of the CMF-B of the Renault group, drawings and other design materials were borrowed. This is stated in material Ilta-Sanomat.
The publication interviewed experts from one of the leading automotive magazines, Tekniikan Maailma, and they indicated that many Iskra technical solutions are fully compatible with the models of the European concern, especially with the Dacia Logan hatchback of previous years.
Hundreds of spare parts for Iskra are localized, that is, copied from foreign solutions and produced in Russia and countries cooperating with it.
AvtoVAZ promised to begin production of Iskra in 2025. The model will be presented in sedan, station wagon and cross-country station wagon in the Cross version, it will receive three power units.
The preliminary cost of Iskra will be 1-1.2 million rubles. The company expects that in the first years of the model’s launch it will be able to sell 70-100 thousand units.
AvtoVAZ President Maxim Sokolov claims that the new car was actually created anew, “making it technologically independent in a record time by the standards of the global automobile industry.” The top manager called the implementation of the project a real labor feat. Until mid-2022, the company belonged to Renault, but due to the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, the French corporation got rid of Russian assets and stopped cooperation.
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