Lada Granta sedans will replace the Lada Kalina on May 1, 2011

From the conveyor off latest cars Lada Kalina. On the production line "Kalina" will produce a budget sedan Lada Granta.

As previously reported, in May of this year, due to the reconstruction of the plant on the Volga car factory, will be temporarily suspended production of all versions of cars Lada Kalina. In the period from 1 to 15 of May, in conjunction with the production will be performed Kalina upgrading equipment. Further provided 5-day Two-shift working week. Additional work in two shifts will be organized on 21 and 28 May. Results in the next month "AvtoVAZ" intends to release 42,516 cars, while at the facilities "IzhAvto" will be produced 3120 cars. As the President of "AvtoVAZ", "after upgrading production sedan Lada Kalina will be discontinued. Production LADA Kalina «hatchback" and "wagon" continue. " It is possible that the release of this model sedans will be shifted to Izhevsk Automobile Plant.

Lada Kalina Cost ranges from $ 10,000, the price depends on the body type and engine. The car is available in sedan, station wagon or hatchback, and is equipped with engine capacity of 1.4 liters and output of 90 horsepower and 1.6-liter engine capacity of 98 horsepower.

Recall that in late March from the conveyor Volga car off the first batch of cars Lada Kalina, is equipped with GLONASS / GPS. The car with the navigator was expensive at $ 500. For the first three months of this year, Lada Kalina was the sales leader in Russia, just reporting period has sold more than 30,000 cars of this model.

The first car Lada Kalina was released Volga car November 18, 2004.

In May this year the Volga Automobile Plant will release the long-awaited news Lada Granta. Expected to attend the premiere in Togliatti, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Thus it is not only acquainted with the new model, but sits behind the wheel of Granta and protest it on the go.

In 2011, "AvtoVAZ" intends to release about 10 thousand cars Lada Granta. The car will be built on a platform of Lada Kalina is simplified and its budget version. After reaching the design capacity in 2014, the estimated output Granta together with other models, manufactured on the same platform can be up to 300,000 cars per year. Prices for budget Lada Granta range from $ 6000 to $ 8000. This year, on the Volga car factory begins production Granta in the sedan. Issue hatchbacks begin later and novelty in the back "wagon" and not planned.