Lada Vesta | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Lada (AvtoVAZ) |
Also called | Lada Aura (LWB version)[1] |
Production | 2015–present |
Assembly | Russia: Izhevsk (Lada Izhevsk)[2][3][4] |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact car (C) |
Body style | 4-door saloon 5-door estate |
Layout | Front-engine, front-wheel-drive |
Platform | Lada B/C[5] |
Related | Lada Aura |
Powertrain | |
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Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,635 mm (103.7 in) |
Length | 4,410 mm (173.6 in) |
Width | 1,764 mm (69.4 in) |
Height | 1,497 mm (58.9 in) |
Curb weight | 1,230–1,270 kg (2,711.7–2,799.9 lb) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Lada Priora (export market) |
The Lada Vesta is a compact car produced by the Russian car company AvtoVAZ since 2015.[2] It was presented in August 2014 during the Moscow International Automobile Salon[6] and went into mass production on 25 September 2015 in Izhevsk.[7]
Bo Andersson, President and CEO of AvtoVAZ, was responsible for improving overall operations and quality at AvtoVAZ, enabling the Lada Vesta – AvtoVAZ' first completely new platform in several years – to launch on-time and with the highest crash safety rating in its class.[8]
Within days after the Lada Vesta went on sale in November, it became one of the best-selling cars in the Russian market.[9] In 2018, Lada Vesta became the Best Selling Car in Russia.[10]
Lada introduced a station wagon and a "Cross" version of the station wagon, with higher ground clearance, in September 2017. A "Cross" version of the sedan, with more ground clearance than a Toyota RAV4, arrived in the first half of 2018.[11]
In September 2022, the president of Lada, Maxim Sokolov, announced the creation of two new Lada models, one of them to be a crossover on the Vesta built on the Lada B/C platform of Renault conception, and the other a separate Lada family of compact cars "on a global platform". The new Vesta would be the first new model to be launched after the transition of Vesta production from Izhevsk to Togliatti.[12]