Despite the rather difficult times, domestic automobile production not only keeps afloat, but also works on the creation of new models. And what is even more pleasing to the consumer is not the high cost of cars along with quite decent assembly quality. The last new products of the auto giant include the budget model of the Lada Granta sedan and a completely new station wagon of the increased capacity of Lada Largus. Both new items are quite interesting in their car class. And if it is already known that a decent number of Russians planned to buy a grant, then it is quite difficult to say anything about the station wagon at the moment.
Lada Granta is built on the basis of the popular Kalina model. And, in fact, most of the nodes from this machine migrated to a new car in order to reduce the cost of production. The dimensions of the new car are quite acceptable, while it also has a almost giant luggage compartment. To equip grants, a gamut of gasoline eight valve engines is used (82 and 87 liters.With.), as well as sixteen valve unit (97.9 liters.With.). All of them are still equipped only by mechanical gearbox. The maximum speed that can be counted at the wheel of such a car reaches a mark of 168 km/h, acceleration to one hundred km/h pass in about 12 seconds. And the fuel consumption in the mixed cycle is only about 7 liters. The distinctive features of the new Granta include its design, made with the minimum possible number of details. This method of production was borrowed from the French colleagues AvtoVAZ – Renault. By the way, in cooperation with this company, a station wagon model was also developed.
The Renault R90 platform is taken as a basis for it. The salon can have several layout options. At the same time, in the cabin, both two rows of seats for five seats and three rows for seven places can be installed in the cabin. The transformation used in this model allows you to extract seats without any problems if it is necessary to increase the car’s loading area. The lineup consists of two configurations – “norm” and “luxury”. As a power plant, gasoline 1.6-liter engine with 98 liters.With., steaming steamed with 5 μp. Surprisingly, there are two airbags in the database, and the side curtains can also be installed for the surcharge. And for the surcharge, you can get a driver’s seat adjustable in height, which will be perfectly appreciated by potential buyers of this car.
Despite the difficulties that AvtoVAZ has to overcome, we can observe her desire to conquer new heights, as in the film of the same name – “through thorns to the stars” in order to confidently compete with imported cars.