AvtoVAZ returns to the production of more powerful engines

AVTOVAZ in the near future may partially return to the production of cars with a 16-valve VAZ-21129 engine. Recall that this 106-horsepower engine is installed on the LADA Largus and Vesta models. At the end of July, about 600 of these engines were assembled at the plant in Togliatti, and part of them will go to the last lot of 240 Vesta NG vehicles.

Currently, only 8-valve VAZ-11182 engines are produced in Tolyatti, which are used in cars of the LADA Granta family. The VAZ-11182 engine is almost completely localized, that is why it was possible to launch its production so quickly after the plant was idle in the spring. But in the 16-valve VAZ-21129, there were used Federal Mogul ShPG, Siemens Deka ramp and injectors, and Bosch sensors. Perhaps, in this regard, we are still talking only about the release of a limited lot of 600 engines. As AUTOSTAT previously reported, AVTOVAZ began the preparations for the production of a limited lot of LADA Largus, the volume of which will be at least 1800 units.

The cars will be assembled from components previously accumulated in the company's warehouses. Thus, LADA Largus will become the third model, the production of which will be launched at AVTOVAZ after the withdrawal from the shareholders of the French company Renault. Recall that in early June, the plant resumed the work from the production of a simplified LADA Granta, and in mid-July, a three-door SUV LADA Niva Legend in a special configuration returned to the assembly line. In the future, it is also planned to resume the production of the Niva Travel SUV. But the flagship LADA Vesta will return to the conveyor of the LADA Izhevsk enterprise, presumably in early 2023.

In addition, the production of the LADA XRAY hatchback, which was created on the basis of Renault Sandero Stepway, as well as the Duster SUV under the LADA brand, remains in doubt - a decision on their future fate is planned to be made the next year.