AVTOVAZ showed new LADA Vesta Sport and Granta Sport

AVTOVAZ will present two prototypes of Sport line as part of the 5th anniversary International Festival of Speed "Baikal Mile 2023". The main novelty will be the new generation LADA Vesta Sport prototype. For the first time, a sports modification of the flagship model of AVTOVAZ will be presented in a station wagon body, the press service of the automaker reports. The second prototype is a new version of LADA Granta Sport, which for the first time received a liftback body. The car features by sporty design elements. Under the bonnet there is a more powerful engine with sports calibrations. A stiffer and shorter-travel suspension improved handling.

A promising model is currently being tested. As it became known earlier, LADA Niva SUV will soon receive new gasoline engines, which will become available for the model as part of a limited series. Thus, the 106-horsepower engine is new only for LADA Niva, and this is a 1.6-liter 16-valve engine familiar from LADA Priora. Power unit with a capacity of 126 hp is planned to be produced at the Lada Sport enterprise, where a 1.8-liter engine with a capacity of 145 hp was previously produced for LADA Vesta Sport based on a standard 122-horsepower engine. Sports versions of LADA Niva will be equipped with a standard transmission, while AVTOVAZ expresses confidence that it will cope with the increased power.