Almera - cvetloe future AvtoVAZ »

New AvtoVAZ is preparing for the completion - on the line of the Volga Automobile Plant plans to release a modified Japanese model Nissan Almera with shildikami Lada. By producing its own model of the P company will be ready only after 3-4 years. Frozen in time of crisis plans for the car class with the newly committed to the development - by 2015 the factory IzhAvto will begin production of new products developed by AvtoVAZ alliance with Renault and Nissan. Said Bruno Ancel, a board member and CEO of Renault-Nissan, Russian engineers will not use ready-made platform on which to base the models of Renault Megane and Fluence and Nissan Qashqai, but use a set of nodes French and Japanese brands. Recall that in December, AvtoVAZ, Russian Technologies and Sberbank signed a memorandum of purchase of the plant IzhAvto to modernize its facilities. Production of the new model popular in this country P can really help get production up. But before that momentous developments, the Russian auto giant will "practice" on the production of the modified model Nissan Almera Classic under the brand Lada. Investment in this project will amount to about $ 20 million. The final decision on this matter is still pending, but the plans until 2020 at "AvtoVAZ" means the development and production car class C. And this plan was approved last year by the Russian government, which has repeatedly served a helping hand to the domestic auto industry. In that same far-reaching strategy states that "AvtoVAZ" in addition to the sedan will be produced and crossover, and by 2019 sales of these machines should reach 160 and 50 thousand per year, respectively. In Russia, Nissan Almera Classic comes with a 1.6-liter 107-horsepower engine and five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. The basic version costs 461,000 rubles, this modification is available the driver's airbag, power steering, rear fog, immobilizer, front electric windows and central locking. The same version, but with air conditioning has been around 498,000 rubles. The cost of top-end configuration had grown to 586 thousand rubles. According to preliminary data, "Russian" version of the Almera will cost 470-480 rubles. Note that in many reviews the owners of these vehicles, often referred to one of the oldest "sores" popular sedan - stretching circuit timing. Production at the factory Nissan Almera in the UK has been collapsed in November 2006 but the model only changed residence - its production moved to Korea at the factory Samsung, «Daughter," the alliance Renault-Nissan, where she was christened Samsung SM3 CE (Classic Edition). With a postscript Classic car for sale in Russia and Ukraine, in Japan it - Sunny, on most other markets it is called simply Almera. By the way, Samsung SM3 is another species that is also produced at the plant in Korea - in our market, this model is called the Fluence. Most likely, the increased production of this model was the reason for seeking a new site for the production of Almera, and Russia was chosen because in our market, it still sold successfully. However, the statistics say otherwise: According to the agency Avtostat, from January to November 2010 has sold more than 7,000 of these models, which is 28% below sales for the 10 months of 2009. Recall that the last update of the model number of AvtoVAZ was in 2007, when she came Lada Priora, superseded the tenth family Vazov. As the announcement following news of the Russian autocompanies in 2007, was presented the "Project C", developed jointly with the Canadian company Magna. Text: Olga Zabelkina.