AVTOVAZ Resumes Production of Lada Granta with Automatic Transmissions: What You Need to Know

AVTOVAZ announced the resumption of car production Lada Granta with automatic transmissions. The cars will be equipped with the same four-speed Jatco automatic transmission as until 2022. About five thousand of these cars will be produced (this is how many gearboxes the plant has at its disposal), this will take about a year. Several hundred two-pedal Grants are reserved by social services: the machines are intended for people with disabilities. Such cars will be equipped with additional special devices already on the assembly line. AVTOVAZ will announce the start date of sales and prices later.

Production of the updated model has begun at Skoda’s main plant in Mladá Boleslav. Skoda Octavia. The premiere of this family took place in mid-February. Octavia has acquired a modified appearance, advanced lighting technology and a voice assistant with support for artificial intelligence ChatGPT. In the Czech Republic, the updated cars are already available for order at prices starting from CZK 629,900 (EUR 24,800). By the end of the year, Octavia production will be transferred to the assembly line of the plant in Kvasiny, which will allow us to modernize the parent enterprise and increase production capacity.

And at the company’s factory Rivian The 100,000th electric vehicle was produced in Normal, Illinois. It was the Rivian R1S SUV. Production of commercial vehicles here began in September 2021; in the first quarter of this year, 13,980 electric vehicles were produced (an increase of almost 50% compared to the same period last year), and the overall plan for this year is 57 thousand vehicles. In addition to the R1S model, the production program includes R1T pickups and delivery vans.

Sales of “naked” sports cars have resumed in Japan Subaru BRZ Cup Car Basic. These cars (as well as the similar Toyota GR86) are stock for racing cars, and differ from civilian versions in a simplified interior, lack of sound insulation, side airbags and curtain airbags. But there is a safety cage, standard six-point belt mounts for the driver and steel wheels with 205/55 R16 tires. The new version differs from the 2022 version by the standard EyeSight system and a modified frame; the price is $24,370.

The debut of the updated crossover is scheduled for April 17 Nissan Qashqai. Now the car has been shown in a dark teaser, but you can already see a modified front end with a different lighting design and a radiator grille without a V-shaped edging. A new media system is also promised. The current third-generation Qashqai debuted in 2021, but did not have time to reach Russia. Such cars are produced only in the UK and China.

According to the latest agency data Autostatalmost 70% passenger cars in Russia over 10 years old. Approximately 32.06 million vehicles (or 69.2% of the total vehicle fleet) were produced before 2014. 10.4% (4.84 million) of cars are aged 8-10 years, 13.9% of passenger cars (6.44 million) are in the 4-7 year category, and the most recent vehicles under 3 years old occupy only 6.5 % of the vehicle fleet (3.01 million).

UAZ once again raised the recommended retail prices for minibuses of the SGR family, that is, for “loaves”. Now for a passenger UAZ-2206 you need to pay a minimum of 1,435,000 rubles, which is 15 thousand more than before. In addition, it costs another 50 thousand rubles to deliver the car to the dealer. At UAZ, the price increase is explained by the increase in the cost of components, the volatility of the foreign exchange market and changes in the cost of financial instruments.

Also today we talked about the iCar V23 crossover, the Mazda BT-50 pickup truck and the BAIC BJ40 Champion SUV.

2024-04-08 17:09:45
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