AvtoVAZ has never produced anything like this: when will production of the revolutionary new Lada begin?
The date for the start of mass production of AvtoVAZ’s most modern and, in many ways, revolutionary model — the LADA Azimut crossover — has been set. It will go into production in the third quarter of 2026. This was announced by the Governor of the Samara Region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, summing up the results of the region’s development in 2025.
«Despite the tense situation in the automotive market, our auto giant continues industrial production of new models. On April 19, AvtoVAZ began industrial production of the LADA Iskra family. The LADA Azimut model was presented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “The production of this model is planned to begin in the third quarter of 2026,” said Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
The head of the region separately emphasized the fact that, despite all the difficulties, the company’s workforce was preserved. According to him,
“Temporary jobs were provided to 25 thousand employees of AvtoVAZ and related enterprises, who were under threat of dismissal in connection with the introduction of a four-day work week,” noted Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
As a reminder, at the beginning of November AvtoVAZ announced the start of a program of road tests of the LADA Azimut crossover. The company clarified that a test track at the Tolyatti plant is being used to tune and test individual vehicle characteristics, while the main set of validations will be conducted at the VAZ test site in Sosnovka.
In addition, the Azimut crossover will be a revolutionary LADA model in terms of equipment. It will not only be the widest among all the brand’s models in history, but will also receive a unique for the global auto industry heated side windows. As explained to “Auto News of the Day” in the press service of AvtoVAZ, they will be heated by threads – similar to the heating of the windshield and rear windows, as well as side mirrors. The heating can be turned on and off with a button.
Earlier, the new LADA Azimut was spotted on the roads of Togliatti without any camouflage. It was a white example, which is externally no different from the fully functional prototype presented in early June as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
Author: Dmitry Brusochkin
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