OREANDA-NEWS. AvtoVAZ plans to begin the production of the elongated version of the model Lada Vesta, or Lada C, on Izhevsk car plant in 2016. The source, which is familiar with the plans of the company, informed about it the agency "Interfax", noting that the model Lada Vesta was planned originally in two versions - standard and elongated, on a platform of C. “The original plan was that on the platform B it was planned the development of platform C”, - said the source.

The press service of "IzhAvto" did not comment the plans to produce a model Lada C, but noted that this year the company will complete the installation of the second assembly line.

"In Izhevsk it was almost completed the installation of the second assembly line. On the first line, in principle, we could run all that is currently - i.e. three platforms. The uniqueness of the Izhevsk car plant is that the model Lada Granta, Nissan and Lada Vesta - are not just three different models, it is three platforms that can be assembled on a single universal line", - said the representative of the company.

Earlier it was reported that the official start of production of the model Lada Vesta on Izhevsk car plant is scheduled for September 25th, 2015.