OREANDA-NEWS. AvtoVAZ at the beginning of March welded the pilot body of the new model Lada XRAY. Serial production of the car, which will be built on the basis of the model of alliance partner Renault Sandero Stepway, will begin at the end of the year, and the first customers will receive the cars at the beginning of 2016.

As the press center of AvtoVAZ reported "Za rulem.RF", the preparatory work for the production of Lada XRAY is on schedule. "Welding pilot body is one of many important milestones of the project," - noted in the company.

AvtoVAZ prepared for the work the new welding equipment for XRAY on line B0 at the beginning of the year. On this line there are produced currently Lada Largus, Nissan Almera, Renault Logan and Sandero of new generation.

Earlier, the project manager of XRAY, Oleg Grunenkov, said that XRAY will be based on Renault Sandero Stepway, including body shell, the parts of the chassis and one of the power units - the French company. However, he stressed that the body, side plate, rear door have original design. Design of XRAY is established at the studio of AvtoVAZ.