OREANDA-NEWS. Yesterday, the press service of JSC "AVTOVAZ" announced the staging of the first pilot LADA XRAY body on the conveyor. It was exactly five months before the start of serial assembly of the new model. Project LADA XRAY together with the project LADA Vesta is the key one for the company and they are ahead of schedule. At the moment the team of AVTOVAZ that has already demonstrated its professionalism focuses on improving processes and technologies for the assembly to fulfill a clear objective of the project - to achieve international quality standards. Supply of components for the production of LADA XRAY is delivered by the best Russian and international companies.

The official start of production of the vehicle LADA XRAY is scheduled for December 2015. The first car will reach consumers in the first quarter of 2016. The car will be assembled in Togliatti in one line with the other models of AvtoVAZ and Renault-Nissan Alliance. For LADA XRAY it was developed over 500 original parts.

It will be available three engines for LADA XRAY: VAZ, 1.6-liter capacity and power of 106 hp, H4MK with power of 114 hp, which is installed currently on the Nissan Sentra and Renault Duster, and the 1.8-liter engine with 123 HP. The production of the last mentioned engine at AvtoVAZ will start in December. Transmission can be chosen between manual and robotic (AMT). It is possible that the "robot" will have "sport" mode.