OREANDA-NEWS. August 04, 2015. AvtoVAZ raises prices for Lada Granta, Lada Kalina (except family Cross) and Lada 4x4 by 4%. The company explained this step by the fact that the cost reduction plan will not cover the losses in full. However, in view of this increase the total change in retail prices of Lada in the I half is still lower than the rise in prices in average in the automotive market for 2015, informed the press service of AvtoVAZ.

In the I half of 2015 Russian dealers of Lada sold 140,686 cars, which is less by 27% than for the same period of the last year. AvtoVAZ's market share in January-June grew by almost 2.5% compared to the last year and it reached about 19%. Lada Granta is the leader in the automotive market in Russia with the index more than 63,500 of sold vehicles for the six months of 2015 (-11%). Moreover, Lada remains the undisputed leader in the segment of affordable cars before 600 thousand Rubles with a share of more than 51%.