OREANDA-NEWS. According to the results of price monitoring conducted by the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT" at the end of October, the closest competitors of hatchback XRAY in the niche before "600 thousand" (President of AvtoVAZ announced that the starting price of the base version will not exceed the upper limit) can be called about a dozen models of foreign cars, which are sold in the Russian market. Among them Brilliance H230 (in October, the recommended price for a car in the basic minimum configuration was from 514.9 thousand Rubles), Shery M11 (from 469 thousand Rubles), Chery indiS (from 419 thousand Rubles), Datsun mi-Do (from 314 thousand Rubles), Fiat Punto (from 529 thousand Rubles), Geely Emgrand (from 449 thousand Rubles), Renault Sandero Stepway (495 thousand Rubles), KIA Rio (from 590 thousand Rubles) and a number of other.

By stepping back from the formal characteristics (price and belonging to the class B), it can be said that "in the spirit" (by technical characteristics and, most importantly, due to the high clearance XRAY) it is closer to pseudo-crossover (mono-drive vehicles with increased ground clearance). According to experts, the main competitors of new items of AvtoVAZ, which in December will come to the market, are likely to be such models as Renault Sandero Stepway (minimal basic configuration - from 589 thousand Rubles) and the Chinese Geely MK Cross («Comfort» - from 409 thousand Rubles), Lifan X50 (499, 9 thousand Rubles).

Moreover, if we compare with the first and the main competitor - Renault Sandero, - on the basis of which a platform XRAY was built, then the "high hatchback" of AvtoVAZ wins. It has a wide range of engines (VAZ engines106 hp, 123 hp and engine Renault-Nissan 114 hp). In addition, the automaker said that XRAY is quieter, more solid and it is supposed that it will have rich equipment (navigation system, etc.).

By its technical parameters the new car of AvtoVAZ is close to the Great Wall M4, but the price of Chinese car starts from 639,000 rubles.