AvtoVAZ will bring Lada Vesta to the Hyundai Elantra segment

Last week, President Vladimir Putin visited AvtoVAZ. Head of State [показали](https://motor.ru/lab/lada-for-putin.htm) Three promising LADA in segments in which the brand is not presented today at once. Against this background, an important announcement remained unnoticed, which paid attention to the Autopotist Telegram channel: AvtoVAZ is working on the new Vesta, which will perform in a higher class than the current one.

The new flagship will relate to the segment with instead of the actual B+. About this Putin told the Vice President of Engineering Evgeny Shmelev.

“We are working on New Vesta, there in class C,” said AvtoVAZ top manager. He did not disclose details about the project, but the transition to a new class means increasing dimensions and increasing the level of comfort. As a result, you can wait for price growth. Now Vesta Sedan costs at least 1,239,900 rubles, taking into account discounts: so much is asked for an option with a 106-horsepower engine and “mechanics”.

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Lada Vesta has been produced since 2015. In 2022, the updated Vesta NG (New Generation) was presented, which after the departure of Renault decided to transfer to the conveyor of the main plant in Togliatti.

On the basis of Vesta, a more expensive Aura Business Sage with an enlarged wheelbase has already been built, and a Vesta-Crossover will become the nearest novelty of AvtoVAZ, which will be located at the junction of segments B+ and C. Later minivan on the same platform will join it.

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