There will be no Lada cars with automatic transmission in the near future. AvtoVAZ currently cannot produce versions with two pedals.
The fact is that 4-speed “automatic” for Lada Granta and stepless variators Lada Vesta are not produced in laptestan – they were supplied by the Japanese company Jatco. Lada Granta Cross and XRay are equipped with a 5-stage robot, created jointly by AvtoVAZ and the German company ZF and using German parts.
We will remind, earlier in AvtoVAZ confirmed development of so-called “simplified” models without import electronics. ABS and ESP will be “thrown out” of cars, and also will reduce an ecological class of the engine to Euro-2 or even Euro-0. Russian legislation has recently been amended to allow the release of such models.
AvtoVAZ is currently idle – the conveyors stopped in March, and on April 4 the staff was sent on corporate leave. The resumption of production scheduled for April 25 is still in question.