AvtoVAZ announced the start of sales of Lada Azimut in early December

Sale of the crossover Lada Azimut is scheduled for early December, but the exact date is not yet, said the representative of AvtoVAZ, reports “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.

The first Lada Azimut rolled off the main assembly line of AvtoVAZ in Togliatti on September 25.

Azimut is a new Lada crossover on the deeply modernized Russian platform Lada Vesta. According to the manufacturer, Russian specialists were engaged in the development of the car - from the creation of the concept, layout and design to the design, production and configuration of all systems, functions and driving qualities of the model.

The President of AvtoVAZ Maxim Sokolov said that the development of Azimut took three years. The starting line of Azimut includes upgraded engines of its own production with a capacity of 1.6 and 1.8 liters with a capacity of 120 and 132 hp, respectively. For the model, a six-speed manual transmission and a variator are provided. In the future, the car will receive a turbocharged engine with a capacity of 150 hp. with a classic automatic transmission.

In November, AUTOSTAT reported that sales of Lada passenger cars in the Russian market in October 2026 decreased in annual terms by 10.7%, to 29.696 thousand units.