Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ will pay a sum of 220 million Euros to Renault (who owns 25% of AvtoVAZ) to license its Logan car platform to use as underpinings for the next generation Lada car range. 100 million is for licensing rights for the platform and the remainder 120 million are for the use of 2 of Renault’s engines.
Lada is Russia’s number one selling car marque with total sales of 428,000 cars from January to August 2008. Its market lead is currently being challenged by competitors such as Hyundai, Chevrolet and Ford who are coming in with cars that are more modern, so this is a way for Lada to step it up in terms of updating their cars to modern standards.
The first Lada based on the Logan platform could go on sale as early as 2011. Shown in the picture above is a Lada Priora, an example of a current Lada model sold in Russia.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
i heard lada cars are damn shitty. is it true?
lousy engine and super outdated design.
and if i am not wrong, jeremy clarkson took 1 and sent it to Lotus for them to “mod” it.
what came out was totally different.
heaven and earth.
very dated, i mean classic design indeed. my grandma might like it.
The Lada tuned by Lotus
http://paultan.org/archives/2005/07/21/a-lotus-lada/
Very very dated…..70s punya look
i’ll take d kapchai…tnk u
this car is much better than any of the stupid protons
wah! i saw this design before, during my grandfather’s ride….
Still valid until now ah.
Geng!~