Engineering:Lada Aura

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Lada Aura
Overview
ManufacturerLada (AvtoVAZ)
Production2024 – present
AssemblyRussia: Tolyatti
Body and chassis
Body style4-door sedan
LayoutFront-engine, front-wheel-drive
RelatedLada Vesta
Powertrain
Engine1.8 L VAZ 21179 I4
TransmissionCVT
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,885 mm (113.6 in)
Length4,661 mm (183.5 in)
Width1,764 mm (69.4 in)
Height1,496 mm (58.9 in)
Not to be confused with Hyundai Aura.

The Lada Aura is a business sedan manufactured by the Russian company AvtoVAZ, the serial production of which is planned to begin in August–September 2024.[1][2]

It was first shown on 8 June 2023 at the “Eurasia is Our Home” exhibition, held at the “Sirius” site in Sochi,[3] and on June 15 of the same year, the Lada Aura was presented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.[4]

Production would have ceased in September 2025 due to sales figures falling well short of forecasts.

Overview

2025 Lada Aura (rear view)

Compared to the Lada Vesta, the car received a wheelbase increased by 25 cm (9.8 in) and extended rear doors. As a result, there is more space for the passenger. The model also has improved sound insulation, a retractable armrest, genuine leather trim and a premium audio system. The Lada Aura will be equipped with a 1.8 L engine making 122 hp (91 kW) and an automatic transmission.[5] At the presentation of the car, the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov said that the Lada Aura "may well replace the foreign brands that Russian officials drive today".[6]

Mass production is planned to begin in the third quarter of 2024, with plans to produce about 3 thousand cars.[7] According to the president of AvtoVAZ Maksim Sokolov, the price of the model will be about 2.5 million rubles.[8]

It is also planned to produce a simplified version of the Lada Aura model, intended for taxi services.[9][10]

History

In 2024, Vladimir Putin, driving behind the wheel, opened the last section of the M-11 highway.[11] After driving a Lada Aura, the Russian president shared his impressions:[12]

“A good car,” Putin told the online publication Life.[13]

Lada Aura became the fifth new AvtoVAZ model that Putin tested; in 2010, he drove the Khabarovsk-Chita route behind the wheel of a yellow hatchback Lada Kalina. In 2011, Putin got acquainted with AvtoVAZ's new budget car at that time, the Lada Granta. In 2015, at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Vladimir Putin arrived in a green Lada Vesta. He noted that it is "an excellent car, very good, with good driving characteristics and easy to drive".[14]

Notes

  1. ↑ "It became known when they will start producing the extended "Vesta" for officials". 22 August 2023. https://life.ru/p/1602161. 
  2. ↑ "«Avtovaz» plans to start production of Lada Aura by the fall of 2024". 22 August 2023. https://www.vedomosti.ru/auto/news/2023/08/22/991328-avtovaz-proizvodstvo-lada-aura. 
  3. ↑ "A NEW LADA MODEL WAS PRESENTED AT "SIRIUS"". 8 June 2023. https://siriusmag.ru/articles/1364-v-siriuse-predstavili-novuu-model-lada/. 
  4. ↑ "Russian civil servants want transplant to the domestic car Lada Aura. And they agree!". 18 June 2023. https://www.kp.ru/daily/27517.5/4780403/. 
  5. ↑ "Комфорт-седан Aura". 4 August 2023. https://ironhorse.ru/lada/aura/. 
  6. ↑ "AvtoVAZ will begin producing Lada Aura for officials in 2024". 3 August 2023. https://rg.ru/2023/08/03/avtovaz-nachnet-vypusk-lada-aura-dlia-chinovnikov-v-2024-godu.html. 
  7. ↑ Alexey Degtyarev (16 July 2024). "Putin gave an assessment of the Lada Aura after the trip". Delovaya Gazeta "Vzglyad". https://vz.ru/news/2024/7/16/1277738.html. 
  8. ↑ "The cost of the Lada Aura will be about 2.5 million rubles". 17 June 2023. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6053608. 
  9. ↑ "Simplified Lada Aura will go into mass production in 2024". https://en.bibimot.ru/9017-uproschennaja-lada-aura-pojdet-v-serijnoe-proizvodstvo-v-2024-godu.html. 
  10. ↑ "AVTOVAZ will release LADA Aura special version for taxis". https://eng.autostat.ru/news/24216/. 
  11. ↑ "Vladimir Putin opened the last section of the M-11 Moscow highway" (in ru-RU). Channel One Russia. 16 July 2024. https://www.1tv.ru/news/2024-07-16/480876-vladimir_putin_otkryl_posledniy_uchastok_trassy_m_11_moskva_peterburg. 
  12. ↑ "Putin called the Lada Aura a good car". 16 July 2024. https://ria.ru/20240716/putin-1959977629.html. 
  13. ↑ "Putin told Life.ru whether he liked the new Lada Aura". 16 July 2024. https://life.ru/p/1672726. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 
  14. ↑ "Lada Aura became the fifth new AvtoVAZ model tested by Putin". 16 July 2024. https://ria.ru/20240716/putin-1959986460.html. Retrieved 16 July 2024. 

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