“AvtoVAZ” after idle time will release Lada Granta in a simplified version. how told Vedomosti, the chairman of the board of directors of BN-Motors, Alexei Podshchekoldin, most likely, these cars will be offered without airbags, ABS (anti-lock braking system), ERA-GLONASS panic button and power windows.
According to car dealers, simplified Lada Granta is expected to enter showrooms in the second half of June.
A source in the federal auto-dealer holding confirmed that the most “naked” version will have no airbags, no ABS, no ERA-GLONASS, no electric windows, no electric power steering. In the next configuration, electric windows and power steering will appear, it will cost more than 600,000 rubles. Now the minimum cost of Granta in the “Standard” configuration with an airbag, the ERA-GLONASS system and ABS is 727,900 rubles.
The top manager of a large Moscow car dealer specified that buyers will be offered two configurations: in a more expensive version, power windows and electric power steering will be added. At the same time, both configurations will be without Euro-5 environmental firmware, and with a non-alternative 1.6-liter engine in the weakest version with 90 horsepower.
Sergey Burgazliev, an independent automotive industry consultant, believes that this move will be a strategic mistake for AvtoVAZ, as the consumer has become accustomed to comfort and safety. According to him, cars will be bought mainly by state institutions and enterprises with state participation.
May 16 in Russia allowed to produce simplified models of Euro-0 class cars, as well as cars without airbags, anti-lock braking system (ABS) and dynamic stabilization system (ESP) and other systems that are not available due to sanctions. The decree was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and will remain in effect until February 1, 2023. Blue Bucket Society coordinator Pyotr Shkumatov suggested in a conversation with The Insider that car owners would probably buy airbags themselves. Auto expert Sergey Aslanyan, in turn, explained that drivers will drive Euro-0, more precisely, Euro-3, “like during the Great Patriotic War, when they drove on gas-generating machines, that is, on firewood.”