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On May 11, 2020, AVTOVAZ launched the official promotional website of its new car Lada Granta.
Anyone interested in the new LADA Granta can easily watch the slide show and learn about the key features of the new product. So, on the pages of the new website you will find: the main points in the history of the Lada Granta, an official video review of the Lada Granta, information about the cost of the Lada Granta, photographs of the Lada Granta and the main advantages of the LADA Granta.
The promotional site also explains why the new Lada Granta is so cheap and provides detailed design features and technical characteristics of the Lada Granta.
Lada Granta Club publishes screenshots of all slide pages of the official LADA Granta promo website.
What cars will now be assembled in Izhevsk?
In Izhevsk, the production of Lada Vesta station wagon and sedan cars will continue to exist; the transfer of production of the Granta liftback was carried out to use all the capacities of the Izhevsk plant for the production of Vesta, since the rate of sales of Vesta is growing, over the 11 months of 2020 it increased by 44%. The Lada Granta liftback has been produced in Izhevsk since May 2014, during which time this car has been significantly improved: the gearbox, mirrors, body parts and a number of other elements have been improved. However, it should be noted that in the future the Lada Granta still faces several improvements, which will be aimed at attracting the largest number of buyers while simultaneously maintaining its cost at a low level, since the production of different modifications at different enterprises will allow maintaining the existing cost.
The situation in the domestic automobile market is such that the most inexpensive cars are in the top sales. If we talk specifically about new cars. Among them, the VAZ budget car Lada Granta is confidently leading with a starting price of about 400 thousand rubles in the basic configuration and in the sedan body. Granta liftback in the database will cost 20 thousand more. What has changed in both new bodies by 2020 has already become known.
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The Lada Granta Club continues to introduce readers to the detailed characteristics of the new Lada Granta sedan. This review will be devoted to the front and rear suspension of the Lada Grant, as well as their influence on the handling and driving performance of the car. Especially for the new model, AVTOVAZ designers have modernized the front and rear suspension.
Front suspension
For Lada Granta, which will be equipped with power steering (these are “standard” and “luxury” configurations), the front suspension caster is increased. It will be 2°45'. According to the developers, this will significantly improve the vehicle's directional stability. At the same time, an increase in caster also entails an increase in the applied force on the steering wheel.
Therefore, such versions of Lada Granta will be equipped with power steering with increased compensating torque. In order to reduce the number of steering revolutions to 3, a “short” steering rack will be installed on the Grant. This rack will also improve the car's handling.
In the “standard” configuration, the Lada Granta will be produced without power steering; accordingly, it will have a standard caster of 1°40'. In addition, in this configuration a conventional steering rack will be installed and the steering wheel will retain the number of revolutions equal to 4.
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When modernizing the front suspension, a new strut module was also developed, which now has a modified design and modified characteristics of the upper support. Also in the front suspension of the Lada Granta, the body supports and anti-roll bar are strengthened.
Rear suspension The most progressive step of AVTOVAZ in the production of serial Lada Granta will be the factory installation of a rear suspension with a negative camber angle. The angle will be (-1°), in addition, its adjustment during operation will not be required.
Background
In the summer of 2020, we got rid of a huge headache in the form of a fawn. It was a hard sell and not much money was received for it. And then our Crimea happened completely inopportunely. As a result, the finances available at that time would have only been enough for us to buy another construction set for adults, and not a car.
A little later, in the fall, we were able to enroll Mashun in a kindergarten, which was located seven kilometers from home. And this turned out to be a non-trivial transport problem that cannot be solved with a scooter (although we tried).
In good weather, you could get to the garden by metro, but then you would have to walk 4 kilometers (to the metro and from the metro to the garden). The problem is that our swamp climate does not offer good weather, and in bad weather these 4 kilometers on foot with the child again brought me back to thoughts about the car.
My cunning calculations showed that using a taxi is much more profitable than buying a car. But the beautiful theory collided with the realities of the harsh Dyatkino ghetto. At rush hour in the morning, not a single taxi could arrive in our village on time. Taxovichkov, Yandex.taxi and other Ubers cannot deliver the car at the appointed time. Even if pre-orders a day in advance didn't help. Local Nyatskiy jihad taxis could sometimes arrive in a reasonable amount of time. But it would be very difficult to drive dead cars every day and watch the driver talk on the phone and at the same time write down information about the next call in a notepad, managing to turn the steering wheel with his chin and knee.
So, after several unsuccessful attempts, the idea of taxi rides was abandoned.
We tried a tram combined with a minibus - but it was also long and inconvenient
With the onset of cold weather, thoughts about buying a car began to arise more often and more persistently. We already agreed to at least something, as long as we could predictably get to kindergarten in warmth and dryness.
Not having enough finances, I was already thinking about the Lada in a more or less live form. At least they are easier and cheaper to repair than fawns. But this is not the most reliable way to travel.
Gradually I began to look through advertisements, forums and calculate options. Here the quarterly bonus could not have come at a better time. Also added motivation was the final cancellation of trains to Pskov and several long trips with Mashunya on public transport with a bunch of bags.
The second option is Hyundai solaris or Kia Rio
We really liked the Kia Rio and it suited us in all respects, except for one thing – cost. But the prices for Rio and Solaris were not much more than what we could afford.
There was a possibility that the manufacturers would organize some kind of action to support the fallen market and we would be able to fit into the budget. Out of pure curiosity, we went to the salon and inquired about promotions and all sorts of lucrative offers.
But, apparently, the Koreans were doing well with sales, and there was no need to stimulate demand.
After sighing, we discarded this option.
The fourth option is the former Chevrolet Lacetti, at that time Daewoo Gentra, almost Ravon Gentra
This car was praised by many. Very many. But I was wary of her. The old model, which has been produced without any significant changes for 15 years, is assembled in Uzbekistan with Tashkent engines - it doesn’t sound very tempting.
But at the same time it is large and spacious inside. The biggest one for the money. With a classic six-speed Korean torque converter automatic, which was also installed on the Chevrolet Cruze and Opel Astra. Moreover, at that time it could be bought at a promotional price for 510,000 rubles, and we could meet this budget.
At some point, I was almost definitely going to take Gentra. I found dealers, looked through all the salons' offers, and read a bunch of topics on club forums. But doubts did not leave me. And topics on the forums fueled them.
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Almost everyone had complaints about the assembly. For most, the suspension immediately began to creak, and half of the air conditioner pipes did not survive the winter. The list of birth sores is quite impressive. The ancient interior, originally from the nineties, also did not add enthusiasm. And the primitive dashboard, which is even less informative than that of the notorious fawn. All sorts of electrical goodies are not about the gentry at all. Compared to it, the fiesta we watched earlier seemed like a spaceship from the distant future.
And the leapfrog with the name of the manufacturer was also depressing. Everyone is already accustomed to the Daewoo brand, but guess what “Ravon” is. Moreover, after the news about GM leaving our market, there was no confidence that everything would be fine with spare parts.
Without ceasing to doubt, we finally got ready and went to the showroom to look at the car in person and buy it if we liked it. But on the way there was a Lada salon. And, before making the final choice, we decided to look there.
Engine and transmission
It is not typical for a budget car to have a full range of engines and transmissions. A number of engines are offered for the Lada Granta to suit every taste and budget:
- Engine 1.6 8-valve, 82 horsepower;
- Engine 1.6 8-valve with a lightweight connecting rod and piston group, 87 horsepower;
- Engine 1.6 16 valve, 98 horsepower;
- Engine 1.6 16 valve, 106 horsepower.
There are also several transmissions, starting with the usual five-speed manual, ending with a torque converter automatic and a robotic gearbox.
Lada Granta became the first car on the market under the Lada brand to be equipped with an automatic transmission.
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Its presence allowed it to win the wallets of buyers in big cities, since it was the cheapest car on the market with an automatic transmission.
The first facts from the biography of Lada Granta
LADA Granta: DESIGN FEATURES:
About 400 original automotive components have been developed and manufactured for LADA Granta (AvtoVAZ purchases approximately 260 of them from suppliers).
Including new ones:
- front and rear wings
- hood
- trunk lid
- lighting technology
- front and rear bumpers
- dashboard
- seats
- door trim
- steering wheel
- front and rear windows
- glued side windows
Trunk of Lada Granta with a volume of 500 l
Trunk of Lada Granta with a volume of 500 l
LADA Granta has modernized front and rear suspension and power unit.
A modernized 1.6-liter 8-valve engine has been developed for LADA Granta, its main features
- lightweight connecting rod and piston group
- power 90 hp
- low fuel consumption
- low noise and vibration levels
In addition to this engine, LADA Granta will be produced with 8-valve (80 hp) and 16-valve (98 hp) 1.6-liter engines, which are currently used on LADA Kalina.
LADA Granta: PRODUCTION. WHERE and HOW MUCH - the project provides for the annual production of 150 thousand LADA Granta:
- AVTOVAZ is modernizing technology when developing the LADA Granta: about 50 new pieces of equipment are being introduced and about 40 more are undergoing fundamental changes.
- Welding of LADA Granta will be carried out on automatic lines, where the bodies of the LADA Kalina sedan were welded before
- Painting and assembly of LADA Granta will be carried out at the existing LADA Kalina production facility.
Technical characteristics of Lada Granta
Technical characteristics of Lada Granta
