Production of the model started in June
From the AvtoVAZ website, all references to the Lada X-Cross 5 model, which at the beginning of this month was featured on the main page with the inscription «coming soon», have been removed. This is reported by Wroom.ru.
In the summer, AvtoVAZ officially restarted production at the former Nissan plant in St. Petersburg, where they began to assemble a licensed copy of the Chinese FAW Bestune T77 crossover under the Lada brand. Then it was reported that sales would begin in August-September, and it was planned to produce 10,000 cars.
In November it became known that the plant had produced only about 100 cars, and the full launch was postponed until next year.
There are rumors that AvtoVAZ is having problems with the Chinese FAW, and in September AvtoVAZ came under American sanctions, which further complicated the situation.
There have been no official statements yet.