Despite the fact that as of mid-2022, AvtoVAZ’s most Russian model, the Niva, was only 95% localized
AvtoVAZ President Maxima Sokolov spoke about the level of localization of Lada cars. And the new data can be impressive: it turns out that Lada Granta is 99% localized! The same applies to Niva Legend and Niva Travel in all trim levels.
How did AvtoVAZ manage to localize the same Granta – unclear. But here’s an example: by mid-2022, the Lada Niva Legend, which had been produced in the country (at that time) for 45 years, was 95% localized. Naturally, the degree of localization of Granta, as a newer model, was much less. But now, according to Maxim Sokolov, localization «is off the charts beyond 99%». Perhaps we are talking about the most simplified Lada Granta, in which basically only the steering wheel and pedals remain?
But even more impressive is the degree of localization of the Lada Vesta – 95%! And this is a car for which a huge number of components were previously supplied from abroad. In general, AvtoVAZ made some very powerful technological breakthrough.