After all the troubles of the past year, AvtoVAZ has finally launched mass production of the 16-valve VAZ-21127 engine, which, strictly speaking, is not at all a miracle of engineering thought. With a volume of 1.6 liters, it produces only 106 hp. - the 8-valve engine is slightly weaker (it has 90 hp).
“Lada Granta, equipped with a 16-valve engine, is the choice of customers who prefer a dynamic driving style. The high elasticity of the engine is ensured by an intake module with variable volume: special flaps change its configuration depending on the number of revolutions”, - the AvtoVAZ press release says.
Initially, the VAZ-21127 will be placed under the hood of the Granta, later it will start to be installed also on the Lada Vesta.