AvtoVAZ continues intensive testing of its new car, Lada Iskra. The new car, awaiting the start of production, was captured on camera near the company's factory. An insider from the Telegram channel 'Autopotok' published photos of the working prototype, allowing a detailed view of the model for the first time.

Lada Iskra is being developed based on the localized French platform CMF-B LS from Renault-Nissan. The right to use this platform was included in the restructuring plan of a foreign company, developed when it left the Russian market. AvtoVAZ specialists will equip Lada Iskra with variable bodies, including a sedan, an estate and a cross-estate, as well as outfit it with a Chinese variator, the same as in Lada Vesta NG.

In the new car, customers will be offered atmospheric engines with a capacity of 1.6 liters delivering 90 and 106 hp, as well as 1.8-liter engines delivering 122 hp.

Speaking at SPIEF-2023, the director of AvtoVAZ Maxim Sokolov said that mass production of Lada Iskra will start at the end of 2024, with sales starting in the first quarter of 2025. While Iskra will gradually replace Granta, the latter is planned to be phased out of production by 2026-2027.