Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of "Za Rulem" magazine, tested the new LADA Vesta with a WanLiYang CVT18 CVT and a 1.8 Evo engine (122 hp). Russian and Chinese specialists were involved in adapting the CVT to the VAZ engine.
The main advantage of the Vesta with a CVT is its excellent coordination with the 1.8 Evo engine (122 hp). The calibrations are so well chosen that you quickly forget about the "CVTness".
According to him, when the gas pedal is pressed hard, the CVT simulates the switching of seven quasi-gears (software gears), as if it were a regular automatic transmission (classic automatic transmission).
Regardless of the configuration, the version with a CVT is only 65 thousand rubles more expensive than the version with a manual transmission.
As a reminder, AvtoVAZ began supplying dealers with Vesta with an updated 1.8 engine and CVT CVT in early March. This CVT is familiar to Russians from the Chery Tiggo 4 with a naturally aspirated engine. For Vesta, it received not only an original control program, but also new mounts.
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