Two Car Models Available to Russians with a Budget of Up to 1 Million Rubles Named

Russian drivers who have a budget of up to 1 million rubles can officially buy only two models of new cars. These are products of the domestic concern "AvtoVAZ" - Lada Granta and Niva Legend, the Avilon dealer group reported.

The price of Lada Granta in the Standart configuration (basic) starts from 750 thousand rubles, in Standart Plus - from 830 thousand rubles, and in Classic - from 966 thousand rubles. AvtoVAZ also offers Niva Legend in the Classic configuration (basic) under the promotion - from 960 thousand rubles.

These two models remain in the top ten best-selling new cars in 2025. According to Avtostat, from January to October, 121.2 thousand Lada Granta and almost 28 thousand Niva Legend were sold in Russia.

Lada Granta was first presented in May 2011 at the Congress of the Union of Mechanical Engineers of Russia in Togliatti. Mass production of the model started in the same month. In the basic configuration, it was sold for 229 thousand rubles.

The first VAZ-2121 "Niva" cars (current name - Lada Niva Legend) rolled off the assembly line in April 1977. Over the years of production, almost 2.5 million cars have been produced, 700 thousand of which were delivered abroad. Then Lada Niva Legend was sold for 9 thousand rubles.

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