The car was presented to the Prime Minister in a complete set of "standard". In the company believed that the first such machines will go to customers in late 2011. Head of Government was accompanied by director of AvtoVAZ, Igor Komarov, the governor of Vladimir Artyakov, head of the state corporation Russian Technologies Chemezov.
Putin has bypassed the car and asked him to open the trunk, which is jammed. Through the joint efforts Chemezov and Komarova, he still opened. After that Putin sat in the back seat and praised the car's interior.
According to Life News, Putin turned the ignition key, the sound of the starter, but the engine did not wound up. Achieve the goal was only the fifth time. Prime figured the novelty and did a test range on the experimental track length of 1400 m. Then, on the new machine the Prime Minister went to meet with the workers of AvtoVAZ.
As a result of a trial trip on the new model of AvtoVAZ - Sedan Lada Granta - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is recommended to use this car for trips to the country. When asked by reporters about the Putin would travel on a new car in mileage, similar to the one he made on Lada Kalina in August 2010, the Prime Minister said that "on such a machine to the country should go."
Recall that the mass production of cars created based on Lada Kalina, is scheduled to begin in October this year. In the basic configuration novelty will cost 220 thousand rubles, to the maximum (with a Renault engine and automatic transmission, Nissan) - 300 thousand rubles. |
