This is not a French CMF-B. The Lada line based on a completely new platform is now being actively discussed at AvtoVAZ

The AvtoVAZ press service confirmed the previously published statement by the company’s president, Maxim Sokolov, that the plant is preparing the Lada family on a new platform for production.

We are talking about a new Russian platform and a line of models on it. The contours of this project are being discussed as part of the preparation of a strategy for the development of the Russian automotive industry.

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And this is not the French CMF-B, on the basis of which they planned to release a more expensive alternative to Lada Granta. A new development strategy is planned to be prepared by September 1, 2022.

Maxim Sokolov previously stated that the plant plans to produce a new crossover based on Lada Vesta and “a wide range of the whole Lada family on a new platform.”

It was also announced plans to resume production of Lada Vesta in early 2023.