16 June in Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ started production a pilot batch of Lada Granta. First a new model manufactured on automated welding lines, be sent. Start of production of "pilot" was preceded by a great work in the newest welding set welding car body production (CSP). In May the company thoroughly modernized service, repair, four automatic lines of KUKA and launched ten new welding and Assembly of stands. As a result of equipment has become a universal-now you can make parts for Lada Kalina and Lada Granta. 22 June to finalize the preparations for the launch of a new model, dimensions which compared with Lada Kalina sedan increased by 220 mm. Making 15 pilot vehicles in July will start manufacturing complex welding flight-tested Lada Granta. In a series of Lada Granta, kotoruû11 may personally tested by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, will launch in the autumn, and sell would begin in December of this year at a price of $ 220000. Motorists will be able to see the Granta in August at the Moscow Motor Show. By "volzhsky avtostroitel′" newspaper