Lada Vesta body assembly
Assembled Lada Vesta at the factory
By now, AvtoVAZ designers have unexpectedly often begun to please domestic owners with new car models. Even in the recent past, we had to bitterly regret that there was such a meager production of cars in our homeland. A new product that is already being talked about a lot is the Lada Vesta. This machine incorporates all the best ideas of foreign analogues. The creators grow in professionalism along with their creation. “Where is Lada Vesta produced in the Russian Federation?” - such a question is quite appropriate among ordinary people.
When did production begin, its features
In September 2022, the manufacturing process of the Lada Vesta car began. Two months later, the product is released for sale. At first, the model was seen as another failure, but today Lada Vesta is being sold in fairly large quantities, along with some foreign cars. The advantages of the car include:
- Affordable and reasonable price.
- Comfortable living conditions inside.
- Attractive appearance and sufficient capacity.
- The standard assembly now includes ESP and ABS.
- The presence of two airbags.
The new Lada Vesta sedan is assembled and produced in Izhevsk, where the Lada Granta liftback is produced. Renault engineers helped develop the body, which was designed using the latest software. The car frame is not inferior in strength to the Ford Focus. This was proven already in the first crash tests.
When will station wagons go on sale?
The good news is that Vesta SW and Cross will go on sale at the same time. The exact date for the start of sales has not been announced; it is tentatively scheduled for autumn 2022. Production of new products should begin in the summer. All cars will be assembled at Lada Izhevsk, where the sedan is currently produced. To free up space for production, the option of moving the Granta liftback to Togliatti is being considered, where Kalina and Datsun models are currently assembled.
Perhaps most of all, car enthusiasts are interested not in the volume of the trunk and its characteristics, but primarily in the price, but, unfortunately, it has not yet been announced. But you can make a tentative forecast now. The Kalina station wagon is 15,000 rubles more expensive than the hatchback, the higher-end Kia Ceed SW is 30,000 rubles more expensive than the hatchback. Vesta sedan is now offered at a price of 546 thousand rubles, it can be assumed that a regular station wagon will start from 560 - 570 thousand rubles, subject to similar equipment.
With the price of the Cross version, everything adds up a little. Nicolas More, the head of AvtoVAZ, previously announced a cost of 800,000 rubles, but he was probably talking about the top version. But how much the base will cost, and most importantly, what equipment it will have, is still quite difficult to guess.
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So, let's start with specifics. It should be noted where the Lada Vesta is assembled. Oddly enough, cars began to be produced not in the city of Tolyatti, but at Lada-Izhevsk. The release began on September 25, 2022. And on October 22 of the same year, President Vladimir Vladimirovich “tested” a new Russian novelty. Based on first impressions, he really liked it, in particular for its handling and comfortable interior.
An important criterion worth noting is the fact that only a third of the car is assembled from imported parts. This is the radiator of the engine cooling system, the steering mechanism of the electronic power steering and almost all the electronics. Much of Vesta is made in Russia. These parts are delivered to Izhevsk directly from the city of Tolyatti.
This is good news. After all, Lada Vesta wins in comparison with Priora, Grenade, Kalina, it looks more interesting, more beautiful and more reliable. This is how the new generation Lada is assembled. The “IKS” concept makes the car recognizable and is a kind of calling card. A very rich palette of body colors leaves no one behind. The radiator grille and headlights stand out especially gracefully. AvtoVAZ has never produced anything like this before.
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Disadvantages of Lada Vesta SW Cross
- New instrument panel. She's beautiful, orange lighting, that's all. But let's face it, she's blind. Everything is hard to see on it. That is, the scales in the wells are too deep and too high. And the backlight here is very dim and it’s quite difficult to read.
- Next, a huge problem is AMT. The worst thing is that Auto VAZ considers AMT a successful product, despite the fact that 100% of journalists tell them that it is just a nightmare. This robot is simply not designed to be used properly.
- Multimedia system. As we noted above, the screen backlight is very dim. The sun will shine a little and you can no longer see anything.
Other sites
All information available about Lada Vesta at the moment indicates the presence of only one production point, which is located in Izhevsk. But car enthusiasts want to know everything about Lada Vesta. Therefore, questions often arise: where else will the new Russian car Lada Vesta be produced?
There are several assumptions about this; official representatives do not say where the Lada Vesta will be produced besides IzhAvto. Although there are several well-founded assumptions. Most likely, sooner or later part of the production will move to the Togliatti plant. It’s a matter of time, gradually the demand for the new model will increase, new modifications will appear that will finally displace the obsolete Priora from the assembly line.
In addition, there are rumors that the Lada Vesta car will be produced at other enterprises. The most likely place of production is the Republic of Chechnya. It is also possible that the new Vesta will be assembled in Kazakhstan.
Izhevsk
The new Lada Vesta cars on sale now are all assembled at IzhAvto. All the few copies from Togliatti were sold out in the first days after the start of sales. All further production was moved to Izhevsk for a number of reasons. Below we will look at why the new Lada Vesta began to be produced at this particular enterprise.
Throughout last year, AvtoVAZ was in a fever. Due to fluctuations in the ruble on the market, problems arose every now and then with the supply of components for various models produced at the enterprise. By the time the Lada Vesta Lada Vesta was released, the problem had worsened even more. The Lada Vesta car turned out to be somewhat more expensive than originally expected.
For this purpose, they decided to adapt the production capacity of IzhAvto. At this enterprise, the screwdriver assembly of Nissan Almera and Nissan Sentra was already established. Also, the Lada Granta is produced here. By the time Lada Vesta production started, the modernization of additional workshops should have been completed.
The IzhAvto plant had several advantages. Assembly is carried out on mixed-type lines. That is, up to four different models can be assembled on one thread. That is why it turned out to be much easier to launch the Lada Vesta car here. It was only necessary to install an additional line for stamping some body parts.
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Everything else is produced on a common assembly line. Another distinctive feature of the Izhevsk plant is the use of manual welding. Robots are also present at the enterprise, but in general the new Lada Vesta car is welded by hand. This nuance also makes it possible to assemble models with different bodies in one workshop.
In general, the idea of AvtoVAZ managers was completely successful. New Lada Vesta cars cost less than they could cost if produced at the main plant in Tolyatti. New production facilities, recently reconstructed, were also added to the business. At the same time, practically no additional funds had to be spent on organizing the process from scratch.
Final assembly sketch
Assembled Lada Vesta at the factory
- Each worker responsible for the production of any small car part must approach the matter professionally, and the craftsmen must carefully monitor the process.
- The creators of the Lada Vesta took care to increase comfort in the cabin, using insulating materials against noise and vibration not only on the bottom and engine, but even on the roof.
- The final stage of assembly where the Lada Vesta is produced is practically no different from the similar process for foreign cars. After painting, the doors are removed and sent to the finishing shop. Without them it is much easier to assemble the interior. Having installed the headlights and bumper with the radiator, the connection ends with docking with the chassis and power unit.
Lada Vesta is made, for the most part, based on the experience of foreign professionals using robotic technology, which extremely helps to assemble a high-quality product. The automaker plans to produce not only sedans, but also station wagons, as well as hatchbacks. The expanded model range will help bring us closer to the number of vehicles produced planned for 2022.
Many were interested in which one the assembly work would be carried out on. In Russia, this place will be “ChechenAvto” in the city of Argun. Ust-Kamenogorsk "BipekAvto" will also undertake the assembly of Lada Vesta on Kazakh soil. Thus, the city of Izhevsk will not remain the only representative of the assembly process of this model, capable of producing products from AvtoVAZ.
Lada Vesta compared to frets.
Lada Vesta looks more interesting and beautiful in comparison with previous models.
This article describes the Lada Vesta about the characteristics of the car and its fundamental changes in comparison with other Ladas - cars of this family. A small part of historical facts will also be touched upon.
We meet the new Lada Vesta. In 2022, the AvtoVAZ plant offered the Russian market a car that was completely new and, in fact, technologically advanced. Lada Vesta in comparison with Lada - previous models such as Lada Granta, Lada Priora, Lada Kalina, is an unconditional step forward. The level of technology and a fundamentally new design were well implemented in this car.
Production at Lada Izhevsk in slides
Let us remind you that AVTOVAZ periodically shows various stages of production of its cars. All these reviews (more than 20 videos) can be found in this album in our group on VK.
By the way, AVTOVAZ has already talked about the Lada Izhvesk plant earlier.
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Production bases
Initially, it was assumed that the new Lada Vesta would be assembled at the main plant in Tolyatti. An assembly line was even set up, but overall it turned out to be not entirely profitable. And, this car required some cost adjustment to be made in order to prevent the price from being excessively inflated and to fall into the corridor allocated by marketers.
Therefore, it was decided that the new Lada Vesta would be produced at a ready-made test site in Izhevsk. Some parts are produced in the workshops of the main enterprise. That is, at the moment there are two fully operational production lines for the Lada Vesta car. However, one of them is currently not fully loaded.
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The new Vesta is also tested on a test track with six types of surfaces, which are most often found in our open spaces. There are “combs”, “cobblestones”, and “speed bumps”. In all this, they check not so much the car’s suspension, but rather the quality of the build - creaks, extraneous noises, etc.
There is another unusual approach: the so-called AVES (Alliance Vehicle Estimation Standard). Here the inspector examines selected cars from the lot with the pickiness of a future buyer, literally stroking him from all sides.
PHILOSOPHY OF EFFICIENCY or THERE IS NO LIMIT TO PERFECTION
Since the end of 2012, the plant has been practicing the “kaizen” philosophy. It is based on the Japanese production philosophy, which means constant improvement and obtaining maximum effect at minimum cost. For the production process, this means, first of all, a reduction in labor intensity, an increase in the efficiency of using working time, and, as a consequence, an increase in labor productivity and a reduction in costs.
For example, the plant’s specialists developed and implemented a number of interesting solutions: synchronized conveyors for supplying components, automatic body grippers. Almost all production facilities use automatic trolleys that deliver the necessary parts to the line along given routes.
By the way, you will learn a lot of interesting things about the assembly of LADA from our video.
Constant improvement, increased ergonomics, cleanliness and order in the production premises and at each workplace, clean work clothes, controlled movements of personnel, nothing more - this is to explain in a nutshell what the implemented production system is. It is important that continuous improvement and a clean plant are in the minds of every plant employee. The team actively implements kaizens, bringing their workplaces to ideal ergonomics.
Radiators (cooling, heating, air conditioning systems): valeo brand, made in Russia
All three Vesta radiators from the French brand Valeo (a well-known component manufacturer) are distinguished by good workmanship, in no way inferior to their world analogues. During dismantling, it was difficult to suspect that the radiators were assembled in Tolyatti at Valeo’s own production site.
By the way, the competence of the employees of the hotline of the Russian representative office of Valeo (where we were transferred to answer questions) was called into question. They couldn’t say exactly what was being assembled at the Valeo site in Nizhny Novgorod, and when asked about production in Togliatti, we were told that there was no confidence that it was working at all, although the press service of AvtoVAZ firmly confirmed the opposite.
Chechenavto
Few people know, but car production in the Chechen Republic has been established since 2008. Therefore, knowledgeable people were not surprised by Ramzan Kadyrov’s statement that the launch of Lada Vesta in the republic will take place in 2022. But there is no official confirmation from AvtoVAZ managers yet. According to their statements, this issue is being coordinated.
Let's take a closer look at the prospects of this endeavor. For the production of the Vesta machine, there is already a production base here. Now the Lada Priora is being produced here, which is expected to be removed from the assembly line in the very near future. Stopping the ChechenAvto plant is not very profitable from all points of view.
