Serial production of the Lada XRAY Cross began on October 1, 2018. In two weeks, AVTOVAZ announces prices and configurations (from 729,900 to 888,900 rubles). Sales will begin in November, but before that a number of Lada XRAY Cross cars were provided to journalists for press tests that took place in Kazakhstan. Let's talk briefly (without water) about all these tests.
"Behind the wheel"
About the suspension
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- The energy intensity is almost prohibitive: on a very conventional road laid in the steppe, the XRAY Cross allows you to maintain a speed of about a hundred according to the speedometer and not let off the gas in front of very serious potholes.
About steering
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- Super clear zero. A significant effect is caused by even a slight deflection of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is very clear and sharp.
- I liked the handling of the Lada XRAY Cross more than that of the Lada Vesta Cross.
About sound insulation
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- The wheel arches received new soundproofing elements. In general, sound insulation is at the level of an inexpensive car.
About Lada Ride Select
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- “Sand” mode - on sand it works clearly better than simply turning on ESC. The car climbed the sandy hill more confidently.
- “Snow, mud” mode - the car starts moving more confidently.
- “Sport” mode - the response to the gas pedal is slightly sharpened, and when the gas is released, the engine is in no hurry to slow down, allowing it to be picked up by the next gear.
- The Lada Ride Select system really works effectively.
Link to test drive.
Dimensions and technical characteristics of Lada X-Ray
The concept is comparable in size to a Nissan Juke. The length of the X-Ray is only 4.2 meters, which classifies the car as a compact crossover. This is one of the most popular and fastest growing segments in our market, so there is no room for stupid miscalculations. AvtoVAZ spends a lot of time developing X-Ray.
But when will mass production of the crossover begin? According to the manufacturer, the Lada X-Ray will go into production before 2014. Yes, wait for a new product, but there is a greater chance of a successful outcome of the tests. During this year, AvtoVAZ will be able to thoroughly check the crossover, carry out all the tests and refine the model, having studied the preferences of the main consumers. And then mass production will begin. This probably explains the long development period for the crossover. Of course, you can object and say that X-Ray is not yet finished. Your opinion may be correct, but AvtoVAZ claims that work on the concept has been completed. If the first prototype of the crossover was not completed, then the new car is already ready. So we are waiting for the tests to pass and X-Ray to appear at dealers.
Lada X-Ray is one of the most interesting concepts from AvtoVAZ. It is a stylish cross-coupe aimed at young customers. It is not for nothing that the words “youth”, “recreation”, “activity” are used next to the name of the model. They can be called the X-Ray motto.
Autoreview
About the engine
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- The 1.8-liter engine has finally been completed. The new calibrations are successful. The engine pulls well from below, does not choke or jerk.
- Consumption on the highway is 10 l/100 km, in the city 16 l/100 km.
About manual transmission
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- 6th gear is missing.
About the suspension
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- Excellent balance of energy efficiency, comfort and stability.
- It rides smoothly on dirt roads and handles excellently.
About steering
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- When the steering column is fixed, it still has about 1 cm of up/down travel.
About ergonomics
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- Buttons for heated seats and windshield were installed to the right of Lada Ride Select. It is inconvenient to use the buttons, because... you have to pull through the gearshift lever.
- The seat heating buttons turn on without a click, this is not natural.
About sound insulation
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- At a low speed and the music is turned off, if you listen, something buzzes or beeps (electric buzzer), which depends on the engine speed.
About Lada Ride Select
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- On slippery, smooth inclines, the normal ESC mode works best (rather than the Snow or Sand mode), which is the least likely to cause wheel slip.
Kolesa.ru
About steering
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- The “steering wheel” has become much more comfortable than before.
- The reaction on the steering wheel, which previously occurred when the wheel hit an uneven surface, a hole, or an asphalt pothole, disappeared. The electric hydraulic booster, where the slow pump created the pressure of the working fluid with a delay, was replaced with a well-tuned electric booster.
About sound insulation:
- The 1.8-liter unit begins to stand out from the general background starting from 3000 rpm, after another thousand you have to strain your voice, and at 5000 rpm complete acoustic discomfort sets in.
Link to test drive.
RG
About steering
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- The steering wheel has a clear zero, it straightens up more readily in turns. Any movement you make immediately causes feedback, and the car itself confidently holds a straight line.
About the suspension
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- We accelerated to 80-100 km/h and did not let off the gas in front of serious holes and potholes. And Xray did it! AvtoVAZ engineers managed to make an armor-piercing suspension.
About sound insulation
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- This is not to say that there is deathly silence in the cabin, but you won’t have a headache from extraneous sounds. The noise insulation of the new Lada is at the level of its competitors. No worse and no better.
Link to test drive.
Many options in the cabin
For a relatively low price, taking into account ground clearance, drivers can expect to receive a whole list of interesting functional devices:
- LED interior lighting;
- lighting on exit doors;
- rear USB socket;
- 12V sockets;
- heated steering wheel and all seats;
- climate control.
The three-spoke multifunction steering wheel creates a sense of drive. The driver needs to make a minimum number of movements in the cabin to activate certain functions.
The ergonomics of climate control and other controls do not cause serious complaints, as could be seen on other similar models from AvtoVAZ.
motor.ru
About the engine
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- unfinished, weak engine.
- In 2nd gear the car starts to jerk a little.
About management
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- EUR is well tuned.
- excessive vibration on the steering column.
About the suspension
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- It drives very cool, comfortable and composed on all road surfaces.
About sound insulation
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- Quite a quiet car except for the engine.
DROM.RU
About the engine
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- In fact - no traction, no power.
About the suspension
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- We decided not to slow down even before the jumps. On landing, the Cross’s suspension will take the entire compression stroke, but there will be no hard impact. There are more energy-intensive shock absorbers with increased travel, which at the same time eliminate the “goat” of the rear and the rocking of the stern when driving on uneven asphalt.
About steering
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- The Lada holds a straight line quite firmly. It wiggles only a little when the asphalt moves in waves.
- The Xray Cross stands firmly on the arc with medium roll and neutral understeer.
- I liked the settings of the electro-hydraulic power steering. Zero is clear, but unobtrusive. And as soon as you tilt the steering wheel even a degree, a thin stream of feedback begins to run along the rim. Its flow increases with the angle of rotation. When taxiing quickly, the amplifier does not bite.
About the transmission
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- There are practically no questions about the transmission. The lever jumps into the gear holes without any extra effort; there are no complaints about selectivity. Unless the clutch pedal is too long and the discs close exactly in the middle of the stroke. This causes the clutch to slip when changing gears.
Read in full: https://www.drom.ru/info/test-drive/lada-xray-cross-65048.html Drom.ru - all-Russian automobile portal
About the interior
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- The new front seats have become more comfortable, but they have increased in width; now the space between the body pillar and the backrest adjustment lever has become even smaller, your hand cannot fit through.
- The rear seat has been moved closer to the rear axle to increase knee room. But the second row of the Xray Cross is still a bit cramped.
Test drive link
Let us remind you that the Lada XRAY Cross received a large number of improvements and changes in design. We talked about all this earlier.
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New Lada XRAY Cross 2022: photo and price, hatchback characteristics
One of the most anticipated new products from AvtoVAZ was the off-road version of the company’s first crossover – X-Ray. Previously, the car performed normally only on paved roads; when leaving the highway, the car simply stopped. Restyling will somewhat improve this situation. The new model differs from the regular version by increased ground clearance and the presence of protective elements.
The performance will also improve slightly, and it will be possible to select a driving mode. Of course, the Lada X-Ray Cross 2022 is still not an SUV, but now you can easily drive it over rough terrain.
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Pros and cons of Lada X-Ray Cross
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- Patency
- Reliability
- Design
- Dynamics
- Microclimate
- Suspension
- Salon
- Transmission
- Light
- Minuses
- Build quality
- Trunk
- Noise insulation
- Controllability
- Economical
Reviews from Lada XRAY Cross owners
The car is just fire! It was purchased in February 2022. The whole family fell in love with the car at first sight. There is no disappointment from the Russian automobile industry. Equipment Comfort.
It was a good car, the only thing that began to bother me at the end of its operation was the interior, which began to creak and rattle with such force that it was no longer covered by the music, it was very annoying. I chose a crossover, hoping that the new car would allow me to drive comfortably for at least the first couple of years. It didn’t come true) Ladovsky plastic did not pass the tests even in the first winter.
The new Lada XRAY Cross is a good city car. But it also behaves decently on the highway, we drove it to the Black Sea coast, 3,000 km there back - comfortable and economical, although there was not much space, 4 people drove, everyone fit in and did not complain), along the highway at 120-130 km / h and the climate control is turned on, the car behaves adequately and does not stall. Very obedient car!
It's beautiful inside and out, now it's definitely a hatchback. The suspension and steering are clear. Now only electric power steering, cheaper, simpler and more reliable. High ground clearance. Comfortable heated steering wheel and seats.
Reviews from Lada X-Ray Cross car owners with photos on drom.ru, drive2.ru, auto.ru and auto.mail.ru
Lada X Ray Cross 2022 prices and specifications
The price of the Lada X Ray Cross 2022 in Russia ranges from 898,900 to 1,225,900 rubles; the hatchback is offered in Classic, Comfort, [Black], Luxe and Instinct trim levels, which can be equipped with Optima and Prestige option packages.
| Equipment | price, rub. |
| 1.6 (106 hp) Classic MT5 | 898 900 |
| 1.6 (106 hp) Comfort Light MT5 | 978 900 |
| 1.6 (106 hp) Comfort MT5 | 986 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) Classic Optima | 1 045 900 |
| 1.8 (122 hp) [Black] MT5 | 1 079 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) Comfort Light CVT | 1 088 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) Comfort CVT | 1 096 900 |
| 1.8 (122 hp) Luxe MT5 | 1 110 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) [Black] CVT | 1 144 900 |
| 1.8 (122 hp) Instinct MT5 | 1 160 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) Luxe CVT | 1 175 900 |
| 1.6 (113 hp) Instinct CVT | 1 225 900 |
* MT5 - five-speed manual transmission, CVT - CVT
Technical characteristics of Lada XRAY Cross
Body
| Body type | hatchback |
| Car class | class B |
| Length / width / height, mm | 4171 / 1810 / 1645 |
| Wheelbase, mm | 2592 |
| Ground clearance (ground clearance), mm | 215 |
| Trunk volume, l | 361 / 1207 |
| Curb weight, kg | 1225 — 1250 |
| Fuel tank volume, l | 50 |
Engine and transmission
| engine's type | petrol |
| Volume, l | 1,8 |
| Power, hp | 122 |
| Torque, Nm | 170 |
| Gearbox type | Mechanics |
| Number of gears | 5 |
| Drive unit | front |
| Acceleration 0-100 km/h, s | 10,3 |
| Max speed, km/h | 179 |
| Fuel consumption, l | |
| - city | 9,3 |
| - track | 5,8 |
| - mixed | 7,1 |
| Fuel type | AI-95 |
Kolesa.ru
The 2022 Lada Xray Cross is equipped with a 122-horsepower 1.8-liter gasoline engine, which can be paired with a five-speed manual transmission or a single-clutch automatic transmission (AMT). The new SUV has only front-wheel drive. The Xray is built on the B0 platform; the front suspension of the cross version has been modified: the Logan lower arms have been replaced with L-shaped ones, like the Vesta suspension. Also from its neighbor in the model range, the new product received rear disc brakes. In addition, the Xray Cross does not have an electro-hydraulic power steering, but an electric one; the number of revolutions from lock to lock has been reduced from 3.3 to 2.9.
The cross-version differs from the standard five-door in its ground clearance: its ground clearance is 215 mm, while that of the regular Xray is 195 mm. The new product turned out to be the widest in the Lada line - 1,810 mm versus 1,785 mm on Vesta Cross.
The Xray Cross has a Lada Ride Select function: it allows you to select one of five driving modes using a puck located on the center console. These modes assume standard operation of ESC, disabling ESC, Sport, movement in snow, mud, and sand. Moreover, the latter turn off independently upon reaching a speed of 54 km/h.
Video test drive of the new Lada XRAY Cross
Read test drives of the Lada X-Ray Cross at Autoreview, Drive2.ru, Kolesa.ru, Behind the Wheel
Appearance
In general, the new body of the Lada X Ray Cross 2022 is not much different from the usual configuration of the car. In the photo you can see that the car has become a little taller, acquired protective elements made of plastic and metal, and also received more aggressive body kits at the front and rear.
The face of the car is also very small in size, but due to the fact that it is set high, it still seems massive. At the very top of the front end you can find a slightly sloped bonnet, the sides of which are slightly recessed. Directly below these recesses there is a massive head optics, which can be filled with high-quality halogen lights and even xenon. All the fun is in the center of the bumper.
The lower part of the bumper also includes features such as additional air intakes located on the sides, through which cooled air enters the braking system. Round fog lights can also be found here. At the end of the body kit there is also plastic protection for the body and engine compartment.
On the sides, XRAY Cross also underwent very minor changes. As before, the decorations here are a wavy relief, small windows with a glossy perimeter frame, stylish semi-plastic mirrors with turn signal repeaters and enlarged wheel arches. An innovation is a wide plastic insert at the very bottom of the body, which prevents sand, branches and stones from damaging it when driving on a bad road.
The rear of the car has changed the most. The roof now ends in a wider visor, on which there are brake lights united in one line. A little lower is the tailgate with a small window and stylish side lights. The body kit here is made entirely of plastic and includes fog lights, a metal diffuser, as well as an exhaust pipe, a towbar mount and a towing eye.
Salon
Behind the wheel
As expected, the car is practically no different inside from the basic version of the car. The new Lada X-Ray Cross 2021 model year is also finished with the simplest materials, such as fabric and plastic. All this quite often begins to make an unpleasant sound, since the build quality leaves much to be desired. The tunnel here is made as simply as possible. On it you can find such details as a gear shift knob, several holes for storing things or installing glasses, a parking brake handle and even an armrest, which, in the rich version, also boasts a cooled compartment.
The situation with the chairs has not changed much either. Still here you can see five seats, trimmed with a simple fabric, but quite soft. Among the additional equipment for the first row, the designers have prepared heating, mechanical or electrical adjustment of the seat position, good side support and comfortable headrests. The second row boasts only a reclining backrest and an armrest.
Photos of the new Lada XRAY Cross 2021
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