Lada Vesta 2022: configurations and prices of the new body

For those who closely follow the development of the Lada Vesta 2021 model, the main news was the transition to a new engine and a new transmission. But if the use of a 1.6-liter power plant from Renault/Nissan can be explained by the positive experience with the Xray Cross, where the same engine is installed, then today many people are skeptical about the Japanese Jatco CVT.

If only because it requires regular maintenance due to high internal wear. Surprisingly, AvtoVAZ itself calls this continuously variable “box” maintenance-free...

On the page all the details about the new Lada Vesta 2021 body configuration and prices, photos, restyling, technical specifications, modifications and options, new FL interior and video test drive.

Review of restyling

The appearance of the Lada Vesta model in the AvtoVAZ car line in 2015 was a real breath of fresh air for fans of domestic technology.
The manufacturer’s attempt to design and technically offer something more than Priors and Grants was met with enthusiasm, but, unfortunately, numerous minor flaws that were revealed during the operation of the new car greatly affected the reputation of the model.

The situation could have changed radically at the turn of 2019-2020, when the restyled version of the Lada Vesta FL was supposed to be released, but the already confirmed postponement of its debut for at least a year forces us to put up with what we have.

The manufacturer, for its part, hints that it hears the consumer and, to the best of its financial capabilities, corrects the identified flaws of the Lada Vesta 2022. He made his latest improvements last fall, and some of them can be assessed as global.

Haval Dargo

Haval Dargo.

Haval Dargo.

Haval sales grew almost 2.5 times in 2022. The budget Jolion helped, and it had not yet been fully promoted. In 2022, success will be reinforced by Dargo, which is larger (it is closer in size to the F7 model) and more expensive. It should attract buyers with its interesting “square” design and powerful engines: the top-end unit (according to unofficial information) will produce about 200 horsepower.

New Nissan engine and Jatco CVT

The same Renault-Nissan engine.
It installs on Logan and Stepway. The French engine installed on the new Lada Vesta body of the 2021 model year has a power of 113 “horses”, and its main advantages can be safely written down as relatively high reliability: in practice, it will demonstrate a longer service life thanks to the use of a chain rather than a belt drive of the gas distribution mechanism.

In relation to the Jatco JF015E variator, which AvtoVAZ is trying to make a “trump card” in the marketing program for sales of the new Lada Vesta, everything is not so rosy.

According to experts, the resource of this frankly inexpensive transmission without maintenance is no more than 100 thousand km. mileage Only careful operation and regular oil changes will help to increase it - at least every 50 thousand km.

In reviews of Lada Vesta 2022 car owners, there are often calls to equip the model with a classic automatic transmission, but the manufacturer has not yet responded to these proposals. A possible reason is the rise in price of the car, which, one way or another, all representatives of the budget car market have to contend with.

Another version is that AvtoVAZ will try to coincide with the release of the more expensive restyled version of the Lada Vesta FL.

Exterior

The 2022 model year Lada Vesta will definitely get rid of the “noisy” side rear-view mirrors: the designers revised the aerodynamics of the bodies of these body elements, and at the same time added electric drives for their folding mechanisms.

The color range has also expanded, now featuring new blue (“diving”) and black (“maestro”) metallics. Other improvements were made to update the exterior:

• new two-tone alloy wheels (16”) appeared,
• the body in the sedan version received a small spoiler,
• The nozzle on the muffler pipe was replaced.

Salon

Regularly published teasers seek to “give” the new Lada Vesta 2022 a large tablet in the central part of the front console, and this has a right to life, but... in the future.

In the meantime, the improvements made have affected the steering wheel, which received a leather braid and a heating system, cup holders that have become deeper, a multimedia system that has learned to synchronize with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto services, as well as the color of the headliner, which in the Exclusive version will become black (as well as the body side mirrors).

Lada Priora GTR (2021 - 2022)

Probably one of the blogger’s most phantasmagoric renderings on the topic of “Priors” in a new body appeared in a video with the so-called Lada Priora GTR. According to the author's idea, the new Priora should become a fundamentally new car that has nothing in common with the previous generation. The blogger prophesied that the new Priora would have a rear-wheel drive platform from the Infiniti Q50 and a Mercedes two-liter M274 gasoline engine with 211 horsepower (more powerful versions have a V6 with 405 hp). On the market, the new product, according to the author, had to boldly compete with the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3 Series.

Lada Priora 3

In fact, the image of the new Priora is Photoshop on Photoshop. As a basis for the “new product”, the blogger took renderings of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class prepared by designer Nikita Chuiko for Mail.ru, adding branded X-shaped stampings on the doors from Lada Vesta to the original drawing of the German car and copying the front end for the most part from the sports modification of this same models.

The result is a nice, but completely fictitious Lada Priora 3 with the GTR index. Why "jitier"? Yes, because the author of the video blog dreamed that the “revived” Russian “budget car” could later be equipped with a 3.8-liter engine producing 600 hp. from the Nissan GT-R, paired with a six-speed “robot” from the same. Allegedly, to compete with the BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and Audi RS4. One can only envy the author’s imagination!

Original render of Mercedes-Benz C-Class from designer Nikita Chuiko for mail.ru

As for the interior of the new Priora 3, here Viktor Stepanov did not overdo it with the virtual brush, simply replacing the logo on the steering wheel of the Chinese crossover FAW Bestune T77, presenting this creation as an image of the upcoming interior of the new generation Lada Priora 3.

Salon Lada Priora 3

But the blogger did his best with the text. There is also a virtual instrument panel with a 12-inch display, which is located under one visor with a multimedia system with a 14-inch monitor, premium interior materials (including aluminum and Alcantara), a panoramic lid, atmospheric lighting and more.

Modifications and options

You will be able to get a Lada Vesta 2022 with a new variator and engine, starting with the Classic package. The same package will include 2 airbags, air conditioning, a heating system for the front seats and a stabilization system. The cost of such a Lada Vesta will start at 736.9 thousand rubles.

The Comfort package includes additional equipment items, including power windows for the rear doors, climate control, cruise control, parking sensors, an audio system and a multifunction steering wheel. The price of this configuration is no less than 767.9 thousand rubles.

Lada Vesta with the Luxe package will be equipped with side airbags, rain and light sensors, eco-leather upholstery, 16” alloy wheels and fog lights with a cornering light function (they start shining from the right side when the corresponding turn signal is turned on). A car in a “luxury” configuration will cost from 829.9 thousand rubles.

Lada Vesta with Jatco CVT.

Lada Priora 3 as a Toyota Camry “killer”

While on yet another fantastic trip, Viktor Stepanov decided that it would be nice to make a domestic analogue of the Japanese Toyota Camry. For this role, in his opinion, there is no better candidate than the new Lada Priora. Using the original photos of the Renault Talisman, the Photoshop master turned the French car into the new Lada Vesta Priora with a slight movement of his hand.

Lada Priora 3

Lada Priora 3

The new product, planned as a D-class model, “should have hit the market” in the first half of 2022 under the name Priora or Vesta Priora. Also, the author of the fictitious news did not rule out that the new product could receive one of the new names patented by AvtoVAZ: Tensa, Forta or Kayna.

The blogger also tried with variations of the body, also coming up with a universal version of the Lada Priora, taking as a basis the same Renault Talisman, but in a “barn” body, the front of which was also replaced with a “face” from the Lada Vesta.

Lada Priora 3

Lada Priora 3

Lada Priora 3

Lada Priora 3

The interior is borrowed from the same model, but the fantasies about equipping the new 2022 product are already the author's own - a modern and high-quality interior, a fully digital instrument panel as standard, a head-up display, a vertical multimedia system screen on the center console, an air conditioning system, a full set of electronic assistants and other.

Salon Lada Priora 3

Salon Lada Priora 3

Salon Lada Priora 3

The author explains the reorientation of the new Priora 3 to the D-segment by the growing popularity of cars in this class. As engines, Stepanov came up with two options based on the gasoline 1.3 from Renault Arkana with boost options of 150 and 180 hp, and as a transmission - a six-speed manual and a CVT for a 150-horsepower engine and a robot for a 180-horsepower versions. Also, the blogger’s developed imagination “gave birth” to a version of the new “Priora” for the 2022 model year with a “renowned” 1.5 diesel engine with a power of 109 hp, paired with a six-speed manual transmission.

Lada Vesta configurations and prices

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