Automakers

Renault's Russian partner, AvtoVAZ, will build Lada models with less foreign content

Lada Izhevsk Renault 2022
Lada production at AvtoVAZ's factory in Izhevsk, Russia.  (Gleb Stolyarov/REUTERS)
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Staff and wire reports
March 24, 2022 10:41 AM

Russia's top automaker, AvtoVAZ, said it would manufacture new models with reduced exposure to imported components and do its best to restore supply chains after Renault Group said it was suspending operations at its Moscow factory and would "assess" its stake in AvtoVAZ.

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