The closest classmates and competitors are the following foreign cars − Chevrolet Cruze, Daewoo Nexia, Datsun on-Do, Fiat Albea, Ford Fiesta, Honda Fit, Hyundai Solaris, Kia Rio, Lifan Solano, Mitsubishi Colt, Nissan Alimera, Opel Corsa, Peugeot 208, Ravon Nexia, Renault Logan, Renault Sandero, Skoda Rapid, Volkswagen Polo, Toyota Yaris, SEAT Ibiza and ZAZ Chance.
First generation (2011-present)
The first generation was presented on May 11, 2011 in Tolyatti at the Congress of the Russian Union of Mechanical Engineers. Assembly began on May 16, 2011 in pipeline debug mode, serial production started in October, and sales began on December 1, 2011. A four-door sedan with a length of 4246 mm, a width of 1700 mm, a height of 1500 mm, a wheelbase of 2476 mm and a curb weight of 1085 kg is available from the outset. In 2014, a five-door liftback body appeared with the same external dimensions. After 2018 added a five-door hatchback (length 3926 mm, width 1700 mm, height 1500 mm) and station wagon (length 4148 mm, width 1700 mm, height 1560 mm). The car is available in three trim levels - «Standard», «Norm» And «Suite». The cheapest model cost 229,000 rubles, in 2012 the cost was raised to 259,000 rubles, in 2013 to 279,000 rubles, and in 2017 the price of the minimum configuration was 389,000 rubles. Such a significant price increase was due to the currency crisis of 2014, which led to a strong depreciation of the ruble.
Four models of gasoline four-cylinder engines with a volume of 1.6 liters were installed on the car (1597 cm3) the following characteristics - VAZ-11183-50 (8-valve, injection, 82 hp), VAZ-11186 (8-valve, injection, 87 hp), VAZ-21126 (16-valve, distributed injection, 98 hp) and VAZ-21127 (16-valve, distributed injection, 106 hp). The gearbox is a five-speed manual, a five-speed robotic, and since 2012, a four-speed automatic, developed on the basis of a Japanese gearbox, has been installed «Jatco JF414E». This is the first car «AvtoVAZ», on which the automatic transmission is installed serially on the conveyor.
May 2013 «AvtoVAZ» recalled about 30 thousand sold «Granta «And «Kalina» due to problems found in the airbag control system.
In August 2018, an updated version was presented at the Moscow International Motor Show «Granta FL» (FaceLift), and in September official sales started. To the already produced sedan and liftback, a station wagon and a hatchback were added, which replaced «Lada Kalina», which ceased production in 2018. The front of the car began to look in the corporate X-shaped style, the rear bumpers, painted in body color, the dashboard, the engines and gearbox were also modified.
Newspaper «Autoreview» conducted two crash tests of the car according to its own methodology «ARCAP». In the basic configuration «Standard» assigned a rating of 8.4 points out of 16, and in the maximum configuration «Suite» with two frontal airbags and belt pretensioners were rated 10.7 points out of 16.