AvtoVAZ is capable of producing up to 600–650 thousand Lada cars per year, but the market does not currently need that many cars. This was stated by the head of the company, Maxim Sokolov.
According to him, in 2026 the company expects to produce about 400 thousand cars at sites in Togliatti, Izhevsk, St. Petersburg and Chechnya — this is 25% more than in 2025.
We produce not as much as we can, but as much as the market needs. We assume that in 2026 the country's car market will not grow much and, according to our forecasts, will amount to about 1.5 million cars.
The head of the auto company added that the performance of the car market in the country this year will largely depend on macroeconomics, the ruble exchange rate, the key rate and lending conditions.
