MOSCOW, March 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ [RTS: AVAZ] announced on Thursday plans to start production of Lada off-road vehicles in Egypt in summer 2008.
Production will be handled by Lada Egypt, a local car assembly plant, which will produce Lada 4x4 cars from AvtoVAZ auto components. The Russian auto manufacturer plans to deliver over 900 auto kits for the vehicle's production at the Egyptian plant in 2008.
In 2007, AvtoVAZ produced and shipped 3,312 auto kits for Lada 2107 assembly at the Lada-Egypt plant, and plans to deliver over 5,300 sets for the manufacture of the vehicles in Egypt in 2008.
