As its name implies, the C-Cross is a Focus-size crossover vehicle that "marries advanced features of a town car and off-roader," according to Lada. The company describes the C-Cross as a "conceptual model" and says there are no immediate plans for production.
The production range includes Lada's two main series, the aging Kalina and the newer Priora, including a dual-fuel Priora CNG that can run on either gasoline or compressed natural gas.
Sports fans can admire some of Lada's motorsport hardware on a separate stand. On display are the 180-horsepower Lada Kalina TMS Turbo 4x4 and the Lada WTCC, which is contesting the World Touring Car Championship with the local team Russian Bears.
MOSCOW — Remember this name: Vladimir Filatov. He's the Russian university design student who created this funky little as-yet-unnamed crossover as part of a student competition sponsored by AvtoVAZ, the Russian parent of Lada.
Filatov's design for a four-passenger, all-wheel-drive crossover vehicle was cited for its originality and "confidence" and was mocked up by AvtoVAZ as a full-scale model. It is being displayed here at the 2008 Moscow Auto Show.
The competition was jointly sponsored by AvtoVAZ, the Russian Designers Union and the Russian Car Engineers Association. The company said it received more than 70 entries from industrial design students at such institutions as Moscow State Technical University, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy, Ural State Architecture and Arts Academy and Togliatti State University.
Filatov is a student at S.G. Stroganov Moscow State Art and Industry University.
