End of Production
In the 2010s, the sales of the Lada Classics remained strong in the car's native Russia and some of the former Eastern Bloc nations. In April 2011, it was reported that Russian sales of the 2105 and 2107 series showed an increase of 140% on a total of 28,633 in the first quarter of the year. However, production of the 2105 ceased at AvtoVAZ's Togliatti plant at the end of 2010 after a 30-year production run and nearly 3,000,000 units, with production of the other variants being fully subcontracted to the IzhAvto plant near Izhevsk in a strategic alliance with AvtoVAZ.
The 2107 made the transition to the IzhAvto plant in August 2011, rumoured to be in preparation for the launch of the Lada 2116, thus marking the end of production of the original Fiat 124 derived models at Tolyatti after a 41-year production run and over 14 million units.
On 17 April 2012, the history of the sedan model in Russia was over, when the last 2107 came off the IzhAvto assembly lines. The last unit of the Lada Classic series, a 2104 model, will be produced by IzhAvto on 17 September 2012. Starting from the same month, production at the Izhevsk factory will be replaced with the new Lada Granta.
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