– I am confident that the production of the new model will not only contribute to the preservation of AvtoVAZ's market share in 2016, but also will attract new customers and help to expand AV markets." Senior Vice-president of Renault Group, Chief Operating Officer of Eurasia Region Christophe Kugler said that the Alliance Renault-Nissan and AVTOVAZ engineers started their joint work in 2011. «Over 100 Renault engineers worked together with their AVTOVAZ colleagues under the motto – we are one team – in order to present the production car today. I believe that XRAY will hit the market and become successful," – Mr Kugler added. Nikolay Merkushkin, The Governor of Samara Region, stated that the XRAY together with the Vesta are a new height for AVTOVAZ. «These cars make us confident in the stable future of the factory despite of the market situation. Today I can state that we plan to use XRAY and Vesta for 85-90% of Samara Region officials as their new fleet car».