This article refers to an AvtoVAZ vehicle under development, on which information in English is limited. The Russian Wikipedia article on the VAZ-2116 series can be found here: :ru:%D0%92%D0%90%D0%97-2116

The Lada 2116 (popularly known as the Lada Silhouette by the contemporary media) is a family car

Mid-size car

A mid-size car is the North American/Australian standard for an automobile with a size equal to or greater than that of a compact...

 currently under development by the Russian automaker AvtoVAZ

AvtoVAZ

AvtoVAZ is the Russian automobile manufacturer formerly known as VAZ: Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod , but better known to the world under the trade name Lada. The company was established in the late 1960s in collaboration with Fiat...

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Developed in collaboration with Porsche

Porsche

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....

 (who also had input into earlier VAZ designs such as the Samara

Lada Samara

The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...

 (VAZ-2108) and the Lada 110

Lada 110

The Lada 110 is a Russian sedan car built by AvtoVAZ since 1995. It also spawned two close derivatives - the 111 estate and 112 hatchback...

-series), and later Renault

Renault

Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...

 (who owns a 25% stake in AvtoVAZ), the project was dubbed Project C, and is known by the official designator VAZ-2116.

Leaked photographs of the vehicle were originally published in 2008, and early speculation cited a launch date of around 2008 or 2009.

However as of early 2011, the car has yet to be released. However, AvtoVAZ is known to be moving production of the Fiat 124

Fiat 124

The Fiat 124 is a mid-sized family car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1966 and 1974. It was the replacement of the Fiat 1300 and Fiat 1500...

-based Lada Classic models (the VAZ-2105/2107) out of the Togliatti plant to the IzhAvto factory - this is rumoured to be in preparation for full scale production of the 2116 to begin.