AvtoVAZ will start sales of the new Pepper Azimut crossover in early December, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta. The car is built on a modern Lada Vesta platform; Its development lasted three years. The starting lineup includes 1.6- and 1.8-liter engines producing 120 and 132 horsepower, along with a six-speed manual or CVT transmission. At the same time, the total sales of Lada passenger cars in Russia at the end of October decreased in annual terms by 10.7%, to 29,696 thousand units.