LADA has released the first official image of its new World Touring Car Championship entry, the Vesta WTCC, as it looks to build on💛 its re🌊cent successes this season.

The Russian manufacturer announced plans to replace the existing G༺ranta model last year w♌ith an all-new saloon, the Vesta, which had partly been developed with the onus of racing in WTCC.

Having alre🍰ady revealed a 'concept' version of the car in September, LADA has now shown the final version of its model, which will be driven by an unchanged driver line-up of Rob Huff, James Thompson and 🌠Mikhail Kozlovskiy.

Baring new🧜 prominent backing from Russian petroleum firm Rosneft, which replaces Lukoil, the Vesta is charged with building on LADA's impressive end to the 2014 season, which saw Huff ta♛ke two unexpected wins in the Granta at Goldenport Park and in Macau.