Vehicle lock comprising: - a base plate with a slot suitable for receiving a striker that is integral with a body part or lid of the vehicle, - a catch with a fastening seat suitable for fastening the striker when the striker is in the slot of the base plate; said catch being hinged to said base plate around a first pivoting axis to go from a closing position, wherein said striker is locked, to an opening position, wherein said striker is released, - a first spring with an arm that acts on said striker and/or on said catch to push the catch towards said opening position, - a pawl suitable for locking said catch in the closing position; said pawl being hinged to said base plate around a second pivoting axis to go from a locking position, wherein said catch is locked, to a unlocking position, wherein said catch is released; said pawl comprising a central portion that revolves around said second pivoting axis and a first arm and a second arm that project in opposite direction from the central portion, - a second spring to push the pawl in locking position, - at least one Bowden cable (7,8) connectable to the pawl in order to move the pawl from the locking position to the unlocking position, wherein, after a first actuation of said Bowden cable, said catch is disposed in an intermediate closing position, between said closing position and said opening position; and said pawl is disposed in an intermediate locking position, wherein said catch is locked in said intermediate position, characterized in that said pawl comprises a first flange and a second flange respectively disposed in the first arm and in the second arm of the pawl, wherein the first flange of the pawl can receive a ball of a first Bowden cable being one of the Bowden cables connectable to the pawl and the second flange of the pawl can receive a ball of a second Bowden cable being one of the Bowden cables connectable to the pawl. - a base plate with a slot suitable for receiving a striker that is integral with a body part or lid of the vehicle, - a catch with a fastening seat suitable for fastening the striker when the striker is in the slot of the base plate; said catch being hinged to said base plate around a first pivoting axis to go from a closing position, wherein said striker is locked, to an opening position, wherein said striker is released, - a first spring with an arm that acts on said striker and/or on said catch to push the catch towards said opening position, - a pawl suitable for locking said catch in the closing position; said pawl being hinged to said base plate around a second pivoting axis to go from a locking position, wherein said catch is locked, to a unlocking position, wherein said catch is released; said pawl comprising a central portion that revolves around said second pivoting axis and a first arm and a second arm that project in opposite direction from the central portion, - a second spring to push the pawl in locking position, - at least one Bowden cable (7,8) connectable to the pawl in order to move the pawl from the locking position to the unlocking position, wherein, after a first actuation of said Bowden cable, said catch is disposed in an intermediate closing position, between said closing position and said opening position; and said pawl is disposed in an intermediate locking position, wherein said catch is locked in said intermediate position, characterized in that said pawl comprises a first flange and a second flange respectively disposed in the first arm and in the second arm of the pawl, wherein the first flange of the pawl can receive a ball of a first Bowden cable being one of the Bowden cables connectable to the pawl and the second flange of the pawl can receive a ball of a second Bowden cable being one of the Bowden cables connectable to the pawl.