Maxim Sakov

  • UAZ To Sell its Patriot SUV in USA Under the Brand Name “Bremach Taos”

    Maxim Sakov
    Maxim Sakov

    UAZ plans to sell is Patriot SUV under the Bremach Taos brand in the US. It will be sold by a branch of Italian Company Bremach, which specializes in AWD special cars. Patriot is being upgraded to meet the standards required on US public roads.

    Assembly is planned to be performed in California. The base cost of the SUV is expected to be about US$ 26,000. US modifications of the car will include an automatic transmission and 4-cylinder of 2.7 liter and 150hp. It will have 5-year general warranty and 10-year warranty on engine.

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  • Hyundai Purchases General Motors Plant in St Petersburg

    Hyundai has closed its purchase of the GM plant in St Petersburg, but the production start date has not been determined. The announcement was made during a company press-conference.

    Financial details and company plans related to the production site were not disclosed.

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  • Russian Auto Production Catching Up with Demand

    The Russian automotive sector is expanding and has a good chance to meet existing payable demand, reports industry minister Mr. Manturov. He said the domestic market has taken fourth place in Europe by volume for the first time.

    Car sales have  been growing the last three months, and dealers are talking about a shortage of inventory. If the production does not recover until Spring, the market will be short, they say. But the minister said OEMs will handle this challenge easily.

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  • Haval Starts Building Motor Plant in Russia

    Maxim Sakov
    Maxim Sakov

    Construction of the new Haval plant is based on an investment contract. The new plant, which is scheduled to start production in 2022, Haval is expected to increase localization of its cars.

    The plant is located in Tula region, and its production should be enough to produce engines for more than 90% of the Haval cars sold in Russia.

    Investment in the project is estimated to be about US$ 55 million (4 billion Rubles). Planned annual production capacity is 80K engines.  

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  • KAMAZ Launches First Dump Truck Sharing Service

    The KAMAZ truck sharing service works on the classic vehicle sharing model. The company provides a ready-to-use vehicle; the client just needs to fuel it. Optionally, the client can rent the truck with the driver.

    It’s possible to take a truck for a period of one day up to one year. The fleet available for rent includes modern dump trucks KAMAZ-65801 up to 32 ton capacity, which is one of most popular models on the market.

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  • Increased Utilization Fees for Vehicles Planned

    Russian authorities plan to increase vehicle utilization fees in 2021, according to automotive sources.

    Utilization fees could be increased by as much as 25-30% for all types of vehicles, including special machinery, according to industry sources. This measure would be accompanied by a comparable devaluation of the national currency, which would reduce trade barriers.

    Utilization fees were implemented in 2012. It was always considered as a compensation of Custom’s tax reduce after Russia’s entry into…

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  • Russia To Start Making Diesel Engines for Passenger Cars

    Maxim Sakov
    Maxim Sakov

    Today, there is no mass production of diesel engines for passenger cars in Russia. Production of the last such project, the turbodiesel ZMZ-514 for UAZ SUV, was halted several years ago.

    But next year Russia will resume mass production of diesel engines for passenger cars. The PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga will make 1.6-liter diesels of the DV6 family, designed by French PSA. The production start is planned for mid-2021.

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  • KAMAZ Starts Development of Euro-6 Engine

    Project “Tibet” is going on in R&D center of KAMAZ. Within this project, OEM is performing work on creation of an inline 6 cylinder engine, the KAMAZ-910.40 that meets the Euro-6 Emission standard. The initial prototype of the engine has been assembled.

    New engine should have NOX reduced in 5 times, particles – in 2,5 times, ammonia – in 2,5 times, comparing to its predecessor. There are also stricter requirements to engine diagnostics.

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  • AutoVAZ Shows Best Monthly Sales for 6 Years in October

    During October 2020 AutoVAZ increased sales of Lada cars (including the Niva brand) by 22.5% to 37,030 vehicles. This is a best result since October 2014, when the company sold 37,788 cars.

    Marketing and sales vice-president of the OEM Mr Morne has explained demand and sales growth by State and own support programs.

    AutoVAZ plans to work Saturdays and holidays during November to meet low inventories of cars among dealers.    Read The Article

    PSR Analysis: It appears that the grim forecast…

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  • COVID Delays Trade Shows

    Maxim Sakov
    Maxim Sakov

    MOSCOW–October in Russia has seen increasing restrictions related to the COVID quarantine placed on trade shows. Most shows which normally would be held at this time, have been cancelled or shifted to 2021.

    Fairs such as “Busworld” and “Interauto” will not take place this year. However, some events have been included on a so called “exception list,” or official list of trade shows and congresses, planned to be conducted in here from Oct. 20, 2020, to 30 Nov. 30, 2020. Among these events are Mining World and the Heat and Power trade show, held Oct. 27 – 29 in the Crocus Expo Center here.

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