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In February, EXEED regained its title of market leader in the premium segment

According to the results of February 2025, 1,442 new EXEED cars were sold in Russia. This is reported by the experts of the agency

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70% of the car tire market in Russia belongs to Chinese brands

The share of Chinese tires in the Russian market is about 70%. This is written by the portal Quto.ru with reference to the head of the company

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Investments in Sollers frame SUV will be 4 billion rubles

Details of the new 7-seat frame SUV from Sollers, which was announced last year, have been revealed. In 2025, 4 billion rubles will be invested in the project, and the novelty will go on sale next year. This was told by Mikhail Guryanov, head of the Product Development Center of Sollers, in the...

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Production of Valdai 18 cabover trucks has started in Russia

Nizhny Novgorod Trucks has started production of Valdai 18 universal cabover trucks. The production of the model is set up on a full cycle, which includes welding, painting and assembly of vehicles, according to the press service of the company

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Tire plant in Ulyanovsk resumes operation under Gislaved brand

Russian holding

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GAC announced the start date of sales of the new Empow sedan in Russia

The new sedan Empow from the Chinese brand GAC will officially go on sale on March 24, 2025, according to the press service of the company. Then the price of the novelty will also be announced. Recall that this is the first model of the brand in our market in the sedan body. The car will be...

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Updated LADA Niva Travel with leather steering wheel will become available in dealerships - NAPI

NAPI Updated LADA Niva Travel with leather steering wheel will become available in dealerships AvtoVAZ has started equipping LADA Niva Travel SUVs with a genuine leather interior with a LADA Granta Sport sports leather steering wheel.

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21/03/2025
Updated LADA Niva Travel with leather steering wheel will become available in dealerships
AvtoVAZ has started equipping LADA Niva Travel SUVs with a genuine leather interior with a LADA Granta Sport sports leather steering wheel. The updated Niva cars have already appeared in the customized campaign of LADA dealerships.

It is known that the model with natural domestic leather upholstery went on sale in November 2023, when the cost of such an option was 120 thousand rubles. At the end of 2024, leather upholstery became unavailable, but now it has returned to the Niva Travel version, complete with a leather steering wheel from Granta Sport. Sales of the updated Niva are expected to start in May this year.

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21/03/2025
MAZ and MAZ-RUS LLC jointly present vehicles at the exhibition in Smolensk
The management of the Minsk Automobile Plant and MAZ-RUS LLC are taking part in the "Russian Innovative Technologies and Materials for Road Construction" conference, which is being held as part of an expanded meeting of the final board of the Ministry of Transport and Road Management of the Smolensk region.

The event featured MAZ passenger vehicles and trucks, as well as road and utility vehicles based on the MAZ chassis manufactured by Smolmash and KDM Plants. In addition, the Gorozhanin trolleybus based on the MAZ vehicle kit will remain in the city until the end of the week for trial operation.

Recall that 55 new MAZ 203 vehicles were delivered to Smolensk during the period of 2023-2024.

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10 KAMAZ-43118 tractor units have been shipped to the Siberian Federal District - NAPI

NAPI 10 KAMAZ-43118 tractor units have been shipped to the Siberian Federal District A batch of special purpose vehicles for the organization from the Siberian Federal District was manufactured on the basis of the KAMAZ-43118 chassis.

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21/03/2025
10 KAMAZ-43118 tractor units have been shipped to the Siberian Federal District
A batch of special purpose vehicles for the organization from the Siberian Federal District was manufactured on the basis of the KAMAZ-43118 chassis. Special purpose vehicles were developed and manufactured by the authorized KAMAZ partner, RIAT JSC. A batch of 10 tractor units has been delivered to the customer.

Vehicles feature the KAMAZ 689 engines, designed for harsh operating conditions. These units are designed to operate in heavy duty conditions and have an architecture commonly used in high capacity engines. KAMAZ-43118 tractor units are equipped with 340-HP high-torque engines.

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Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Domestic Electric Car 02:28 - Social Bites

Moscow Polytechnic Advanced Engineering School Experts presented a new domestic electric car production model of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov Minister of Science and Higher Education. This has been reported Telegraph channelE Russian government. The publication says that engineers have...

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China Liftbek Mg 6 15:29 in Russia - Social Bites

In Russia, the Chinese liftback MG rose to 6 200 thousand rubles. About it reports Portal "Autonomy of the Day". “MG 6 Liftback entered the Russian market at the end of June last year and available at two trim levels - comfort and luxury. Prices considering prices, 3.1 million and…

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The share of crossovers and SUVs on the Russian market is decreasing

The SUV segment remains the largest in the Russian car market, but its share is decreasing. This was established by the experts of

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NEFAZ announces plans for 2025

According to its own business plan, Neftekamsk Automobile Plant (NEFAZ) plans to produce in 2025 1.7 thousand passenger vehicles (buses, electric vehicles), 4.8 thousand dump units and 570 trailed vehicles. This became known at the labor meeting of the head of the enterprise and his deputies...

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Car dealers explained the drop in sales in February

The weak result of new car sales in February primarily reflects the level of demand in the market: the volume of supply is clearly not a problem. This opinion was expressed to AUTOSTAT agency by Roman Slutsky, General Director of Alarm-Motors Group of Companies, adding that the supply of most...

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The market of used cars has decreased for the first time in 8 months

According to AUTOSTAT agency, 397.1 thousand used passenger cars were bought in Russia in February 2025. This is 0.6% less than in the same month last year. Thus, the secondary market showed negative dynamics for the first time in 8 months.

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