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Online sales of Citroen and Peugeot cars will start in Russia

Automobile Technologies, which has set up production of Citroen C5 Aircross crossovers at PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga, will start direct online sales of cars on May 20th, 2024. Pavel Bezruchenko, Director for Strategic Development of Automotive Technologies, told Gazeta.Ru that not only...

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Online sales of Citroen and Peugeot cars will start in Russia​

Automobile Technologies, which has set up production of Citroen C5 Aircross crossovers at PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga, will start direct online sales of cars on May 20th, 2024. Pavel Bezruchenko, Director for Strategic Development of Automotive Technologies, told Gazeta.Ru that not only Russian-built Citroen C5 Aircross cars, but also imported Citroen C5X models, as well as Peugeot 2008, 4008 and 5008 will be available for online purchase.
At the same time, prices for cars available for online purchase on the company's websites will be the same as at dealers. "The online sales project is a stable channel with a fixed price, there are no imposed services here, you only buy what you need. It's an additional sales channel. We undertake part of actions that would be done by a dealer: pre-sale preparation, organization of a test drive and delivery to the point that the client specifies," said Pavel Bezruchenko.
According to him, at the initial stage online purchase and delivery of the car to the buyer on a car carrier will be available to customers in Moscow and within a radius of 250 kilometers from it. In the future the geography of online sales is planned to be expanded. As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", the platform for ordering goods CDEK.Shopping has launched a new project for the purchase and delivery of cars from abroad - CDEK.Shopping Auto.
The site now offers about 200 car models from more than 20 foreign manufacturers. In addition, it is possible to buy out cars for individual requests. The cars are bought back from official sellers in China, Europe and Korea.

 

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Russia has reached an agreement with Chinese carmakers on localization increasing

Russia offers equal conditions for the work of all carmakers ready for consistent localization - both Russian and foreign, including Chinese carmakers, said First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. At the same time, the key requirement is gradual localization of both car platforms and auto...

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Russia has reached an agreement with Chinese carmakers on localization increasing​

Russia offers equal conditions for the work of all carmakers ready for consistent localization - both Russian and foreign, including Chinese carmakers, said First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov. At the same time, the key requirement is gradual localization of both car platforms and auto components, he stressed, adding that such an agreement has been reached with Chinese companies.
Denis Manturov reminded that the level of localization in the automotive industry is assessed by means of a point system and the strategy for the development of the automotive industry of Russian Federation provides for a gradual increase in the requirements for the number of points scored, writes the Finmarket agency. In turn, President Vladimir Putin, following the results of Russian-Chinese negotiations, said earlier that Russia is determined to develop cooperation with China in the automotive sector and is ready to provide economic incentives to investors from China.
As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", Russian government has approved changes to the mechanism of point assessment of localization of automotive products. Thus, the list of technological operations, for the use of which points are awarded in the production of vehicles, has been supplemented with critical technologies, the mastering of which will create conditions for achieving technological sovereignty of the domestic automotive industry.
At the same time, the list of costs that relate directly to research and development costs has been specified. It is also envisaged to stimulate the use of Russian electronic control units and the corresponding electronic component base.
"At the same time, the introduction of all types of components is also stimulated through the allocation and accrual of points for each unit applied in electronic control units," the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation noted. At the same time, it is envisaged to annually increase the minimum number of points to be set for each electronic control unit to be recognized as manufactured in Russia.

 

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XCITE X-Cross 7 cars started to arrive to dealers

Avtozavod St. Petersburg has started shipping XCITE X-Cross 7 cars to dealers. This is reported by Telegram-channel

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XCITE X-Cross 7 cars started to arrive to dealers​

Avtozavod St. Petersburg has started shipping XCITE X-Cross 7 cars to dealers. This is reported by Telegram-channel "Russian Car", according to which, the official start of sales of the novelty is scheduled for 27 May. In the press service of the company "Avtozavod St. Petersburg" this information to the agency "AUTOSTAT" did not confirm, but also did not deny, saying that the start of sales of XCITE X-Cross 7 will be officially announced soon.
Recall, in March 2024 Avtozavod St. Petersburg presented the first model of new car brand XCITE - a mid-size crossover X-Cross 7. The appearance of the car is characterized by a horizontally closed contour of body glazing. The crossover has received an original grille, narrow LED headlights, a high body, as well as 18-inch wheels.
As for the interior, the front console has a minimalist design with leather inserts and is built around two displays: a 7-inch instrument cluster to display information on speed, fuel and other parameters and a 10.25-inch multimedia screen. The displays are complemented by a touchpad on the centre tunnel for climate control.
Under the bonnet, XCITE X-Cross 7 is powered by a 1.5-litre 147 hp (210 Nm) turbo petrol engine that works in conjunction with a variator. The car has a top speed of 186 km/h and takes 9.8 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h.
The XCITE X-Cross 7 has the following dimensions: 4,500 mm in length, 1,842 mm in width and 1,702 mm in height. Ground clearance is 190 mm, luggage space is 475 litres, increasing to 1,500 litres in the configuration with folded rear seats.

 

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Chery Arrizo 8 business sedan for the first time entered the top three bestsellers of brand in Russia

Chery sold 12 867 Chery cars in the Russian car market in April, which is 38.9% more than last year. According to the results of four months of 2024 Chery sales in our country increased by 51% and totaled 44 760 cars. As a result, Chery took the fourth place in sales among all carmakers in...

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Chery Arrizo 8 business sedan for the first time entered the top three bestsellers of brand in Russia​

Chery sold 12 867 Chery cars in the Russian car market in April, which is 38.9% more than last year. According to the results of four months of 2024 Chery sales in our country increased by 51% and totaled 44 760 cars. As a result, Chery took the fourth place in sales among all carmakers in Russia, and the market share of brand was 9.6% against 12% a year earlier. This is reported by the experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency with reference to the data of JSC "PPK"* and taking into account its own segmentation.
The most popular Chery model in the Russian market last month was the crossover Tiggo 7 PRO Max, which sold 4379 vehicles (+71%). The second place was taken by a compact crossover Chery Tiggo 4 PRO with an indicator of 4286 cars (+24.3%). Chery Arrizo 8 business sedan, which was chosen by 1,186 buyers, rounded out the top three for the first time.

 

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PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga will start production of a new crossover vehicle

Automobile Technologies, which has set up production of Citroen C5 Aircross cars at PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga, will add another crossover to its local assembly line-up by the end of 2024. This was announced in an interview with

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PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga will start production of a new crossover vehicle​

Automobile Technologies, which has set up production of Citroen C5 Aircross cars at PSMA Rus plant in Kaluga, will add another crossover to its local assembly line-up by the end of 2024. This was announced in an interview with "Gazeta.Ru" by Pavel Bezruchenko, Director of Strategic Development of "Automobile Technologies", without revealing the name of the novelty. He also did not rule out that in the future Kaluga plant may set up production of model in a liftback body.
"If you look at the portfolio of cars that we now sell, provide maintenance and spare parts - some of these models will certainly be produced in Russia," he said. It should be reminded that in addition to the production of Citroen C5 Aircross in Kaluga, Automobile Technologies supplies Citroen C5X, as well as Peugeot 2008, 4008 and 5008 to Russia.
According to P. Bezruchenko, the company is also taking steps to bring LCV (light commercial vehicles) segment vehicles to the Russian market, but he did not name specific models and terms of their appearance in Russia.
Recall that company "Automobile Technologies" began serial production of mid-size crossover Citroen C5 Aircross at the PSMA Rus plant in the Kaluga region in March this year. The cars have already started arriving at Russian dealers and are available for online purchase from May 20th.

 

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Chery Tiggo 8 PRO Max has received affordable configurations

Chery Tiggo 8 PRO Max crossover range has new, more affordable configurations. Now, in addition to all-wheel drive versions Dreamline AWD and Ultimate AWD, the car is available in two modifications with front-wheel drive and 1.6-litre engine, writes the portal

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Chery Tiggo 8 PRO Max has received affordable configurations​

Chery Tiggo 8 PRO Max crossover range has new, more affordable configurations. Now, in addition to all-wheel drive versions Dreamline AWD and Ultimate AWD, the car is available in two modifications with front-wheel drive and 1.6-litre engine, writes the portal "Chinese cars".
It should be noted that earlier the Russian market left Chery Tiggo 8 PRO crossover, which was sold in our country at the same time with its updated version Tiggo 8 PRO Max, and, unlike it, did not have all-wheel drive and was more affordable. Now in the Russian market there are more affordable versions of updated Tiggo 8 PRO Max with equipment similar to that of 8 PRO. Elite FWD and Dreamline FWD configurations cost 3 million 200 thousand rubles and 3 million 450 thousand rubles respectively. Thus, the initial cost of Tiggo 8 PRO Max has decreased by 700 thousand rubles.
Under the bonnet of these cars is a 1.6-litre petrol engine with an output of 186 hp, which works in combination with a "robot" and front-wheel drive. In fact, this is the updated version of Tiggo 8 PRO, which thus returned to the market.

 

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Kama attracts Chinese partners to Atom project

The company

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Kama attracts Chinese partners to Atom project​

The company "Kama" attracts Chinese partners to cooperate on the project of Russian electric car Atom, which is planned to go into mass production at the facilities of plant "Moskvich" in the third quarter of 2025. Igor Povarazdnyuk, general director of Kama, told RIA Novosti news agency.
According to him, the cost of Russian electric car "Atom" will be in the range from 2.5 million to 3.5 million rubles depending on market conditions. As Igor Povarazdnyuk noted, the cost of car for customers who have pre-ordered will also depend on the market. At the same time, they will be able to get their electric car faster after the launch of mass production.
In turn, the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said that the fund plans to invest in the Atom electric car and attract Chinese partners to the project.
Atom electric car will be equipped with a 150 kW (204 hp) electric engine with a range of 500 kilometres on a single charge. The electric car has the following dimensions: 3,995 mm in length, 1,780 mm in width and 1,615 mm in height. Turning radius is 4.9 metres and ground clearance is 170 mm.

 

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LADA market share approached 35%

At the end of the 20th week (from 13 to 19 May 2024), 10.2 thousand new LADA passenger cars were sold in Russia. This is reported by experts of agency

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LADA market share approached 35%​

22.05.24

At the end of the 20th week (from 13 to 19 May 2024), 10.2 thousand new LADA passenger cars were sold in Russia. This is reported by experts of agency "AUTOSTAT" with reference to the data of JSC "PPK "* and taking into account its own segmentation.
It should be noted that the domestic brand accounted for 34.5% of the total market volume in the reporting period. And this is a record figure for the last year - earlier a greater result was recorded in the 13th week of 2023 (34.7%). Also, experts of agency note that for the sixth week in a row the market share of LADA exceeds 30%.
Russian brand confidently retains the title of market leader, while the nearest pursuers have at least threefold lag. Thus, the share of Haval last week was 10.6%, Chery - 9.6%, Changan - 7.5%, Geely - 7%. In addition to them, the top 10 most popular brands were OMODA (3.7%), EXEED (2.7%), Belgee (2.6%), Jetour (2.3%) and JAECOO (1.7%).
In total, 29.6 thousand new passenger cars were sold in our country during the 20th week of this year - 35% more than a week earlier.

 

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AVTOVAZ launched car sales on Wildberries marketplace

AVTOVAZ has launched sales of LADA cars on Wildberries marketplace. Now customers will have even more opportunities for online purchase of LADA cars - in addition to selling cars on its own online storefront, the company continues to enter major Russian marketplaces. Recall, earlier AVTOVAZ...

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AVTOVAZ launched car sales on Wildberries marketplace​

AVTOVAZ has launched sales of LADA cars on Wildberries marketplace. Now customers will have even more opportunities for online purchase of LADA cars - in addition to selling cars on its own online storefront, the company continues to enter major Russian marketplaces. Recall, earlier AVTOVAZ became the first carmaker in the Russian market to present cars on the "Megamarket".
According to the press service of AVTOVAZ, at the first stage cars will be offered to Wildberries customers in the Volgograd region through the official LADA dealer - Forward-Auto LLC. You can buy a car on Wildberries literally in "one click". At the stage of purchase the client sees the final price of the car. The purchase is made by pre-payment from the card linked to the user's profile.
After the payment is completed, the customer will be contacted by a representative of the dealership to request the information necessary to conclude the contract. The customer will only have to execute the sales contract upon receipt of the car. The cars purchased on the marketplace will be covered by the standard warranty from the car manufacturer - 3 years or 100 thousand kilometres of mileage, whichever comes first. In the future, cooperation between AVTOVAZ and Wildberries will expand to cover new regions, and the offer will become available to customers throughout Russia.
According to Dmitry Kostromin, Vice President for Sales and Marketing at AVTOVAZ, the expansion of options for online purchase of LADA cars is one of the key areas of AVTOVAZ's sales development strategy. "Our plans include presence in cities with millions of people and development of special conditions for purchasing LADA cars on Wildberries," he said.
Recall that in April a new category of goods - "Vehicles" - appeared on Wildberries. The first cars available to buyers were Chery, OMODA, JAECOO, Zeekr, Voyah. According to the company, shoppers purchased 11 cars and 1 motorbike for the first month.

 

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XCITE X-Cross 7 crossovers are now available at Russian dealers

XCITE X-Cross 7 crossovers, the production of which is established at Avtozavod St. Petersburg, have appeared at Russian dealers. In particular, cars in all colours and two available configurations have arrived at three Pragmatica dealerships in St. Petersburg, Alexander Shaprinsky, commercial...

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XCITE X-Cross 7 crossovers are now available at Russian dealers​

23.05.24

XCITE X-Cross 7 crossovers, the production of which is established at Avtozavod St. Petersburg, have appeared at Russian dealers. In particular, cars in all colours and two available configurations have arrived at three Pragmatica dealerships in St. Petersburg, Alexander Shaprinsky, commercial director of the Pragmatica dealer network, told AUTOSTAT agency.
"The first car carriers have already been unloaded. For example, the car showroom on Parnas was one of the first to receive new cars - it is located 15 minutes from the plant where these cars are produced. At the moment the new cars are being prepared for sale. St. Petersburg dealers are the first to get acquainted with the new brand in anticipation of the start of sales on 27 May 2024", - said Alexander Shaprinsky. Recall that in March 2024, Avtozavod St. Petersburg presented the first model of the new car brand XCITE - a mid-size crossover X-Cross 7.
The appearance of the car is characterized by a horizontally closed contour of body glazing. The crossover has received an original grille, narrow LED headlights, a high body, as well as 18-inch wheels. As for the interior, the front console has a minimalist design with leather inserts and is built around two displays: a 7-inch instrument cluster to display information on speed, fuel and other parameters and a 10.25-inch multimedia screen. The displays are complemented by a touchpad on the centre tunnel for climate control.
Under the bonnet, XCITE X-Cross 7 is powered by a 1.5-litre 147 hp (210 Nm) turbo petrol engine that works in conjunction with a variator. The car has a top speed of 186 km/h and takes 9.8 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. XCITE X-Cross 7 has the following dimensions: 4,500 mm in length, 1,842 mm in width and 1,702 mm in height. Ground clearance is 190 mm, luggage space is 475 litres, increasing to 1,500 litres in the configuration with folded rear seats.

 

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The presentation of cars of revived Volga brand took place

Within the framework of conference

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The presentation of cars of revived Volga brand took place​

Within the framework of conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia", which is taking place in Nizhny Novgorod, a presentation of cars of the revived Volga brand took place. The first model launched into mass production will be the C40 business sedan, the brand's press service informed AUTOSTAT agency.
Also, by the end of 2024 it is planned to release two more novelties - mid-size crossover Volga K30 and full-size Volga K40. All three models are equipped with a 188 hp turbo engine, which works in combination with a 7-speed automatic transmission. According to Chinese Car Portal, Volga C40 business sedan is a redesigned version of Changan Raeton Plus, while the Volga K30 and Volga K40 crossovers are Oshan X5 Plus and Changan Uni-Z respectively.
Serial production of Volga cars will be launched at the site of Nizhny Novgorod automotive cluster in 2024 with full-cycle production in 2025. The project is being implemented by JSC Passenger Car Production, which has leased the facilities where contract production of passenger car models was previously carried out. Investment in the project will be more than 60 billion rubles.

 

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JAC T9 flagship pick-up truck is on sale in Russia

Russian dealers of JAC started sales of a new frame pickup JAC T9. The cost of novelty is 3 million 399 thousand rubles, reports the press service of automaker. Under the bonnet of car there is a 2-litre petrol engine with an output of 224 hp, which works in combination with an 8-speed automatic...

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JAC T9 flagship pick-up truck is on sale in Russia​

Russian dealers of JAC started sales of a new frame pickup JAC T9. The cost of novelty is 3 million 399 thousand rubles, reports the press service of automaker. Under the bonnet of car there is a 2-litre petrol engine with an output of 224 hp, which works in combination with an 8-speed automatic transmission. The driver has a choice of 4 driving modes: Standard/Sport/Eco/Snow.
Rear differential with mechanical locking ensures maximum traction of the wheels and improves cross-country ability in difficult conditions. The JAC T9's exterior is characterized by its fully LED optics combined with massive vertical grille lines. For off-road use, the model uses practical and functional solutions, such as unpainted bumpers, plastic wheel arch extenders and metal running boards.
The interior of JAC T9 received a touch screen with a diagonal of 10.4 inches, multimedia system, which supports the connection of both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as a sunroof with electric drive. A suite of active and passive safety systems and driver assists include hill and descent assist, front and rear parking sensors, and an HD surround-view camera, among others.
The flagship JAC T9 pickup has the following dimensions: 5,330 mm in length, 1,965 mm in width and 1,880 mm in height. The cargo area of 1520*1590*470 has a protective coating. The load capacity of vehicle is 1055kg.

 

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The number of truck dealers in Russia has exceeded 2 thousand

The number of official dealerships* selling trucks in our country continues to grow, having already passed the 2 thousand mark. Such data were obtained by experts of

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The number of truck dealers in Russia has exceeded 2 thousand​

The number of official dealerships* selling trucks in our country continues to grow, having already passed the 2 thousand mark. Such data were obtained by experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency in the course of preparation of the review "Dealer Networks. Monitoring of dealer contracts for trucks".
Thus, according to the agency, as of mid-May 2024, there were 2,046 truck dealers in the Russian Federation. Meanwhile, in February this figure was 1800, i.e. for the last three months it increased by 246 dealerships (contracts) or 14%. At the same time, 308 new contracts were concluded and 62 contracts were cancelled. As a rule, the growth in the number of truck dealers is due to Chinese brands, which are actively forming and developing their networks, replacing European and Japanese manufacturers that have left Russia.
For example, Howo has 89 more dealerships, SITRAK - by 72, Dongfeng - by 64. It is also worth noting that the number of truck dealers in Russia increased by 81% for the year (in May 2023 there were 1128 of them).
* Excluding service partners.

 

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The best-selling Geely cars have been named in Russia

In April, 11 479 Geely cars were sold in the Russian car market, which is 61.5% more than last year. At the end of four months of 2024, Geely sales in our country increased 2.5 times and totaled 47743 cars. As a result, Geely took the third place in sales among all carmakers in Russia, and the...

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The best-selling Geely cars have been named in Russia​

In April, 11 479 Geely cars were sold in the Russian car market, which is 61.5% more than last year. At the end of four months of 2024, Geely sales in our country increased 2.5 times and totaled 47743 cars. As a result, Geely took the third place in sales among all carmakers in Russia, and the market share of the brand was 10.2% against 7.7% a year earlier.
This is reported by experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency with reference to the data of JSC "PPK "* and taking into account its own segmentation. The most popular Geely model in the Russian market in April was a mid-size crossover Monjaro with 3302 cars against 638 vehicles a year earlier.
The second place was taken by Geely Coolray compact crossover, which was chosen by 2,130 buyers (-48.7%).
The third result was shown by Geely Atlas PRO crossover - 1962 sold cars (+94.3%). As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", in April, the company Geely presented in the Russian market flagship crossover Geely Monjaro 2024 model year.

 

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GAC GS5 crossover left the Russian market

The mid-size crossover GAC GS5 has left the Russian market. Deliveries of this model to our country have been completed, and now dealers are selling off the remaining cars, the press service of GAC Motor Rus informed Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Recall, the crossover GAC GS5 appeared in Russia in...

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GAC GS5 crossover left the Russian market​

The mid-size crossover GAC GS5 has left the Russian market. Deliveries of this model to our country have been completed, and now dealers are selling off the remaining cars, the press service of GAC Motor Rus informed Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Recall, the crossover GAC GS5 appeared in Russia in September 2020 and was available in two "senior" configurations Luxe and Premium costing 2 million 249 thousand rubles and 2 million 709 thousand rubles, respectively.
Both versions received LED optics, leather interior, dual-zone climate control, wireless charging, cruise control and rear-view camera. The "winter" package includes heated front seats, windscreen, rear window and side mirrors. In the top, the functionality is extended by safety curtains, blind spot monitoring, panoramic sunroof (instead of usual one), contactless boot opening, interior lighting and a number of other options. Under the bonnet of the front-wheel drive crossover GAC GS5 is installed a 1.5-litre four-cylinder turbocharged engine with an output of 137 hp, which works in tandem with a 6-speed automatic transmission Aisin of the last generation with torque converter.
The model is equipped with independent suspension of McPherson type at the front and independent multi-lever suspension at the rear. Thus, currently GAC model lineup is represented in our country by a new-generation crossover GS8 and a premium minivan GAC M8. Meanwhile, already in early June in Russia will be the premiere of a new compact crossover GAC GS3. Also by the end of 2024 GS4 Max crossover is expected in the Russian market.