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The countries to which the atomic car will be exported have been announced 19:43 - Social Bites

Developing country markets are being considered as the export target for Atom electric vehicles designed by Russian JSC Kama. In this respect reports TASS cites Anatoly Kiyashko, Kama's director for interaction with state institutions. “If we talk about promising markets, we are now looking at...

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The countries to which the atomic car will be exported have been announced 19:43​

ByANIKA
January 21, 2024

Developing country markets are being considered as the export target for Atom electric vehicles designed by Russian JSC Kama. In this respect reports TASS cites Anatoly Kiyashko, Kama’s director for interaction with state institutions.
“If we talk about promising markets, we are now looking at Indonesia and other countries where electric vehicles are developing very strongly. “We may not be able to build a factory there, it is not profitable for us,” Kiyashko says.
He also listed Uzbekistan, Iran and South American countries among the promising countries where the electric vehicle market is developing. According to Kiyashko, negotiations with Indonesia are already ongoing.
He mentioned that one of the advantages of Atom is that it is a software that is resistant to hacking.
It was previously known that Geely was selling in Russia grew up It increased 3.5 times in 2023.

 

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RUSSIAN Car Industry Has Collapsed - Huge Fall in Sales as Chinese Brands Dominate Russian Market​

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2023 Moskvich 3 1.5L CVT - POV TEST DRIVE​

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Aito M7 sold in Russia, chosen car of the year in China 17:20 - Social Bites

Users of Weibo, one of China's largest social networks, recognized the Aito M7 crossover, which is also available in the Russian market, as the "Car of the Year" in China. In this respect report "Chinese cars." The organizers of the competition asked social network users to tell about their...

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Aito M7 sold in Russia, chosen car of the year in China 17:20​

ByANIKA
January 22, 2024

Users of Weibo, one of China’s largest social networks, recognized the Aito M7 crossover, which is also available in the Russian market, as the “Car of the Year” in China. In this respect report “Chinese cars.”

The organizers of the competition asked social network users to tell about their experiences of owning cars that enter the market in 2023. A list of 150 models was compiled based on Weibo user stories, which was later narrowed down to a “shortlist” of 60 cars. After this, the organizers asked representatives of various car brands which of the new products was best and reduced the number of applications to 30. It was chosen as the best car of the year by a jury of six judges.

The list of contenders included the Aito M7, as well as the Avatr 12, Haval Raptor and H5, Volkswagen Tharu, three Xpeng models, Hyundai Elantra, Mercedes-Benz AMG SL and several other models.

How many Lada Vesta cars were known before Purchased For Russian officials.

 

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Technical specifications of Jetour T2 SUV for the Russian market have been announced 18:56 - Social Bites

The Chinese SUV Jetour T2 will appear on the Russian market in March 2024 and will be available in four exterior color options and three interior trim options. This was reported in the Jetour release received by socialbites.ca. Exterior colors are black, matte grey, silver and brown, and...

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Technical specifications of Jetour T2 SUV for the Russian market have been announced 18:56​

ByANIKA
January 22, 2024

The Chinese SUV Jetour T2 will appear on the Russian market in March 2024 and will be available in four exterior color options and three interior trim options. This was reported in the Jetour release received by socialbites.ca.

Exterior colors are black, matte grey, silver and brown, and interior colors are black with red accents, brown and green with orange accents. In Russia, the vehicle will be available with a 2.0 gasoline turbo engine producing 245 hp. and a torque of 375 Nm. It is paired with a seven-speed robotic transmission. Jetour T2 is equipped with an automatically engaging BorgWarner all-wheel drive system with a limited-slip differential.

Designed for five people, the car can accelerate to 100 km/h in 7.8 seconds. The length of the car is 4785 mm and the wheelbase is 2800 mm. The automaker has not yet announced the price of the new product, but pre-orders for the car are already open.

Previously, Chery’s Russian representative office was officially announced about the entry of the new Exlantix brand into the Russian market.

 

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Chery introduced its new brand Exlantix to the Russian market 18:38 - Social Bites

Chery has launched a new brand, Exlantix, in the Russian market, where electric vehicles of the Chinese concern will be presented. This was reported in the Exlantix release received by socialbites.ca. Sales are planned to start in summer 2024. The first model to be introduced to the Russian...

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Chery introduced its new brand Exlantix to the Russian market 18:38​

ByANIKA
January 22, 2024

Chery has launched a new brand, Exlantix, in the Russian market, where electric vehicles of the Chinese concern will be presented. This was reported in the Exlantix release received by socialbites.ca.

Sales are planned to start in summer 2024. The first model to be introduced to the Russian market is the four-door electric coupe Exlantix ES. The car has an 800-volt traction battery with a capacity of 82 kWh and provides a range of 650 km. At a “fast” charging station, the energy reserve can be filled from 30% to 80% in 30 minutes. It is planned to develop the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the brand’s dealership centers.

New equipment includes door closers, automatic parking system, 23-speaker audio system, panoramic roof with automatic dimming function and adaptive cruise control. The automaker does not disclose the price of the new sedan in Russia.

Previously Aito M7 named It was chosen as China’s car of the year in a competition organized by the Weibo social network.

 

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It became clear which Chinese cars are most accumulated in the Russian Federation 15:37 - Social Bites

In an environment where Chinese companies have lofty plans for car sales in Russia for 2024, Chery has the most significant surplus of unsold cars. Oleg Moseev, the founder of the Automarketer project, told socialbites.ca about this. “There are brands that accumulate stock for three months...

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It became clear which Chinese cars are most accumulated in the Russian Federation 15:37​

ByANIKA
January 22, 2024

In an environment where Chinese companies have lofty plans for car sales in Russia for 2024, Chery has the most significant surplus of unsold cars. Oleg Moseev, the founder of the Automarketer project, told socialbites.ca about this.

“There are brands that accumulate stock for three months. Chery has many cars. “Among the top five best-selling brands, Chery is the most distinguished brand in this sense,” said Moseev.

He also explained that the stock situation varies by region, and there are regions where Chery’s stock is good, but Geely or Exeed’s normal vehicle stock is high. According to the interlocutor, 1-1.5 months of car stock for sale is normal, 2 months is acceptable.

“As for sales plans, Chinese distributors do not adjust them. Moreover, Haval adjusted its plans upwards and introduced its 2024 plan with an increase of 40 thousand vehicles,” Moseev gave an example.

Detailed information about the situation of overstocking of warehouses with Chinese cars Wrote “socialbites.ca”.

It was previously known that commercial vehicles were used has become more expensive up 49% for the year.

 

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https://en.napinfo.ru/news/avtovaz-reports-production-and-sales-increase-in-2023/

22/01/2024
AVTOVAZ REPORTS PRODUCTION AND SALES INCREASE IN 2023
Following results of 2023, AVTOVAZ increased the car production to 374,077 units. Moreover, the production volumes of LADA cars at the Tolyatti site have become record-breaking over the past 10 years. By the end of the year, there were 16 versions in the production range, while production of 16-valve engines was resumed, and all models were transferred to Euro-5 standard. More than 1,200 parts, assemblies and materials were localized and replaced.
In 2023, the LADA brand increased its share in the Russian automotive market and reached record levels over the past 20 years – about 35%. LADA remains the best-selling car in the Russian Federation, and following results of the reporting period, LADA Granta took the first place in the ranking of the best-selling models again. The brand's bestseller simultaneously updated its annual sales record with 206,116 cars sold.

 

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AvtoVAZ may launch new brand cars for sale in spring of 2024 - NAPI

Sales of cars under the new brand, which will be produced at the AvtoVAZ plant in Saint Petersburg, will start in spring

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22/01/2024
AVTOVAZ MAY LAUNCH NEW BRAND CARS FOR SALE IN SPRING OF 2024
Sales of cars under the new brand, which will be produced at the AvtoVAZ plant in Saint Petersburg, will start in spring, according to the company's president Maxim Sokolov.
According to the AVTOVAZ head, sales of new brand cars will start in Lada dealerships. Nevertheless, the matter concerns independent products of the Saint Petersburg Automobile Plant.

 

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Ford Focus became the most popular car with mileage in 2023

Last year, the secondary market of the Russian Federation again saw a change of the leader. So, according to the agency

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Ford Focus became the most popular car with mileage in 2023​

Last year, the secondary market of the Russian Federation again saw a change of the leader. So, according to the agency "AUTOSTAT", the most popular car with a mileage in 2023 became Ford Focus, which returned this title a year later. Recall that this model became the bestseller on the "secondary" market in 2020 - 2021, and in 2022 lost the title to the hatchback LADA 2114 ("Samara-2").
At the end of last year, 119.8 thousand used Focuses were bought in Russia, which ensured them the first line in the ranking. Accordingly, the "2114" model with the result of 116.6 thousand units fell to the second step. Next are Korean models Kia Rio and Hyundai Solaris, which sold 110.5 thousand and 110 thousand used cars respectively. Toyota Corolla (102.4 thousand vehicles) rounded out the top 5. In total, last year Russians bought 5.7 million cars with mileage, which is 17% more than in 2022.

 

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OMODA has summarized sales results in Russia for 2023 and is preparing new products

OMODA sold 41983 cars on the Russian car market in 2023, which is 33.9 times more in compare with the previous year (the brand entered the Russian market in October 2022). As a result, OMODA took the seventh place in sales among all car manufacturers in Russia, and the market share of the brand...

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OMODA has summarized sales results in Russia for 2023 and is preparing new products​

OMODA sold 41983 cars on the Russian car market in 2023, which is 33.9 times more in compare with the previous year (the brand entered the Russian market in October 2022). As a result, OMODA took the seventh place in sales among all car manufacturers in Russia, and the market share of the brand reached 4%. This is reported by the experts of "AUTOSTAT" agency with reference to the data of JSC "PPK "* and taking into account its own segmentation.
OMODA crossover became the undisputed bestseller of OMODA in the Russian market at the end of 2023, having sold 35,841 vehicles against 1,239 vehicles a year before. In addition, in May last year OMODA S5 sedan went on sale, and in September the "charged" version of S5 GT started on the market, and by the end of the year they were sold in the amount of 6142 vehicles.
As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", in March - April 2024, the Russian market will see the first fully electric model OMODA - electric crossover OMODA E5, which debuted at the Shanghai Motor Show - 2023. In addition, a new mid-size crossover OMODA C7 will reach our country this year.

 

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Hybrid crossover TANK 500 Urban will cost 6.3 million rubles in Russia

Chinese auto concern Great Wall Motor from February 1st will start sales of a new version of the flagship SUV TANK 500 Urban in Russia with a 7-seat interior layout and hybrid installation. The cost of the novelty is 6 million 299 thousand rubles, reports the press service of the automaker. As...

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Hybrid crossover TANK 500 Urban will cost 6.3 million rubles in Russia​

Chinese auto concern Great Wall Motor from February 1st will start sales of a new version of the flagship SUV TANK 500 Urban in Russia with a 7-seat interior layout and hybrid installation. The cost of the novelty is 6 million 299 thousand rubles, reports the press service of the automaker. As noted, TANK 500 Urban is addressed, first of all, to residents of large cities with dense traffic. In conditions of movement at low speeds with frequent stops and resumption of movement, the hybrid power plant gives a number of advantages, such as reducing fuel consumption and loads on the internal combustion engine. The TANK 500 Urban retains its characteristic off-road potential in the form of Torque-on-Demand all-wheel drive, reduction gearing and differential lock.
The powertrain of the TANK 500 Urban consists of a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine with an output of 245 hp, (380 Nm) and a 9-speed automatic transmission with an integrated 54 hp electric engine with 268 Nm of torque and a traction lithium battery with an energy reserve of 17.5 kWh. This gives a total maximum power output of 299 hp (similar to the TANK 500 V6 3.0) and a total maximum torque of -616 Nm. The TANK 500 Urban accelerates to 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds and the combined fuel consumption (NEDC cycle) will be 8.5 litres/100 km, which is 3 litres less than the V6 engine version.
The TANK 500 Urban will be offered in a seven-seat interior layout, with folding third and second row seats. For the third row seats there is an electric drive of 50/50 folding, the second row seats when fully folded form a flat floor, which allows to increase the luggage volume up to 1 459 litres, and in the unfolded state there is an opportunity to adjust the position of seats in the longitudinal direction, adjusting the necessary ratio of space on the second/third row or the size of the boot.

 

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Changan showed record sales growth in Russia in 2023

The Russian car market sold 47765 Changan cars in 2023 against 2550 cars a year before, which means an 18.7-fold growth. As a result, Changan ranked fifth in sales among all carmakers in Russia, and the market share of the brand was 4.5% against 0.4% a year before. This is reported by the experts of

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Changan showed record sales growth in Russia in 2023​

The Russian car market sold 47765 Changan cars in 2023 against 2550 cars a year before, which means an 18.7-fold growth. As a result, Changan ranked fifth in sales among all carmakers in Russia, and the market share of the brand was 4.5% against 0.4% a year before. 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 Changan model on the Russian market last year was a mid-size crossover Changan CS55 Plus with the indicator of 10 490 cars.
The second place was taken by the crossover CS35 Plus, which was chosen by 9 289 buyers (an increase of 12.5 times). The third result was shown by the flagship crossover Changan UNI-K - 7677 sold cars (16.7-fold growth). It should be noted that last year the model range of Changan in the Russian market was significantly expanded. Thus, Changan UNI-V liftback, CS85Coupe cross coupe, CS95 all-wheel drive seven-seat SUV, Alsvin compact sedan, UNI-T coupe-crossover, Hunter Plus business class pickup, CS75 Plus crossover of new generation, Lamore business class sedan and the first hybrid crossover UNI-K iDD appeared in our country. In 2024, Changan intends to introduce the UNI sub-brand to the Russian market, under which the models of the same name will be sold.
As a result, the company expects to double sales in our country, which should be distributed between these brands approximately equally. Let's remind, at present Changan offers in Russia UNI-V liftback UNI-T and UNI-K crossovers, including in hybrid version UNI-K iDD.

 

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Russian Car: the former Toyota plant in St. Petersburg may start production of Aurus

The former Toyota plant in St. Petersburg may start production of Aurus cars. This is reported by Telegram-channel

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Russian Car: the former Toyota plant in St. Petersburg may start production of Aurus​

The former Toyota plant in St. Petersburg may start production of Aurus cars. This is reported by Telegram-channel "Russian Car". "The Toyota plant seems to have found a more profiled use than the assembly of BAZ trucks and E-Neva electric cars. They want to make some kind of mass-produced Aurus there. Approximately in the format of the Toyota Camry.
It doesn’t prevent the creation of a technopark on the territory of the plant, there is enough space for several projects", - stated in the message. It is noted that the enterprise has placed on the site about work several vacancies on behalf of LLC "Aurus Motors". In addition, the information appeared in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities that Andrey Pankov (former head of the Russian offices of Renault, Mitsubishi and many other companies) became the general director of LLC "Shushary-Auto".
As Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov reported earlier, luxury car manufacturer Aurus will launch production of a new line of business class cars in a more affordable price segment. According to him, it is planned to launch sales in 2025, and in the future, the Aurus model lineup may be extended by SUV.
Recall that Shushary-Avto LLC, fully controlled by NAMI, acquired the assets of Toyota's St. Petersburg car plant (Toyota Motor LLC) in spring 2023 after the Japanese concern suspended operations in Russia in autumn 2022.

 

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AVTOVAZ will expand the color range of LADA cars in 2024

Production of LADA cars in brown and blue colors will be resumed this year, company president Maxim Sokolov told RIA Novosti. As it was specified in the press-service of the enterprise, we are talking about Vesta, Granta and Niva models. Now for all LADA models is available white

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AVTOVAZ will expand the color range of LADA cars in 2024​

Production of LADA cars in brown and blue colors will be resumed this year, company president Maxim Sokolov told RIA Novosti. As it was specified in the press-service of the enterprise, we are talking about Vesta, Granta and Niva models. Now for all LADA models is available white "Glacier" color, as well as black "Panther".
In addition, Granta is produced in silver "Platinum", dark grey "Borneo" and golden-brown "Coriander", Vesta also in "Platinum", and Niva Travel and Niva Legend - in dark green. As the president of AVTOVAZ Maxim Sokolov told earlier to the agency "AUTOSTAT", the approved production plan of AVTOVAZ for 2024 assumes increase of car output by 33% up to 500 thousand vehicles.
It is planned to sell about 450 thousand LADA cars on the Russian market, moreover, the company expects to supply more than 100 thousand cars out of this number under the state order. In general, according to the company's forecast, the volume of the Russian car market in the coming year will increase by 5 - 10%, amounting to about 1.2 million cars.
In addition, AVTOVAZ intends to increase export deliveries to 20-25 thousand LADA cars in 2024.