? Listen to this   RusAutoNews.- As reported by Gazeta ru, Russian car dealers have started selling 2022 model Volkswagen Arteon cars delivered under the parallel import scheme. The offers are available on the dealers’ official websites. In particular, dealers from Moscow, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok offer new Arteons with a mileage of less than 100 km. The cost of liftbacks starts from 4.15 million rubles, and station wagons from 4.3 million rubles. Volkswagen Arteon was officially sold on the Russian market only during 2020, customers were offered at a price of 2.64 million rubles. Earl ..read more

? Listen to this   Autostat.- The Moskvich Automobile Plant has launched mass production of Moskvich 3 crossovers. In January 2023, the novelty should go to dealerships in Moscow, and in March sales should start across Russia. By the end of this year, the company plans to produce around 600 vehicles, including 200 electric vehicles. According to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, the priority of the Moskvich plant will be the production of electric cars on its own platform with a gradual increase in the degree of localization of car components. “In 2022, SKD as ..read more

? Listen to this RusAutoNews.- As announced by the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee, the Russian car market has decreased by 62.8%, or by 76,481 units year-on-year in October 2022, and amounted to 45,228 vehicles. Within the January-October period of this year 502,474 cars were sold in total, 60.8% less than last year’s figure. Lada is the most popular brand of the market in October with 19,145 units sold. The sales of the brand has declined 25% year-on-year in October. Second spot is occupied by the Chinese brand Haval with 4,426 units and with 8% less sales than last year’s figure. GAZ ..read more

? Listen to this   Quoto ru .- The Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant UAZ presented the company’s development strategy for the coming years. As Mikhail Guryanov, technical director of UAZ, explained at a forum, the company does not plan to produce new models, but instead focuses on substitution around 400 components imported from abroad by 53 suppliers. Therefore, the carmaker plans to replace all these parts with Russian and Chinese counterparts. The company also wants to find suppliers from the so-called “friendly” countries who can supply, among other things, automatic transmissions, airbags a ..read more

? Listen to this   Finmarket.- Russian carmaker Avtotor will start producing new brands of cars with internal combustion engines in the first quarter of 2023, Alexander Sorokin, general director of Avtotor Holding LLC, told Interfax. “In the first quarter of 2023, we will be able to deliver cars of new brands to the country’s market. These will be two or three models that will be in demand in the market. But so far we do not name brands and categories of cars, ”said Sorokin. Avtotor founder Vladimir Shcherbakov reported in September: “We finish work in the first days of October and fully ..read more

? Listen to this   RusAutoNews.- According to the Arabic edition of Al Mayadeen, the export of Aurus cars began. Journalists describe the arrival of the sedans in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf States as a matter of fact. The company has not yet announced the delivery of its sedans abroad, but a year ago the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov announced plans to send a large batch of armored cars to the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, the opening of the first foreign showroom was announced, but so far there are car dealerships of the Russian bran ..read more

? Listen to this   RIA .- According to data from the Wildberries marketplace, Russian demand for auto parts in the online segment has increased 23 times over the year. “The highest sales dynamics in September 2022 were in the spare parts segment: compared to last year, the demand for them increased by almost 23 times. The increased interest in their online purchases … may be due to people preferring the service of repairing their own cars rather than buying new ones,” the marketplace reads. It is noted that over the past month, Russians have mainly bought oil, air and cabin filters, spark ..read more

? Listen to this   Autostat .- From October 1, 2022, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs when importing cars to Russia must equip them with ERA-GLONASS emergency call systems. In order to curb the speculative increase in the prices of “panic buttons”, manufacturers will set the suggested retail prices for such devices, reports the press service of GLONASS. Remember that the temporary procedure for importing cars not equipped with the ERA-GLONASS system was introduced in May this year. For individuals, the moratorium on the installation of “panic buttons” is still in effect until F ..read more

? Listen to this   TASS .- Carmaker Sollers is discussing with Mazda the suspension of car production in Vladivostok and the possibility of buying out Mazda stakes in the joint venture, the Sollers press service reported. According to the statement, the company has developed a plan to produce other car brands in the plant, and is currently in negotiations. Mazda Sollers Manufacturing Russia is a joint venture between Sollers and Mazda Motor Corporation in Vladivostok. As reported in early September, Sollers announced that the manufacturer plans to resume work at the factory in SEZ Alabuga ..read more

? Listen to this   RusAutoNews.- As announced by the Kamaz press office, an agreement on cooperation in the development of urban electric transport and charging infrastructure was signed between Kamaz, the government of the Rostov Region and the Sitronics Group. Within 2022, both companies have already participated in testing an electric bus and a charging station in Sochi and Volgograd. At the end of October, Kamaz and Sitronics will organize test operations of the Kamaz electric bus and an ultra-fast charging station of operator Sitronics Electro in Rostov-on-Don. “The introduction of e ..read more