Ford Transit light-commercial vehicles will continue to be produced at the Elabuga plant under the management of Russian automaker Sollers, which will receive a 51% stake in what now is a 50-50 JV with Ford.
Global manufacturers say expanding mandatory requirements for localization for some components, such as engines and electronics, pose serious technical difficulties and likely will not be implemented for years.
According to the Russian business journal Autoreview, the Ford-Sollers joint production venture may continue building only Ford Transit vans at its Tatarstan Republic plant. The JV’s assembly plants in St. Petersburg...
FCA Russia says the brand’s 2018 result reflected the successful expansion of the Jeep range. Joining the Grand Cherokee, Renegade and Wrangler lineup were the Compass, Cherokee and the Grand Cherokee’s Trackhawk...
The effort will begin in the first quarter with the sales launch of the restyled Chevrolet Camaro coupe and Cadillac CT6 sedan. They will be followed in the fourth quarter by the XT4 compact CUV, Cadillac XT5 midsize...
Some Russian industry-watchers believe the Ford Sollers joint venture is curtailing EcoSport and Fiesta production because of slow sales of two models consumers perceive as overpriced.
If the plant is sold to Unison, the U.K.-Belarus joint venture says it will resume assembling GM cars including the Chevrolet Tahoe SUV, Cadillac XT5 luxury CUV and Cadillac Escalade SUV.
General Motors’ Asaka plant employs about 8,000 workers and has capacity to produce about 250,000 vehicles a year. In addition to the Tracker, GM plans to launch a new generation of the Cobalt, perhaps by the end of...
Ford Sollers, the U.S. automaker’s joint venture in Russia, says the price cuts will affect at least four models: the Focus and Mondeo passenger cars, the EcoSport compact CUV and Kuga compact SUV.
The amount of the planned duties on U.S.-built vehicles has not been disclosed, but sources close to the Russian government say they may reach 30%-40% of the cars’ total cost.