Following the recent launch of the Moskvich, a licensed copy of Chinese automaker JAC’s JS4 model, industry officials plan to bring back the Volga premium sedan produced from 1956 to 2010 by Russian automaker GAZ.
According to local media reports, two holdouts that are neither domestic nor Chinese – Hyundai and Kia – plan to leave the Russian market before year-end.
Historically, Russian government officials and heads of state corporations have preferred foreign cars, particularly German brands Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi.