Sources close to Nissan Russia say candidates for assembly at Nissan’s St. Petersburg plant may include the Renault Kadjar compact CUV and the Renault Koleos compact SUV.
The automaker hopes to capitalize on Russians’ affinity for utility vehicles, whose sales have been steady despite the country’s recent economic distress, and on U.S. vehicles’ overall favorable...
Honda says it will make expansion of its utility-vehicle range a priority, although its resumption of Accord and Civic sales reflects an intention to increase car sales as well.
Although FCA cites slow sales in announcing the end of Fiat sales in Russia, deliveries through May totaled 622 units, up 17.8% year-on-year, according to WardsAuto data.
Nissan’s plant is designed to manufacture 100,000 vehicles a year. Last year’s output amounted to only 36,458 units, but that was 8% more builds than in 2015. A 25% increase would bring this year’s...
Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen said in a 2015 interview that parent General Motors plans to increase the number of Russian dealerships to 17 and increase annual sales to 10,000 cars.
Volkswagen Group Rus CEO Markus Osegovich says the automaker plans to double the number of exports from Russia in 2017. That will be achieved by adding shifts at Nizhny Novgorod and selling fewer Jetta, Octavia and...
General Motors’ Russian joint venture, GM-AvtoVAZ, is in negotiations with Russian authorities, particularly on opening a credit line needed to fully finance expansion of the plants where the current-generation...