Renault launched Russian Duster sales in early March and now seeks to reduce the long waiting times stemming from its popularity among Russian customers. Waiting times for the Logan and Sandero are shorter.
The auto maker’s Russian distributor plans to import about 33,000 of the China-built cars into the country over a 3-year period, including 3,000 by the end of 2012.
Steve Mattin, the auto maker’s design director since last October, is based in the main design center in Togliatti, Russia, but will visit the new Moscow branch weekly.
The partnership is part of a larger plan to produce Jeep and Fiat vehicles in Russia. Fiat is expected to sign an agreement on construction of a new plant in St. Petersburg this month.
The auto maker says the new model has “significant conquest potential” in Western Europe, especially in Germany and Spain, although Eastern Europe and Turkey are the continent’s primary markets for...
The transmission work secures the future of the Vrchlabi plant, where Skoda Octavia and Roomster assemblies will be phased out in favor of the auto maker’s larger plants in Mlada Boleslav and Kvasiny.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and its partnership with AvtoVAZ come into play with Nissan’s plans to build the Almera sedan at the Russian auto maker’s plant in Togliatti. The Almera is based on Renault...
In addition to the Hyundai i20 hatchback, which has been manufactured since 2010 at Hyundai Assan’s plant in Izmit, the JV will launch production of the next-generation Hyundai i10 small car in 2013.