
AVTOVAZ clarified the timing of the appearance of the LADA Vesta with a CVT, and the Chinese Sinomach – the Oting Paladin frame SUV. BAIC launched the Meanwhile, the head of the State Road Safety Inspectorate, Mikhail Chernikov, promised that traffic officers would not “nightmare” drivers with fines for summer tires in winter. The government rejected amendments that would abolish the penalty for forgotten ‘rights’ and STS at home, and insurers talked about monitoring OSAGO policies using cameras. Details are in the video overview of the AvtoVzglyad portal.
Let’s start with AVTOVAZ. This week two news reports came from the fields of Tolyatti. The first is that LADA Vesta will purchase a CVT in the coming months. And the second is about the LADA Iskra family. It turned out that the “state employee”, which will appear on the production line in early 2025, will receive three modifications, and in fact it will have two bodies: a sedan, a hatchback and a cross-hatchback.
Meanwhile, AVTOVAZ is confidently moving forward and overcoming numerous difficulties, the former Volkswagen plant in Kaluga has come to a hopeless standstill. Recently, the new owner, the Avilon dealer holding company, extended the company’s shutdown until February 29 and employees were once again asked to resign. And although things are clearly not going well, Avilon buys another site: Hyundai in St. Petersburg. According to insiders, the production of ‘Koreans’ will be resumed there.
This week also saw some “heavenly” launches. For example, BAIC announced the start of sales of the mid-sized crossover X7, Hongqi – the HQ9 minivan, and Oting (a new Chinese brand of the Sinomach group) – the Oting Paladin SUV. True, if the first two models can already be purchased from official dealers, the latter will not hit the market until early 2024. By the way, the AvtoVzglyad portal has already gotten acquainted with it – you can read the test drive here.
There was also interesting social news. Recently, the head of the traffic police, Mikhail Chernikov, promised that his subordinates would not bother motorists about the seasonality of tires. We remind you that you cannot drive with summer tires from December 1 to February 29. A fine of 500 rubles is also imposed for this. However, according to Chernikov, no one is going to terrorize drivers with protocols.
Meanwhile, the government rejected amendments that abolished administrative responsibility for forgotten ‘rights’ and STS domestically. Presumably because it is not always possible to identify a driver without a pink card via online systems. Firstly, the traffic police databases do not contain data on foreign vehicles and cars with foreign license plates. Secondly, a traffic officer in a remote area may not be able to access the system due to internet problems.
And finally about fines for the lack of mandatory third party insurance for cameras that automatically register violations. The media wrote that the complexes will begin issuing regulations in the first quarter of next year. However, there are a few very important ‘buts’ in this story. We explain what these are in detail in a video review of the most important events, which you can watch Here.
Let’s start with AVTOVAZ. This week two news reports came from the fields of Tolyatti. The first is that LADA Vesta will purchase a CVT in the coming months. And the second is about the LADA Iskra family. It turned out that the “state employee”, which will appear on the production line in early 2025, will receive three modifications and, in fact, will have two bodies: a sedan, a hatchback and a cross-hatchback.
Meanwhile, AVTOVAZ is confidently moving forward and overcoming numerous difficulties, the former Volkswagen plant in Kaluga has come to a hopeless standstill. Recently, the new owner, the Avilon dealer holding company, extended the company’s shutdown until February 29 and employees were once again asked to resign. And although things are clearly not going well, Avilon buys another site: Hyundai in St. Petersburg. According to insiders, the production of ‘Koreans’ will be resumed there.
This week also saw some “heavenly” launches. For example, BAIC announced the start of sales of the mid-sized crossover X7, Hongqi – the HQ9 minivan, and Oting (a new Chinese brand of the Sinomach group) – the Oting Paladin SUV. True, if the first two models can already be purchased from official dealers, the latter will not hit the market until early 2024. By the way, the AvtoVzglyad portal has already gotten acquainted with it – you can read the test drive here.
There was also interesting social news. Recently, the head of the traffic police, Mikhail Chernikov, promised that his subordinates would not bother motorists about the seasonality of tires. We remind you that you cannot drive with summer tires from December 1 to February 29. A fine of 500 rubles is also imposed for this. However, according to Chernikov, no one is going to terrorize drivers with protocols.
Meanwhile, the government rejected amendments that abolished administrative responsibility for forgotten ‘rights’ and STS domestically. Presumably because it is not always possible to identify a driver without a pink card via online systems. Firstly, the traffic police databases do not contain data on foreign vehicles and cars with foreign license plates. Secondly, a traffic officer in a remote area may not be able to access the system due to internet problems.
And finally about fines for the lack of mandatory third party insurance for cameras that automatically register violations. The media wrote that the complexes will begin issuing regulations in the first quarter of next year. However, there are a few very important ‘buts’ in this story. We explain what these are in detail in a video review of the most important events, which you can watch Here.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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