After the exodus of European, Japanese and American car brands from Russia, their sacred place was soon taken by Chinese manufacturers. And according to the results of January 2023, the share of “wheelbarrows” sold from China in our country is already 37%! And if we talk about Moscow, where the buyer does not really vote with the ruble for AVTOVAZ products, brands from the PRC have completely crushed 60% of the market. However, they did not just want to bite off their delicacy from the “Russian pie”. In particular, the Iranian car manufacturers announced quite loudly that they would return to our open spaces.
And it is already known that the Belarusian distributor of the Saipa brand plans to sell at least 20,000 Iranian cars in the Russian Federation by 2023. But as AvtoVzglyad discovered, the Iranians simply have Napoleonic views of us! In particular, Saipa’s headquarters has been in talks with the Sollers company about the possible assembly of its cars at its plant in Yelabuga. And according to our source, everything is about components from Iran will still become cars on an assembly line in Tatarstan.
It is clear that setting up production is not a very quick thing, and the manufacturers themselves are not building any illusions on this point. Therefore, they honestly say that while the cars are delivered from Iran in finished form. By the way, we will have to see the first batch in the summer, and by the end of the year cars of this brand will be labeled “Made in Russia”. However, many experts were highly skeptical about the prospects for the return of the Iranians.
After all, we remember very well how they went wild with the sale of their Iranian Khodro Samand at the beginning of the century. Although not everything is so simple in this story: the stricter environmental standards imposed on vehicles by our country led to the exodus of stamps from Russian lands.
And since Iran was already under sanctions from Western partners and did not have the technical capabilities to produce vehicles that meet our environmental standards, it was forced to withdraw from Russia. And now that we ourselves were under pressure from former friends and lower environmental requirements for cars produced and delivered, our eastern neighbors have a chance to return.
By the way, the aforementioned Iran Khodro also plans to settle in Russia and bring 2,000 cars to us this year. The difference in appetites of Saipa and Hodro is significant, but as the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, this is not another rating of domestic market competitors, but some “undercover” games. The fact is that Khodro plans to sell (or has already sold) Saipa – open data from different sources vary. As a result, we will have one car manufacturer from Iran selling several brands that are part of the concern.
And it is already known that the Belarusian distributor of the Saipa brand plans to sell at least 20,000 Iranian cars in the Russian Federation by 2023. But as AvtoVzglyad discovered, the Iranians simply have Napoleonic views of us! In particular, Saipa’s headquarters has been in talks with the Sollers company about the possible assembly of its cars at its plant in Yelabuga. And according to our source, everything is about components from Iran will still become cars on an assembly line in Tatarstan.
It is clear that setting up production is not a very quick thing, and the manufacturers themselves are not building any illusions on this point. Therefore, they honestly say that while the cars are delivered from Iran in finished form. By the way, we will have to see the first batch in the summer, and by the end of the year cars of this brand will be labeled “Made in Russia”. However, many experts were highly skeptical about the prospects for the return of the Iranians.
After all, we remember very well how they went wild with the sale of their Iranian Khodro Samand at the beginning of the century. Although not everything is so simple in this story: the stricter environmental standards imposed on vehicles by our country led to the exodus of stamps from Russian lands.
And since Iran was already under sanctions from Western partners and did not have the technical capabilities to produce vehicles that meet our environmental standards, it was forced to withdraw from Russia. And now that we ourselves were under pressure from former friends and lower environmental requirements for cars produced and delivered, our eastern neighbors have a chance to return.
By the way, the aforementioned Iran Khodro also plans to settle in Russia and bring 2,000 cars to us this year. The difference in appetites of Saipa and Hodro is significant, but as the AvtoVzglyad portal found out, this is not another rating of domestic market competitors, but some “undercover” games. The fact is that Khodro plans to sell Saipa (or has already sold it – open data from different sources differ). As a result, we will have one car manufacturer from Iran selling several brands that are part of the concern.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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