AVTOVAZ starts former Nissan plant earlier than expected
- March 30, 2023
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The former Nissan factory in the northern capital, which went to NAMI after the Japanese left Russia, is expected to restart in the second half of this year.
The former Nissan factory in the northern capital, which went to NAMI after the Japanese left Russia, is expected to restart in the second half of this year. Now it became known that this will happen earlier – already in April-June. Such dates were outlined at the meeting of the Union of Mechanical Engineers by the head of AvtoVAZ Maxim Sokolov.
There are still few details about the cars that will be produced at the St. Petersburg plant. It is only known that the C and D class cars of one Chinese brand are installed on the assembly line (which brand has not yet been officially announced), and they go on sale under the LADA brand.
As Dmitry Kostromin, vice president of sales and marketing of JSC AVTOVAZ, previously told AvtoVzglyad in an exclusive interview, the St. Petersburg car plant will produce up to 10,000 cars by the end of 2023, although the potential of this site is estimated at 100,000 cars per year. In the future, they plan to increase the volume and seriously deepen the localization in 2024-2027.
Recall that when Nissan left the Russian market, its plant in St. Petersburg was sold to the NAMI Institute for a symbolic price. And in February 2023, AVTOVAZ bought it and received a 99% share.
There are still few details about the cars that will be produced at the St. Petersburg plant. It is only known that the C and D class cars of one Chinese brand are installed on the assembly line (which brand has not yet been officially announced), and they go on sale under the LADA brand.
As Dmitry Kostromin, vice president of sales and marketing of JSC AVTOVAZ, previously told AvtoVzglyad in an exclusive interview, the St. Petersburg car plant will produce up to 10,000 cars by the end of 2023, although the potential of this site is estimated at 100,000 cars per year. In the future, they plan to increase the volume and seriously deepen the localization in 2024-2027.
Recall that when Nissan left the Russian market, its plant in St. Petersburg was sold to the NAMI Institute for a symbolic price. And in February 2023, AVTOVAZ bought it and received a 99% share.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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