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Unexpected “Moskvitch”, even more “Chinese”, restart of Hyundai and VW plants: results of the week

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What happened in the country’s car life this week? The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, got acquainted with Moskvich 6, and journalists got acquainted with the cars

Unexpected “Moskvitch”, even more “Chinese”, restart of Hyundai and VW plants: results of the week

What happened in the country’s car life this week? The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, got acquainted with Moskvich 6, and journalists got acquainted with the cars of the new Chinese brand BAIC. The Celestial Dayun brand announced its imminent entry into the domestic market, FAW spoke about the expansion of the model line. In addition, there was news about the idle factories of Hyundai in St. Petersburg and Volkswagen in Kaluga. And more about these and other main events of the past few days – in the video summary of the AvtoVzglyad portal.

Representatives of the Moskvich plant have long said that by the end of 2023, the model line of the revived brand will be replenished with two new cars – a crossover and a sedan. And here is finally one of them. True, not for the general public, but for Sergei Sobyanin, but what is the difference, however. The most important thing we now know for sure is that the Moskvich 6 will be a slightly modified JAC A5 Plus liftback.

By the way, it will break into the C-class segment – that is, it is believed that the novelty will replace the scarce Hyundai Elantra and Kia Cerato. These “Koreans” at affordable prices will not shine for us in the near future, but Solaris and Creta can return to us in full. According to insiders, the Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg will soon come out of a standstill. The owner will change, but the cars will be the same, although most likely under a different brand.

It looks as if Volkswagen will also restart in Kaluga in the coming months. After the arrest imposed as a result of the lawsuit of the GAZ group against the German concern of this asset was lifted, it became known that Chery bought it. And – in cooperation with the dealer with “Avilon”. Production plans are already being mooted: Some 1,000 Exeed crossovers are said to be rolling off the assembly line by the end of the year. But there is no official confirmation of this story yet.

Chinese, Chinese and more Chinese. BAIC’s first brand dealer was opened in the Moscow region. Sales will start in a few weeks: customers will be offered three models: the U5 Plus sedan, the X35 crossover and the BJ40 frame SUV. Production of the first two has already begun at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad, but the villain will be delivered from China for now. And this is not the whole list of new products prepared by BAIC.

FAW is also expanding its model line – thanks to the Bestune T55 crossover and the B70 liftback. The first will take the place of the Beturn X40 that left Russia, and the second will play in the D class. Sales should start in mid-April. The exact prices are still unknown, but according to preliminary data, almost 2,300,000 rubles will be asked for a crossover and almost 2,350,000 for a liftback.

The outgoing week was not without social news. For example, in the third, final reading, the State Duma approved a bill to extend the statute of limitations for administrative cases involving violations of traffic rules. Now it’s not “two months” and “three months”, but “60 days” and “90 days” respectively. That is to say that, in general, nothing has changed.

And more about the main events of the week – in the video review of the AvtoVzglyad portal, which you can watch Here.

Representatives of the Moskvich plant have long said that by the end of 2023, the model line of the revived brand will be replenished with two new cars – a crossover and a sedan. And here is finally one of them. True, not for the general public, but for Sergei Sobyanin, but what is the difference, however. The most important thing we now know for sure is that the Moskvich 6 will be a slightly modified JAC A5 Plus liftback.

By the way, it will break into the C-class segment – that is, it is believed that the novelty will replace the scarce Hyundai Elantra and Kia Cerato. These “Koreans” at affordable prices will not shine for us in the near future, but Solaris and Creta can return to us in full. According to insiders, the Hyundai plant in St. Petersburg will soon come out of a standstill. The owner will change, but the cars will be the same, although most likely under a different brand.

It looks as if Volkswagen will also restart in Kaluga in the coming months. After the arrest imposed as a result of the lawsuit of the GAZ group against the German concern of this asset was lifted, it became known that Chery bought it. And – in cooperation with the dealer with “Avilon”. Production plans are already being mooted: Some 1,000 Exeed crossovers are said to be rolling off the assembly line by the end of the year. But there is no official confirmation of this story yet.

Chinese, Chinese and more Chinese. BAIC’s first brand dealer was opened in the Moscow region. Sales will start in a few weeks: customers will be offered three models: the U5 Plus sedan, the X35 crossover and the BJ40 frame SUV. Production of the first two has already begun at the Avtotor plant in Kaliningrad, but the villain will be delivered from China for now. And this is not the whole list of new products prepared by BAIC.

FAW is also expanding its model line – thanks to the Bestune T55 crossover and the B70 liftback. The first will take the place of the Beturn X40 that left Russia, and the second will play in the D class. Sales should start in mid-April. The exact prices are still unknown, but according to preliminary data, almost 2,300,000 rubles will be asked for a crossover and almost 2,350,000 for a liftback.

The outgoing week was not without social news. For example, in the third, final reading, the State Duma approved a bill to extend the statute of limitations for administrative cases involving violations of traffic rules. Now it’s not “two months” and “three months”, but “60 days” and “90 days” respectively. That is to say that, in general, nothing has changed.

And more about the main events of the week – in the video review of the AvtoVzglyad portal, which you can watch Here.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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