According to the news of socialbites.ca, Aurus Sales and Service Director Artem Yusupov, St. He said at the brand conference in St. Petersburg that the localization level of the luxury car Aurus Senat has reached 68%.
“In general, we see very good dynamics in terms of localization. Last year, Aurus Senat’s localization rate was just under 53%, this year we reached around 68%. We have plans to increase localization by more than 10% in the medium term,” said Yusupov.
According to him, the domestic manufacturer has difficulties in working with European suppliers, while there are more than a hundred Russian suppliers of components for Aurus.
I will not say that the situation is absolutely positive – we are having difficulties with some European suppliers. Some of our partners are afraid of counter-sanctions and we work with each supplier individually, even preparing the necessary materials for them to make sure they can’t sell dual-use products, and it’s all used. for commercial and civic purposes,” said Yusupov.
At the factory in Yelabuga (Republic of Tatarstan) in November started mass production of the Russian luxury SUV Aurus Komendant, the brand’s second model after the Senat sedan.