Chery
In 2024, Chery will attach the greatest importance to the development in Russia of its sub-brand Chery NEV, through which hybrid and electric models will be introduced in our market.
According to the brand’s press service, the hybrid and electric Chery series in Russia will reach seven models in 2024. In addition to rechargeable versions of crossovers
Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro, performing in size classes C and D, will be joined by larger (E-class) and more compact (B-class) crossovers.
In addition, during the year, Chery will offer two electric vehicles, one of which is an A-class urban compact and the other is a C-class mid-size.
“A lot of new products are expected for the Chery brand next year. So, for example, in the second quarter Chery Tiggo 9 and Arrizo 8 should appear in stocks, then we expect the arrival of four more new products for this brand within the year – these are Chery Tiggo 4, Tiggo 8, plug-in hybrid Ilya Petrov, retail sales manager of the Avilon automobile group, socialbites.ca Arrizo is 8 and Tiggo is 7, he told .
Jetour, Exeed, Omoda and Jaecoo
The Exeed brand, owned by the Chery concern, will introduce the Exlantix 03 electric sedan to the Russian market, the car is positioned as a premium model, sales in China started at the end of 2023. The sedan will enter the Russian market in 2024. It is equipped with a traction battery with a capacity of 61 or 100 kWh depending on the version and
Power reserve is 500-700 km depending on the version.
In the maximum configuration of the sedan, the power plant develops 480 horsepower.
The Omoda company (owned by Chery) plans to introduce the E5 electric crossover in Russia in the spring of 2024 and the updated C5 crossover in the fall, the brand’s press service told socialbites.ca. Another sister brand of Chery, Jaecoo, will have a large J8 crossover in early 2024. The all-wheel drive SUV is equipped with a turbo engine that produces 249 horsepower.
The hybrid version of this crossover is planned to be released for the first time in the fall, and the Jaecoo J7 Hybrid will officially arrive in Russia in the spring.
The press service of the Jetour brand announced to socialbites.ca that the launch of the Jetour T2 SUV in Russia, the first all-wheel drive model of the Jetour series, is expected in the first quarter of 2024.
Designed to compete with the Tank 300 and Haval Dargo in China, the four-wheel drive version of this car is equipped with a 2.0 engine producing 254 hp. For this, an 8-speed hydromechanical automatic transmission is available, as well as a robotic transmission. Other new products are expected to be announced later from Jetour.
Haval
Chinese automobile company Haval will introduce the compact crossover Haval H3 in Russia at the beginning of 2024, followed by the brand’s largest SUV Haval H5 New and the Haval F8 crossover.
This was previously reported by the Haval Club Telegram channel, citing materials from the brand’s dealer conference. The premiere of Haval H5 New in our country is expected to start in May, and sales are expected to start in August.
Local
According to Motor.ru’s news, based on its own sources, in 2024, Lada Niva SUVs will receive a new engine with a volume of 1.8 liters (90 hp). About,
Which version of the Niva – Legend or Travel – will try the new engine,
unspecified.
Presumably the unit will be a derivative of the 1.8 engine fitted to the Lada Vesta. Vesta should receive a version with a 1.8 Evo engine, which has also changed, in 2024. Other premieres are not excluded: AvtoVAZ’s press service told socialbites.ca that the plant will announce its plans for next year at its last press conference on January 11.
However, it is already known that production of the Lada Largus model will be restarted. In December, test assembly of the electric e-Largus began at the plant in Izhevsk, and in May planned Restarting mass production of this model with gasoline and electric motors.
AvtoVAZ expects 30 thousand cars of this model to be produced in 2024; The electric version will account for no more than 10% of the circulation.
The press service of the Sollers company (which owns UAZ and collects JAC models under its own brand) told socialbites.ca that they plan to expand the model range based on Sollers Atlant and Sollers Argo commercial vehicles by introducing new modifications to the market in 2024. together to increase the localization of the component base.
Updates are also expected for the UAZ brand, but Sollers promised to announce this information later.
GAC
Four more models will be added to the two crossovers sold by Chinese GAC in the Russian market in 2024. The M8 minivan and GS3 compact crossover will appear in the second and third quarters.
The GAC M8 minivan is available with two power plants based on the 2.0 turbo engine. The hybrid version produces 190 horsepower, while the gasoline version produces 232 units of power, in this case the engine is paired with an 8-speed automatic transmission. The interior of the car is designed for seven people, the price of the M8 starts from 7.7 million rubles.
The size of the GAC GS3 crossover is close to the Hyundai Creta. The GS3 crossover is equipped with a 1.5-liter turbo engine (177 hp) combined with a five-speed manual or “robot”. It has not been reported what two more models GAC will bring to Russia.
Lebanon is interesting
Livan brand also announced two new products for the Russian market.
“We plan to introduce two more models next year. “This is an electric car and a model with a gasoline engine,” Xie Jiao, president of Liven Motor Rus, said in an interview with socialbites.ca.
He added that both new models will most likely be crossovers because this body type is popular in Russia.
Oting with Nissan pedigree
At the beginning of 2024, sales of the new Oting Paladin SUV will start in Russia. Built on the Nissan Terra platform, the car is produced at the Dongfeng Nissan factory in China. Its distribution in Russia was carried out by the Sinomach company, known for the production of industrial equipment and road equipment.
Oting Paladin is equipped with a licensed Mitsubishi engine with a volume of two liters and a capacity of 238 horsepower and is combined with an 8-speed automatic transmission of the German brand ZF. Prices have already been announced: the rear-wheel drive version of the car can be purchased for 3.8 million rubles, the Paladin with front axle can be purchased for 4.3 and 4.5 million rubles.
Dongfeng and Evolute
“The Dongfeng brand will introduce many new models in various segments and price categories to the Russian market in 2024. Among them there will be compact and mid-size and full-size premium crossovers, “the press service of Motorinvest (the brand’s distributor) told socialbites.ca.
Dongfeng will also bring a frame SUV to Russia, and Evolute will begin sales of the announced seven-seat i-Space crossover.
Trucks
The VGV brand, which belongs to a Chinese truck manufacturer, is planned to be introduced to the Russian market in 2024. The brand plans to introduce to the Russian market two crossovers with a capacity of up to 7 people and a length of up to 5 meters. Together with the Russian distributor Motor Place company, more than 100 changes were made to its design. cars as part of adapting cars for the Russian market.
The distributor does not disclose the names of the models, but there are only three models in the VGV series, one of which is a pickup truck.
The remaining VGV U70 Pro and VGV U75 Plus crossovers are comparable in size to the Skoda Kodiaq or Kia Sorento and are equipped with 156 hp turbo engines. and 224 hp respectively.
In 2024, dealers expect the arrival of not only new models supplied officially, but also a number of new products imported through parallel imports.
“We are already expecting a new Atlas crossover for the Geely brand in the first quarter. Moreover, the Geely Okavango model is planned to appear later in the year,” Avilon’s Ilya Petrov explained to socialbites.ca.
In parallel imports, the delivery of Volkswagen models such as Tiguan X (5.55 million rubles), Passat (5.43 million rubles) and Tharu (5.6 million rubles) is planned for the beginning of the year. According to the BMW brand, coupe and convertible versions of the BMW 4 Series, as well as sports modifications M4, are expected in the first months of 2024.