In the coming year, the plant is projected to roll out roughly 50,000 new cars, with a portion earmarked to upgrade the Moscow area’s car-sharing fleet and extend to other parts of Russia, according to Maxim Liksutov, the deputy mayor of Moscow. The plant is currently progressing with the serial assembly of its debut model, the Moskvich 3 crossover, and by the end of next year, management hopes to achieve a localization level comparable to what Renault had when producing vehicles at its own facility.
Key components of the vehicle will be manufactured on site, including some body parts, and there are plans to source Russian tires to increase domestic content. The strategy calls for a steady rise in localization year after year. In practice, this means urban transport teams will fulfill the mayor’s directive for the Moskvich plant to assemble a car built from Russian components and on a Russian platform within a few years.
“We are coordinating with KAMAZ on this effort, and I am confident in our ability to meet it. The target year is 2025, by which time the car should be ready. We will strive to advance even sooner,” stated Maxim Liksutov.
Sales of the initial Moskvich 3 crossovers are slated to begin in December.
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