23 Mar 2010, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in February German carmaker Daimler announced it has increased its stake in the Russian truck maker Kamaz, another joint venture has been established by the latter with Fiat-owned CNH Int...
13 Mar 2010, 07:33 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / It seems that the Russian car market will not be relaunched as expected. According to just-auto.com, the Russian government may reduce its plans to invest 180 billion roubles ($6.12 billion) by 2020...
4 Mar 2010, 16:03 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The Russian car market has been seriously affected by the recession. What was once one of the fastest growing car markets in the world dropped fast. Russia’s automotive market has contracted b...
11 Feb 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fiat SpA plans to produce up to 500,000 Fiat and Chrysler cars a year in Russia through its 2.4 billion euro ($3.29 billion) joint venture with local partner Sollers, as Reuters reports. Accordin...
8 Feb 2010, 15:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Russia’s automotive market has contracted by almost 50 percent in 2009, only managing to total 1.36 million units, as the Jato Dynamics market analysis company informs us. The Russian autom...
25 Jan 2010, 13:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Things are not going to well for AvtoVAZ, the Russian car manufacturer which produces the cheap Lada brand, as production seriously dropped in 2009. In an interview for a German newspaper, the head ...
22 Jan 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota's recently-released Etios model might be sold in Russia as well, although it was initially supposed to be offered exclusively to buyers in India and Latin America. But according to insid...
14 Jan 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ailing Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ is expecting a recovery of up to 50 percent in the Russian market, as the local auto sector is showing signs of recovery for the current year. Nevertheless, AvtoVAZ h...
28 Dec 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault recently started production of the Sandero hatchback in Russia, with operations to be handled by Avtoframos, a joint venture established by the French carmaker with the Moscow government. Pr...
17 Dec 2009, 16:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Russian automaker AvtoVAZ aka LADA is planning to sell or even close all of its non-core units. Six of its subsidiaries, employing almost 30,000 people, have been split from its main car-making busi...
14 Dec 2009, 10:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its efforts to survive the crisis and start its much-debated shake-up, AvtoVAZ managed to secure a $228.6 million bridge loan from Russian state-controlled bank Sberbank. The money will b...
14 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault's budget-minded Logan managed to overtake Ford Focus and snatch the leading position in the top-selling foreign car chart in Russia. According to data provided by Autonews, the Logan is...
10 Dec 2009, 13:14 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Remeber the £1 million Russian SUV which apart from being bulletproof, also had a whale penis upholstery? After the world found out about their plans, World War III was about to start. Everyb...
28 Nov 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a top level meeting in Paris last week, attended by Serguey Chemezov, AvtoVAZ chairman, Igor Komarov, AvtoVAZ president, Christian Esteve, Renault vice president and Serguei Skvortsov, Tro...
27 Nov 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French manufacturer Renault, which currently holds 25 percent in AvtoVAZ, will give the Russian automaker a 240 million euro non-cash package that will contribute to the company's efforts of st...
26 Nov 2009, 11:24 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / There’s finally some good news for Russian employees from Ford Motor Company’s Vsevolozshsk assembly plant, as the company announced that it will increase production thanks to government...
24 Nov 2009, 15:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The light at the end of the tunnel for Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ is slowly fading away, after Russian Premier Vladimir Putin announced it will idle any rescue plans until after he has a talk with Ren...
24 Nov 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French carmaker Renault might increase its AvtoVAZ stake in the future, Sergei Chemezov, CEO of state-owned industrial conglomerate Rostekhnologii, said in a statement. Rostekhnologii currently hold...
24 Nov 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Russian market is apparently seeing signs of recovery so General Motors is planning to resume Opel Antara SUV production in early 2010. The company decided to suspend operations of the St Peters...
12 Nov 2009, 11:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of the AvtoVAZ restructuring process, the French carmaker Renault will be allowed to increase its stake in the Russian company. Renault currently holds 25 percent of AvtoVAZ and the Russian ...