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Russian Plant Moskvich Exceeds 2.5k Cars Sold, but Faces Criticism for Issues with Russification and Low-Powered Engines

The statistics of sold cars of the Russian plant “Moskvich” exceeded 2.5 thousand, the press service of the company reports. The peak of sales this year fell on April and May. 969 Moskvich 3 petrol crossovers and 860 Moskvich 3e electric cars were sold.

Six months ago, a SKD assembly line for cars was launched, and the cars arrived at dealerships at the end of 2022. The cost of manufactured models for 6 months increased by an average of 45 thousand rubles. “Moskvich 3” in the “Standard” configuration with a 1.5-liter engine of 150 horsepower, with a 6-speed manual transmission costs 1,992 rubles. And the price of the electric car “Moskvich 3e” with a 68-horsepower engine with a capacity of 193 hp. and a power reserve of 410 km is 3.558 rubles. (photo: moskvich-auto.ru)

The first feedback from the owners of the plant’s products leaves much to be desired. The range of opinions from criticism of a low-powered engine to problems with Russification of the multimedia system menu at the very beginning of sales indicates poor preparation for adapting the original JAC JS4 model (“Moskvich 3” is a licensed copy of a Chinese crossover – ed.) to Russian realities.

In May of this year, the company announced that the Moskvich plant would transfer 3,000 Moskvich 3 cars in the Standard configuration to the taxi services of the People & People Group of Companies. The agreement on the supply of cars was signed a month ago, nothing was reported about the timing of its implementation.

2023-06-07 17:16:08
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