Sollers will start assembly of the crossovers at the former joint venture’s facilities with Mazda. Speaking of which to write Vesti.ru with reference to the deputy general director of the company “Sollers” Zoya Kaika. According to a representative of the Russian company, the cars of the new partners will replace the Japanese Mazda CX5 and CX9 crossovers.
The launch is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. Which partner models will be assembled at the Vladivostok plant, Sollers did not specify.
“Cars will be passenger cars and we expect there will indeed be a replacement for the Mazda line, <...> This middle price segment will be, respectively, crossovers. Indeed, we are once again rushing into the niche of the defunct Mazda – CX5, CX9, ”the message says.
In early November it became known that Mazda has decided to sell its stake in a joint venture with Sollers, engaged in the assembly of cars at a plant in Vladivostok. The Russian group received a share in the Japanese company for a symbolic 1 euro. Then there was information that Sollers plans to restart the plant on a new model line next year.
Autonews previously reported start of Sollers production of its light commercial vehicles, which, according to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, should replace the Ford Transit that came out of the Russian market. The first two models to roll off the assembly line will be the Atlant and Argo. Auto sales will start in December this year.
