UAZ announced an increase in export deliveries by 29% in 2019, although the plant did not name the total number of cars sent abroad. Demand in the CIS countries grew by 20% (mainly Belarus and Kazakhstan), South America and Cuba showed an increase of 37%, sales in the European Union increased by 67% (loaves are popular there), doubled in the Asian region, and by The Middle East – four times. Last year, UAZ began deliveries to Iraq, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Estonia, and also launched the development of a project for assembling SUVs in Cuba.
80 thousandth produced at Ford Sollers plant in Yelabuga Ford Transit – they became a nine-seater minibus with 2.2 turbodiesel, a manual gearbox and front-wheel drive. Transit assembly began here in 2012, after three years the family was transferred to a full cycle production with welding and painting of bodies. And after Ford left the “passenger” segment of the Russian market, Transit remained the only model on the assembly line of the joint venture.
Company Geely registered in Russia the trade names Antares and Sirius. Cars with such names are not in the range of the brand, so it is possible that they will be used locally for cars already known in China under other names. For example, Geely Atlas and Coolray cars in their homeland are called Boyue and Binyue. The release dates for new models have not yet been announced.
New details have come to light regarding problems with the preparation of mass production of mid-engined supercars Chevrolet corvette Stingray. Due to the autumn strike of General Motors employees, car production will only begin in February. All of them will be produced without a special carbon fiber kit offered for a surcharge: this option had to be canceled due to problems with suppliers. It will appear only on the Corvette 2021 model year, the release of which will begin in September.
Subdivision Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, which is engaged in the personalization of production cars, has prepared a set of 90 options for the Porsche Taycan electric car. Among the proposed improvements are three versions of the Sport Design package, which differ in the design of the body kit (gloss black, body color or carbon fiber), special wheels with a diameter of 21 inches, as well as headlights with light elements of light blue color. The interior can be decorated with matt carbon fiber panels, body color inserts or colored seat belts.
Head of the company Jaguar land rover Ralph Shpet will leave his post in September. Over the ten years of his work, British brands have significantly expanded their lineup and entered new markets, and factories in China and Slovakia have been opened. Recently, however, Jaguar Land Rover feels unwell: sales in the Chinese market have declined, profits are declining, so the company has gone to a significant reduction in costs. The decision on who will take the place of Ralph Shpet has not yet been made.
Also today, we talked about the cancellation of the Frankfurt Motor Show, the future Audi A3 family and the revival of the Hummer brand.
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