The demand for "the Russian foreign car" is outstripping supply

A successful start in 2002, two car project in Togliatti and Vsevolzhsk gives hope that the future of the Russian car industry is still there. FPIC for quality products, manufactured in Russia on a new car factories built by Western technology, surpasses all expectations. The fact that almost all the "tricks" of Vsevolzhsk reserved dealers "Ford" on a specific customer until the summer, and some assembly "sold out" even before the September-October, she wrote almost all of the automotive press. A source told LADAONLINE during the opening of the new showroom "GM-AvtoVAZ" in Togliatti, "Chevrolet Niva" dealers JV "GM-AvtoVAZ" as is "sold out" for six months in advance. Orders for new Russian-American off-roader comes to dealerships PO daily and in large enough quantities. Rate of assembly "Chevrolet Niva" this year will grow each month. A final figure for the 2003 release of the ninth year to be about 35 000 cars. By the way indicative plan of the assembly, "Ford" in Vsevolozhsk in 2003, about 13 thousand cars. Add to that the possibility of the planned release of up to 10 thousand cars "Kia" and "BMW" in Kaliningrad, as well as 5-6 thousand cars "Hyundai" and "Citroen" in Taganrog, we get that the share of joint ventures in the total production of passenger cars in Russia will amount to about 6-7 percent. According to experts LADAONLINE, the demand for high-quality cars produced by western technology in Russia, the price range of 8 to 12 thousand dollars over the next 3-5 years will be 400-500 thousand a year. So that trends and directions for the development of the domestic auto industry can be said have already been identified. The matter is now in Russia for the construction of new joint ventures by other participants in the world auto industry.