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Car market
Assembly of Sollers S9 will be set up in Ulyanovsk in September 2026

Sollers has completed the development cycle of the future S9 frame SUV, and the car is fully ready for mass production. The assembly start is scheduled for September this year,  the company's press service reports. The car is based on JAC T9 pickup. The SUV will be available in 5-seat and 7-seat versions. The list of basic equipment includes a starting liquid heater, heated seats in the first and second rows, steering wheel, windshield...

Autocomponents market
The new engine plant has started operating in Kaluga

An automobile engine manufacturing plant has started operating in Kaluga. This is a joint project of AGR Holding and Defetoo, the company's press service reports. The company will supply engines for models manufactured by partners in Russia (in particular, Tenet and Jeland). The plant plans to produce engines of various sizes and capacities. The estimated production volume is 150,000 engines per year. The company has been re-equipped: nine...

Commercial vehicle market
KAMAZ-53251 equipped with CMU entered the market 

The leading Russian manufacturer of special–purpose vehicles and partner of KAMAZ PTC, SPM plant, presented KAMAZ–53251 K5 generation medium-duty truck equipped with a crane manipulator unit. Mass production of the new K5 generation KAMAZ-53251 chassis with 4x2 wheel arrangement started in 2025. The two-axle medium-duty truck with GVW of 19 tons is designed for utilities and retail services. The dropside vehicle featuring a platform of...

RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
Leasing of new trailers and semi-trailers has decreased by more than a third

According to the marketing agency NAPI, 4.8 thousand new and used semi-trailers were leased by clients in January-March 2026, which was a 11.5% decline on the previous year. In March of the current year, 2.0 thousand trailers were leased, up 3.3% on March 2025. New trailer leasing decreased by 34.2% in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 2.1 thousand units…

VEHICLE PRODUCTION IN RUSSIA
What is falling more: production or the market?

According to the NAPI, in January-May 2025, car production increased, but the production and sales growth rate fell compared to the results of January-April :+8.1% and +12.2%, respectively. Truck production decreased by 7.5%, the truck market fell by 50.1%. The bus production did not decrease as much as new vehicle sales … 

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