11 Feb 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Fiat SpA plans to produce up to 500,000 Fiat and Chrysler cars a year in Russia through its 2.4 billion euro ($3.29 billion) joint venture with local partner Sollers, as Reuters reports.
Accordin...
8 Feb 2010, 15:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Russia’s automotive market has contracted by almost 50 percent in 2009, only managing to total 1.36 million units, as the Jato Dynamics market analysis company informs us.
The Russian autom...
8 Feb 2010, 15:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / When they confirmed Vitaly Petrov as their new race driver for the 2010 Formula One Championship, Renault F1 Team told the media that the signing of the deal had to do with the Russian's value ...
1 Feb 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / It's no secret that Renault's recent loss of sponsors for the 2010 season of Formula One had a lot to do with their involvement in the crash-gate. When the team unveiled the new Renault R3...
1 Feb 2010, 07:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Russian driver Vitaly Petrov has just been confirmed as official race driver of Renault F1 Team. Apart from being the third GP2 graduate to make the big step into Formula One following the 2009 seas...
25 Jan 2010, 13:16 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Things are not going to well for AvtoVAZ, the Russian car manufacturer which produces the cheap Lada brand, as production seriously dropped in 2009. In an interview for a German newspaper, the head ...
22 Jan 2010, 08:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota's recently-released Etios model might be sold in Russia as well, although it was initially supposed to be offered exclusively to buyers in India and Latin America. But according to insid...
18 Jan 2010, 13:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Geely, China’s second largest private carmaker has inaugurated an assembly line in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, as xinhuanet.com writes.
Last week, the Russian c...
14 Jan 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ailing Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ is expecting a recovery of up to 50 percent in the Russian market, as the local auto sector is showing signs of recovery for the current year. Nevertheless, AvtoVAZ h...
11 Jan 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The digital build of the first new Focus made going global look easy and was an important step toward Ford’s new global manufacturing capability. That’s because plants around the world w...
30 Dec 2009, 15:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / CHAPTER 1: GM - THE NEVERENDING STORY
CHAPTER 2: CHRYSLER AND FIAT - A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER 3: FORD - THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD &n...
28 Dec 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault recently started production of the Sandero hatchback in Russia, with operations to be handled by Avtoframos, a joint venture established by the French carmaker with the Moscow government. Pr...
17 Dec 2009, 16:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Russian automaker AvtoVAZ aka LADA is planning to sell or even close all of its non-core units. Six of its subsidiaries, employing almost 30,000 people, have been split from its main car-making busi...
14 Dec 2009, 10:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As part of its efforts to survive the crisis and start its much-debated shake-up, AvtoVAZ managed to secure a $228.6 million bridge loan from Russian state-controlled bank Sberbank. The money will b...
14 Dec 2009, 07:45 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault's budget-minded Logan managed to overtake Ford Focus and snatch the leading position in the top-selling foreign car chart in Russia. According to data provided by Autonews, the Logan is...
10 Dec 2009, 13:14 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Remeber the £1 million Russian SUV which apart from being bulletproof, also had a whale penis upholstery? After the world found out about their plans, World War III was about to start. Everyb...
28 Nov 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a top level meeting in Paris last week, attended by Serguey Chemezov, AvtoVAZ chairman, Igor Komarov, AvtoVAZ president, Christian Esteve, Renault vice president and Serguei Skvortsov, Tro...
27 Nov 2009, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / French manufacturer Renault, which currently holds 25 percent in AvtoVAZ, will give the Russian automaker a 240 million euro non-cash package that will contribute to the company's efforts of st...
26 Nov 2009, 11:24 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / There’s finally some good news for Russian employees from Ford Motor Company’s Vsevolozshsk assembly plant, as the company announced that it will increase production thanks to government...
24 Nov 2009, 15:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The light at the end of the tunnel for Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ is slowly fading away, after Russian Premier Vladimir Putin announced it will idle any rescue plans until after he has a talk with Ren...