President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko yesterday held a meeting at which he considered a number of personnel issues. In the meantime, we talked about the automotive industry in Russia.
“President Putin and I made a tough agreement. Gone – go away. We will develop our competencies, our production ourselves. And we’ll make it. Already in Russia they launched the production of the familiar Muscovites, Zhiguli (now Lada). At the very least, they began to produce. GAZ will produce “Volga”. You remember, this brand was generally in the Soviet Union. They will be at a higher level. We produce Geely. I’m talking about cars that the population needs. Not bosses. They made the Aurus for the bosses. Here officials and chiefs will go. This car will be delivered soon. It will be no worse than a Mercedes“, Lukashenka said.
Rumors that after the revival of Moskvich in Russia, the Volga brand may also be resurrected, really gobut there is no official confirmation of this.
As for Aurus, a company representative recently confirmed export ambitions – Senat sedans will be delivered abroad, and will start from the UAE. This is a highly competitive market, so, perhaps, the quality of cars will really be improved by the start of imports. While there are complaints.
