Never has such an important automotive market as the Russian one changed in such a short time. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022. the Russian automotive landscape has changed profoundlydonating European, Japanese, Korean and American manufacturers in favor of only Chinese and “Russian” brands. If the term is in quotation marks, it is because most of the cars currently sold by domestic manufacturers in the country are actually Chinese models are rebranded with logos more familiar to Russians. This is clear: from January 2022, the last normal month for the automotive sector in Russia, to February 2023, a year after the start of the war, the share of Korean brands fell from 24% to 9% in one year, than European brands from 27% to 6%, and Japanese brands from 18% to 6%.

Every second car sold in Russia is Chinese

Vice versa, this situation has greatly benefited China : from barely 10% in January 2022, the market share of Chinese manufacturers increased to 55% in July 2023: more than every second car sold in Russia is now a Chinese brand. According to Autostat, By the end of the year, 400,000 Chinese cars will be sold in the country. They continue to gradually supplant Western brands of medium and high categories. Russian car manufacturers, namely Lada, UAZ, GAZ and Moskvich maintained, with an aging range, but which is increasingly improved by new Chinese products. After Lada X-Cross 5 and Moskvich 3 based on Chinese models, here is another new Sino-Russian car: the Moskvich 6.

Moskvich 6: a Chinese sedan, Russified and assembled on Renault

Muscoviteit is a former Soviet brand that was born in 1945 and disappeared in 2006. In order to stimulate the Russian car market after the departure of foreign manufacturers, the government decided last year revive this vanished brand, in order to better transfer the pill of Chinese cars to the Russian people. Crossover Moskvich 3 is created on the basis of JAC JS4, the new Moskvich 6 sedan is built on the basis of the JAC Sehol A5. This is a traditional 4-door sedan positioned in the C segment (Jetta, Corolla, Elantra, etc.). Moskvich offers only with a gasoline engine: 1.5 liters with a capacity of 136 or 174 horsepower. Starting price? 2,336,000 rubles, i.e. around €24,000 today. She will be It is produced in Moscow, at the former Renault-Avtoframos plantfor sale in 2024. The third model of Moskvich is planned for 2025.

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