The first deliveries are scheduled for summer season, a consultant of the official vendor has mentioned
Major Iranian automaker SAIPA will launch automotive gross sales in Russia on June 1, the pinnacle of the Best Motors firm, Aleksandr Stepanov, introduced on Monday.
Iran’s second largest automotive producer by quantity will ship a complete of 45,000 automobiles to the Russian market over three years below an export contract valued at $450 million. The first batch of 1000 Quik, Saina and Shahin mannequin automobiles is because of arrive by summer season, Stepanov instructed reporters.
He added that Best Motors plans to promote at the very least 10,000 automobiles in the course of the first 12 months and open as many as 120 dealerships in several areas of Russia.
The Russian firm is in talks with the Iranian producer on the localization of manufacturing in St. Petersburg, Stepanov mentioned.
Earlier in February, the CEO of Iranian automaker SAIPA, Mohammad Ali Temouri mentioned that “SAIPA Group is ready to send its engineering and technical team to Russia to update their production lines and make things possible. We’ll provide car production and supply in the Russian market.”
The Iranian automobiles will reportedly vary in worth from 1 million rubles ($13,000) to 1.7 million rubles ($22,000) “from the cheapest to the most expensive model” Stepanov defined.
Major Middle Eastern carmakers are eyeing the Russian market following the exodus of European, American, and Japanese manufacturers.
“The turnover of the automobile sector in Russia is more than $20 billion and we can get a good share of this market after the departure of their main partners due to sanctions,” the pinnacle of Iran’s Trade Development Organization, Alireza Peyman Pak was quoted by Tejarat Online as saying.
In February, the Iranian Trade Ministry introduced that SAIPA, together with one other main automaker Khodro, had been present process certification in Russia for future car deliveries.
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(RT.com)