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SOUTH KOREA: General Motors union winds up over new Aveo

7 June 2013

General Motors' decision not to build the next generation Aveo in South Korea - at least to start - looks like provoking a confrontation with the country's militant auto trade unions.

INTERVIEW: Russian Machines CNG director, Peter Zolotarev

7 June 2013

GAZ Group parent Russian Machines, claims CNG is the cheapest of commonly used motor fuels, with costs per 100km almost 60% lower than for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It also says CNG is more than twice as cheap as a diesel-powered car and 2.5 times lower price than a gasoline vehicle. Russian Machines CNG project executive director, Peter Zolotarev, spoke to Simon Warburton from the company's Yaroslavl plant about the possibility of using the gas in the country and some of the infrastructure challenges associated with it.

RUSSIA: GAZ starts Mercedes Sprinter assembly

3 June 2013

GAZ Group has started production of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter light commercial vehicles at its plant in Nizhny Novgorod, M-B spokesman Andrei Rodionov told RIA Novosti.

RUSSIA: "Enormous" push on automotive despite growth brake: Consulting4Drive

15 May 2013

Russia is unlikely to witness its previous exponential growth rate of 20% in the short-term, but it will nonetheless post substantially improved performance compared to Europe, says one automotive consultant.

RUSSIA: GAZ launches sales of GAZelle Next LCV across 82 dealerships

29 April 2013

GAZ's 82 dealerships in 77 regions of Russia have launched sales of the new-generation GAZelle Next light commercial vehicle.

INTERVIEW: Purchasing director General Motors Russia: Peter Layer

23 April 2013

Purchasing director General Motors Russia, Peter Layer, recently spoke at the Russian Automotive Forum in Moscow, organised by Adam Smith Conferences, as well as talking to Simon Warburton on the sidelines of the event.

COMMENT: Russia comes in from the cold

19 April 2013

All this week's pomp and circumstance of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral has rekindled myriad memories of what it was like growing up in the 1980s in the UK - and just how much the political landscape has changed.

RUSSIA: OEMs urged to look overseas as domestic market peaks: Duma MP

16 April 2013

Russian politicians are calling on domestic OEMs to look more overseas as demand gradually reaches its peak at home and as the country adapts to its recent accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

INTERVIEW: PCMA-Rus general manager Jean-Christophe Marchal

12 April 2013

PCMA-Rus is a joint venture between PSA Peugeot Citroen (70%) and Mitsubishi Motors (30%) in the Kaluga region of Russia, some 100 miles south west of the capital. PCMA-Rus general manager, Jean-Christophe Marchal, spoke to Simon Warburton at this week's Russian Automotive Forum in Moscow.

RUSSIA: GAZ Group launches new LCV

10 April 2013

GAZ Group’s Gorky Automobile Plant has started serial production of the new-generation GAZelle NEXT light commercial vehicle. Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, officiated at the launch by pressing the button to start production.

US: Ford, GM to increase Russia local content

5 April 2013

General Motors and Ford want their Russian-built vehicles to have at least 60% local content within the next few years to reduce shipping costs.

INTERVIEW: Agromash Holdings on PSA partnership in Kazakhstan

26 March 2013

PSA Peugeot Citroen recently inked a partnership with Agromash Holding, for the assembly and distribution of the French automaker's passenger cars and LCVs in Kazakhstan. Simon Warburton was in contact with the trailer and agricultural machinery manufacturer based in the huge country on Russia's southern border.

COMMENT: Oleg Deripaska: Basic Element and GAZ Group

1 March 2013

GAZ Group - part of Russian Machines - the machinery and engineering holding of Basic Element - recently started Chevrolet Aveo production at its Nizhny Novgorod facility 250 miles east of Moscow and also produces vehicles for Volkswagen and Skoda.

RUSSIA: GAZ builds methane LCV test batch

21 February 2013

GAZ Group has produced a test batch of light commercial vehicles (LCVs) that can run on methane as well as petrol, company president Bo Andersson said.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Financial results: the good, the bad and the ugly

15 February 2013

There were more financial results out this week and it was another mixed bag. General Motors' latest black ink was, overall, good. It's still making big profits, mainly based on healthy North American business and continued progress in Asia (especially China where it sold, with its JVs, over 300,000 units in January). Europe's a problem for GM, but that's been the case for a while now, no easy solutions. Also in the good pile was Jaguar Land Rover.

RUSSIA: GAZ Group parent calls for swift interest rate action

15 February 2013

GAZ Group's parent is calling for urgent action to be taken concerning Russian interest rates in order to target finance more directly.

COMMENT: Two days in GAZ's Nizhny Novgorod plant: some quotes

14 February 2013

Last week saw GAZ Group start Chevrolet Aveo production at its Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia. Just-auto's Simon Warburton spent a couple of days at the site and took a small sample of the Russian outlook that has seen overseas OEMs look at the country with interest.

RUSSIA: GAZ Group could export parts to GM: Andersson

11 February 2013

GAZ Group says it could export some parts back to General Motors as overseas automakers increasingly put their trust in the Nizhny Novgorod manufacturer.

RUSSIA: GAZ 'not going near' to buying in European automotive: Deripaska

11 February 2013

GAZ Group investor and Basic Element chairman, Oleg Deripaska, says he does not believe the Russian manufacturer will go near to taking a stake in a European auto business.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Cold winds blowing for some

8 February 2013

There have been some cold winds blowing this week, literally and metaphorically. The metaphorical blasts are all too familiar and can be summed up in three words: problems in Europe.

RUSSIA: Nizhny Novgorod Governor hails GAZ Aveo production start as job creator

7 February 2013

Nizhny Novgorod regional governor, Valezy Shantsev, has welcomed the start of Chevrolet's Aveo production this week at GAZ Group's plant in the same city.

RUSSIA: GAZ Group right to exit own passenger car build: Bo Andersson

7 February 2013

GAZ Group - part of Russian Machines and Basic Element - says it made the right decision to axe its own passenger car production and concentrate on commercial vehicle manufacture and contract building of models for General Motors, Volkswagen, Skoda and Mercedes Benz.

RUSSIA: GAZ eyes tripling Chevrolet Aveo production

6 February 2013

RUSSIA: GAZ eyes tripling Chevrolet Aveo production

RUSSIA: General Motors aims to capitalise on domestic success

6 February 2013

General Motors says it is looking to build on the wave of growth in Russia as the country's automotive sector bucks the otherwise gloomy economic environment of neighbouring Europe.

RUSSIA: GAZ accelerates pace as Chevrolet production starts

6 February 2013

GAZ Group says it has "moved the needle twenty years" with the launch of Chevrolet's Aveo model for the Russian market.

RUSSIA: First Chevrolet Aveo off GAZ line

5 February 2013

General Motors and GAZ Group have commenced the production of the Chevrolet Aveo at GAZ’s manufacturing facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

DETROIT/AN CONGRESS: Quotes from show and congress floors

18 January 2013

They're just mine, other people will have other memorable lines from a week in Motown, but here's a snapshot, in no particular order, of a week in Detroit.

AN CONGRESS: Confident contract assembler GAZ eyes 10% EBIT hike

17 January 2013

Renewed confidence at GAZ Group sees the Russian automaker predicting a 10% hike in EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) this year.

RUSSIA: PM attends Volkswagen Kaluga engine site foundation stone ceremony

17 December 2012

Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, has attended the foundation stone laying ceremony for Volkswagen's new engine plant in Kaluga. Volkswagen says it will supply its vehicle assembly plant at Kaluga and contract production at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod with locally produced engines from 2015.