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RUSSIA: Avtovaz Q1 net profit down 88.5%
16 May 2012
Net profit at Russia’s largest car maker Avtovaz plunged 88.5% year on year to RUB105m (US$3.4m) in the first quarter of 2012, the company said.
RUSSIA: Light vehicle sales up 14% in April
15 May 2012
The Russian car market continued its recovery in April with sales of light vehicles up 14% on last year according to data released by the Moscow-based Association for European Businesses (AEB).
JAPAN: Nissan Q4 profit jumps 33%
11 May 2012
Nissan’s profit jumped 33% year on year in the last quarter of its fiscal year to 31 March, 2012 and the carmaker predicted a 28% rise for the year ahead, driven by strong sales and the global launches of 10 new models.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ sales drop
9 May 2012
AvtoVAZ saw a 9% drop in sales to 182,000 cars in the first quarter of this year.
RUSSIA: Renault-Nissan to take control of AvtoVAZ
3 May 2012
Russian Technologies, the state weapons manufacturer, has agreed to sell its majority holding in AvtoVAZ to the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
April 2012 management briefing: OEM financial summaries (Toyota, Nissan and Honda)
30 April 2012
In this month's management briefing, Rob Golding runs his financial rule over the financial position of the automotive industry's major OEMs. In this instalment: Toyota, Nissan and Honda
RUSSIA: Lada axing Soviet-era 2107
17 April 2012
Lada has said it was ending production one of its classic 1982 models after sales shrank for a vehicle that was dated from the moment it was introduced.
RUSSIA: Light vehicle sales up 13% in March
12 April 2012
Light vehicle sales in Russia were up 13% year-on-year in March, according to data issued by the Moscow-based AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee (AEB AMC).
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Iran comes into focus
5 April 2012
Iran, sanctions against, came into focus this week, not least with the news that a powerful US lobby group planned to have a go at automakers with links to the renegade state at this week's New York show.
RUSSIA: Alliance opens new line at Avtovaz plant
5 April 2012
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin inaugurated a new car manufacturing facility, marking the latest milestone in the expanding Renault-Nissan alliance and Avtovaz partnership.
RUSSIA: GM–AvtoVAZ boosts manufacturing 40% in Q1
3 April 2012
GM–AvtoVAZ, a joint venture between General Motors and AvtoVAZ, boosted its car manufacturing by 40% year on year to 15,067 units of the Chevrolet Niva in January–March, the company said Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.
JAPAN: Nissan may revive Datsun for emerging markets - paper
2 March 2012
Reports in Japan on Friday said Nissan Motor is considering reviving the old Datsun name for new, cheap models designed for emerging markets (EM) in 2014. The company would not confirm or deny the reports or comment on future product plans.
RUSSIA: Nissan develops Russia-specific model
27 February 2012
Nissan has confirmed it will launch a new model developed exclusively for Russia and manufactured at Alliance partner AvtoVAz’s plant in Togliatti.
FRANCE: Renault-Nissan alliance books record 2011 sales
1 February 2012
The Renault-Nissan Alliance sold a record 8,029,222 units in 2011, a 10.3% increase year on year, boosted by "robust" sales in emerging markets and the United States.
RUSSIA: Daimler and Renault to raise local JV stakes
31 January 2012
Newswire reports on Tuesday (31 January) said Daimler and Renault are ready to take controlling stakes in their Russian partners, citing state conglomerate Russian Technologies which holds stakes in the automakers.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ raises prices
27 January 2012
AvtoVAZ is raising the prices of its Lada cars by 2.4% from Monday to counter rising costs and taxes.
JAPAN: Toyota confirms loss of top carmaker spot
25 January 2012
Toyota Motor confirmed Wednesday that its world group sales fell below the 8m mark in 2011, losing the firm its number one spot in the global carmakers' league.
RUSSIA: Light vehicle market up 39% in 2011
12 January 2012
Figures released by the AEB in Moscow show that Russia's light vehicle market increased by 39% in 2011 to 2.65m units.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Saab finally bows out
23 December 2011
It's the week before Christmas and normally a quietish time of the year for news as VMs keep their powder dry before unleashing all their new toys at the Detroit show in January.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ upgrades all Lada cars to Euro 4 standards
22 December 2011
AvtoVAZ has announced that it has completed upgrading all its Lada cars to EURO-4 standards.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ announces investment programme
20 December 2011
AvtoVAZ is planning a EUR4bn (US$5.2bn) investment programme by 2020 to modernize the recently acquired IzhAvto car plant and boost its annual output to 300,000 cars.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ sales slump
6 December 2011
AvtoVAZ’ sales slumped 17% year on year to 42,000 units in November, according to Kommersant business daily.
RUSSIA: Renault-Nissan ‘to take control of AvtoVAZ’
14 November 2011
Alliance partners Renault–Nissan will take their joint stake in AvtoVAZ, Russia’s largest carmaker, to 50% next year from 25% currently, according to sources close to the negotiations.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ spending US$500m on new Kazakhstan car plant
14 November 2011
AvtoVAZ plans to spend US$500m to build a car plant in Kazakhstan with capacity for 120,000 cars a year.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ closes United Automotive Group buy
31 October 2011
AvtoVAZ has closed the acquisition of the United Automotive Group for RUB 1.7bn (US$56.5m).
RUSSIA: Plastic Omnium signs fuel tank JV with Russian firm
19 October 2011
Inergy Automotive Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plastic Omnium, has signed an agreement with Russian company Detalstroykonstruktsiya to create a joint venture making plastic fuel tanks for the Russian market.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ and Kamaz to develop Euro-3 engines
7 October 2011
Deputy prime minister Sergei Ivanov said that Russian automaker AvtoVAZ and truck producer Kamaz have spend a considerable amount on production of more complex engines meeting Euro-3 emission controls and higher standards.
RUSSIA: Alliance eyes component venture
6 October 2011
The Renault–Nissan alliance is considering the possibility of producing car components at the facilities of Russian carmaker IzhAvto, United Automobile Group (UAG) CEO Igor Kulgan told RIA Novosti.
RUSSIA: Lada Granta orders flood in
4 October 2011
AvtoVAZ has received around 10,000 orders for its Lada Granta model cars since the start of last month, the company’s vice president for sales and marketing Artyom Fedosov told the business daily Vedomosti.
RUSSIA: AvtoVAZ and BASF to collaborate
3 October 2011
AvtoVAZ has said that it will work with BASF to develop component parts and improve the quality of its Russian-made cars.
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