Russian automaker Sollers plans to take at least 35% of the market for light commercial vehicles (LCVs) by 2013, first deputy CEO Nikolai Sobolev said at a conference.

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Sollers plans to take up to 30% market share by the end of the year, increasing its share from 15%, Sobolev said.


The company plans to reach that target through an increase in output of Fiat Ducato vehicles, Sobolev said, 10,000 in 2009 and 15,000 in 2015.


Established in 2002, Sollers, earlier known as Severstal Auto, controls the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ), the Zavolzhsky Engine Plant (ZMZ), Sollers–Yelabuga, and Sollers Naberezhniye Chelny.

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