Motor Digest. Weekly Survey of Russian Market / Содержание последнего выпускаhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index Дайджест периодической печати, посвященный автомобильному бизнесу в Российской Федерации. В центре внимания составителей - новости автомобилестроения, положение предприятий, новые технологии, деятельность совместных, иностранных и отечественных компаний на российском рынке, маркетинговые подходы, персоналии и др. темы. ruCopyright 1997-2012, WPSFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400http://www.wps.ru/images/wps-logo-rss.gifhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/index.htmlАгентство WPS - Мониторинг СМИNational Bureau of Credit Reputations has been creating the data base of Lombard vehicleshttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Galina Zinchenko "Not a credit report", Gudok, No.78, May 11, 2012, p.5, "So that loans won't leave", Profile, No.18, May 14, 2012, p.62)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400Russian officials like to go to the service by very expensive cars. It seems as if agencies compete, what will order the most expensive and hardball car. A study, conducted by ist-budget.ru, demonstrates it. From the beginning of the year, various departments have purchased over 250 BMW cars and about 30 Mercedes cars. In addition, the starting price is almost never reduced for the purchase of luxury carshttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("Luxury car brands are liked most of all by Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry", Marker, May 14, 2012)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400Judging the modernization pace of AvtoVAZ, the company is not going to turn into an assembly area. Own engineering and expanding the model range is the strategy for the auto gianthttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Vitaly Saraev "Rules for Togliatti Revolution", Expert, No.19, May 14, 2012, p.72)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400AvtoVAZ could sell assets, unrelated to vehicles production, said CEO of Renault-Nissan alliance Carlos Ghosnhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Bloomberg, "The Sale of AvtoVAZ", Vedomosti, No.85, May 12, 2012, p.7)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400The details of partnership between Mazda and Sollers have become knownhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("Mazda is coming to Russia", Profile, No.18, May 14, 2012, p.94)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400According to the study of RBC.research "World and Russian passenger car market in 2009-2011 and forecast up to 2014", in 2012 car production in Russia may be reduced by 2% in comparison with 2011http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("The production of passenger cars in Russia could fall by 2% in 2012", RBC daily, No.84, May 11, 2012, p.3)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400A new Renault Laguna Coupe is available in Russiahttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("Renault amended", Profile, No.18, May 14, 2012, p.94)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400There were no many premieres of models in April, in contrast to the previous month. However, there are interesting new products that have already been sold in Russia, or coming soonhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Alexey Aksenov "Premieres in April", BFM.ru, May 11, 2012)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400From May 1 to June 30, Renault has been introducing in Russia special credit offers for Logan and Sandero cars with the rates of 7.9% in rubles per annum with credit for 1, 2 or 3 yearshttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("Renault introduces special credit offers for Logan and Sandero cars in Russia", M3 Media, May 04,2012)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400In July, UniCredit Bank plans to launch express car loaning. Experts believe that the risks are not so high as it may seem and a high rate of crediting is an important competitive condition of the markethttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Tatiana Ternovskaya "UniCredit goes quickly", Banki.ru, May 15, 2012)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400This April 266.2 thousand cars were sold in Russian market, 14% down in comparison with the previous year, according to the Association of European Business (AEB).During the first 4 months 880.5 thousand cars (+18%) were sold. Thus, the dynamics of the car market, which slowed from the second half of last year, has stabilized and has remained almost at the same level as in March of this year (13% in March 2011)http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Eugenia Sergienko "We are going to set up a record", RBC daily, No.86, May 14, 2012, p.8; Yelena Vinogradova "Foreign cars set up the record", Vedomosti, No.86, May 14, 2012, p.7)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400Italian Fiat has serious problems with sales in Russia. Without a large Russian partner, which Sollers had been before, Fiat managed to sell only 144 cars last monthhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Egor Popov "Fiat has rolled off the market", Kommersant, No.84/P, May 14, 2012, p.11)Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400From June 1 employees of Ford plant in Leningrad Region plan to go on strikehttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index ("Ford plant plans to strike", RBC daily, No.87, May 15, 2012, p.7)EVENTSFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +040047% Russians have personal vehicles, according to Russian Public Opinion Research Centrehttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Marina Zateychuk "How many car owners in Russia", Slon.ru, May 11, 2012)MISCELLANEOSFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400BMW Group Russia presented its own driving skill school, BMW Driving Experience, opened in Moscow region in the ski resort Sorochanyhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Sergei Sinchenko "Drift in Sorochany", RBC daily, No.86, May 14, 2012, p.15)MISCELLANEOSFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400Russian representation of Mazda, Mazda Motor Rus was in the middle of the large tax scandal. Federal Tax Service suspects that in 2009 the division via dubious schemes brought 2.6 billion rubles of proceeds from the sale of vehicles abroad and did not pay the income tax of it in Russia - together with the penalties it is more than 600 million rubles. Mazda Motor Rus is calm about the tax claims, calling them "a working point"http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/auto/index (Alexandra Bayazitova, Vladimir Barinov "Tax)MISCELLANEOSFri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400