Experts have listed the upcoming problems of car owners.
The media, with reference to the leadership of the automaker, announced the departure of Nissan from Russia.
The Japanese manufacturer announced that it intends to sell the St. Petersburg plant and other Russian assets of the traffic police FSUE NAMI, and the Russian AvtoVAZ will be engaged in the future maintenance of already working products.
According to experts quoted by the newspaper.ru”, there may be problems with the supply of spare parts for these foreign cars in the future, so they call the release of Almaz-Antey electric vehicles in St. Petersburg one of the successful solutions, experts say.
In the meantime, Nissan announced the day before that the enterprises would be transferred by US, and all operations of the concern’s representative in Russia, Nissan Manufacturing Rus LLC, would be transferred by US. The amount of the transaction is not called, but it is known that in addition to the plant in St. Petersburg, the sales and marketing division in Moscow is also being sold.
The amount of losses, according to the publication, will amount to $ 686 billion.
The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov explained that NAMI will be able to attract other partners to the production in order to load the plant. It will retain production and jobs for almost 2,000 employees.
As for the supply of spare parts for Nissan repairs, the Volga Automobile Plant announced plans to sign contracts for their supply with Nissan dealers. AvtoVAZ will manage the central spare parts warehouse, the supply of parts and consumables.
Experts, in an interview with the publication, explained what problems owners of brand cars may have.
According to Sergey Tselikov, CEO of the analytical agency Autostat, it is likely that it will be difficult to supply large spare parts, including as part of warranty repairs, especially in the case of rare parts. But there will be no problems with brake pads, filters and other consumables.
It is impossible to purchase them in advance, he explained. The expert explained that at the moment the market is causing concern even among Chinese brands, of which only work directly for those associated with the government of the People’s Republic of China. It is also possible to enter the market of Iran and India.
In turn, Sergey Burgazliev, an independent automotive consultant, said that the decision to open in St. Petersburg would be attractive. the project of the e-Neva electric car – the development of Almaz-Anteya. Now we need to finalize it and design pre-production samples.
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