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The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation signed a decree on the increase in fees from foreign carriers for the motion on Russian roads. Fees from foreign carriers grew to 850 rubles per day and 120 thousand rubles per year. These fees cover vehicles with the load capacity from 3.5 to 12 tons inclusive.

Previously fees from foreign trucks with this load capacity were 385 rubles per day and 60 thousand rubles per year. The tariff was established on the basis of the Euro exchange rate equal to 35 rubles. Therefore, the government brought the fee to the required amount, which, in particular, will increase revenues to the Federal Road Fund.

These fees were also introduced for Latvia and Lithuania, in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation, which provides that if the foreign state imposes tolls for the motion on their roads, Russia has the right to respond in kind. Latvia introduced the fee from trucks with GVW of 3.5 tons on July 1, 2014. It varies from 8 to 11 Euros per day or from 484 to 925 Euros per year (depending on the number of axles and emissions of the vehicle). In December 2015 the fee for the motion of heavy trucks was installed by Lithuania as well.

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Chery Automobiles Rus offers its clients to purchase Chery Tiggo 5 crossover in a version Luxury with the discount of up to 70 thousand rubles until April 30, 2016. The car is equipped with 2.0-liter petrol engine capacity of 136 HP and 5-speed manual gear box or CVT.
The maximum discount when purchasing a crossover on credit under partner programs Chery Finance with UniCredit Bank will be 40 thousand rubles. The loan is provided for a term of up to 12 months with the initial payment of 50% of the car value. Up to 30 thousand rubles can be saved under the program Cherry Trade-in.

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BMW opened a new official dealer center in Yekaterinburg. Auto center «Kraft» became the second dealership of the Bavarian brand in this city. The total area of a two-storied center is 6400 square meters. The showroom occupies about 700 square meters and service premises – about 2000 square meters. The remaining area is occupied by the body shop, underground parking and utility rooms.

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Russian suppliers of Hyundai Motor plant prepare for the production of components for the new model of Creta compact crossover. The production of local components will involve both current partners and some new Russian suppliers. Cooperation agreements with new suppliers in terms of localization of windows, fuel tanks were signed, the percentage of localization of plastic components will increase.

At the next stage of test production of the new Hyundai Creta model, which will begin at the plant in May, all planned components for the car local production will be supplied directly by Russian suppliers.

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«Hyundai Motor Commercial Vehicles Rus» LLC together with Hyundai Motor Company launched the action «BEFORE SERVICE» («Invitation to service»), under which owners of Hyundai trucks can undergo a set of special services. Distributor and the manufacturer front the cost of consumables on their own. The partner of the program became the company Shell, providing dealers with the engine oil.

In case of participating in the program «BEFORE SERVICE», companies operating Hyundai trucks have the opportunity to get a free complete diagnostics of the vehicle, as well as discounts for the purchase of parts and works, additionally performed within the program.

A total of 15 service dealers of «Hyundai Motor Commercial Automobiles Rus» take part in the action. Corporate clients with large parks of Hyundai trucks and own service stations can be serviced under this action on their site.

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«Dongfeng Motor Rus» announced the extension of DFM Finance program, a special lending program for the purchase of new DFM cars. If previously the maximum loan term was 36 months (3 years), now customers have the opportunity to receive the loan for a term of up to 7 years.

DFM Finance program provides for special rates for DFM H30 Cross and DFM S30: interest rates when buying a policy of voluntary insurance of life and health of the borrower start from 7.9%. The minimum initial payment is 30% of the car value. The loan amount – from 100 thousand to 1 million rubles, the possible term – from 3 months to 7 years.

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AVTOVAZ prepares for the production of inline four-cylinder 16-valve turbocharged engine, which meets Euro-5 and Euro-6 emission standards. Mass production of the unit with index VAZ-11192 will begin in 2018. The working volume of VAZ turbocharged engine is 1390 cubic centimeters, the maximum capacity is 149.6 HP at 5600 rpm and the limit torque is 240 Nm at 2000 rpm.

The new engine was developed on the base of 1.4 liter air breather engine VAZ-11194 capacity of 89 HP, which was installed in LADA Kalina of the first generation. VAZ-11192 differs from its predecessor in improved cast-iron cylinder block, lightweight crankshaft, new rod and piston group, cylinder head and valve gear.

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In the framework of the coordinating council KAMAZ and Severstal agreed the Program of development of vehicle designs with the use of new types of metal products for 2016-2018. In accordance with this document Severstal will master the manufacture of new types of rolled products with high strength characteristics for the production of KAMAZ trucks. This year Cherepovets metallurgists will supply 50 thousand tons of steel products to KAMAZ.

The parties also discussed the possibility to improve the quality of high-strength steels and the packaging to effectively protect the metal from external factors during supplies. Special attention was paid to the issue of import substitution: prospects to replace products of foreign manufacturers, which supply spars and amps for trucks to the Russian market.

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Cadillac dealers in Russia began to accept orders for the new XT5 premium SUV, which replaced SRX. Prices for the novelty start from 2 million 990 thousand rubles for the basic version. The cost of the version Luxury is from 3 million 190 thousand rubles. The version Premium is offered at the price from 3 million 590 thousand rubles. The top version Platinum costs 3 million 990 thousand rubles.

Cadillac XT5 all-wheel drive crossover is offered with a new 3.6-liter V6 engine capacity of 310 HP, which works in combination with 8-speed automatic gear box.

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In April 2016 the company «Fora» became the official dealer of Jaguar Land Rover in Armenia. Under the agreement, «Fora» becomes part of a single dealer network of Jaguar Land Rover in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia, and begins to carry out its operation under the leadership of the Russian representation of the company, acting as an official importer. Previously the company «Fora» carried out sales and maintenance of vehicles produced by Land Rover, as well as several other manufacturers. With the beginning of cooperation with Jaguar Land Rover Russia Jaguar brand enters the automotive market of Armenia.