Not a day this week without news regarding the Russian Volkswagen plant. Recall that he was arrested at the suit of GAZ on March 20, but on this Monday the arrest was lifted, which resulted in dissatisfaction with the GAZ labor collectives. What regarding today? And today, Sergey Tsyganov, an auto expert and host of the Russian Automobile Telegram channel, said that … the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga is being bought by the Chinese Chery! But just recently, before the arrest of the enterprise, it was said that the main contender for it was Avilon, the largest car dealer in Russia.
«I have just been informed that the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga is being bought by the Chinese firm Chery. This will happen exactly following GAZ went to court for the arrest of FGR assets [ООО “ФОЛЬКСВАГЕН Груп Рус” – это российская “дочка” Volkswagen AG], and the FGR managed to remove the arrest from production. This somersault weeded out “unnecessary” buyers in the faces of Avilon and Allura, leaving the right one. A dark horse that has not yet come forward as an interest in such a deal”, – Sergey Tsyganov wrote in his Telegram channel.
And in his next message, he wrote that, it turns out, Chery was also the main contender for the Nissan plant in St. Petersburg. “Negotiations with VAZ and NAMI have progressed quite far, but the Chinese did not want to give the latest models, 2023, to Russian production. After that, a participant in these negotiations wrote to me, as if justifying himself: “you know, Chery and the car are not the best …”“, – added Sergey Tsyganov.
