Commercial Vehicles

GAZ Group supplied 30 LIAZ-529360 low-entry city buses to the Republic of Kirghizia on a total amount of 2.69 million euros. Buses were purchased within the Republican public transport fleet renovation program. The contract also includes supply of spare parts and training of the carrier personnel in specific areas of maintenance and operation of LIAZ-529360 bus.

Ulyanovsk automobile plant launched sales of the updated UAZ «Cargo» commercial vehicle. Previously the company upgraded other models of the family – «Patriot» and «Pickup».
The updated «Cargo» received a modified radiator grille, new front panel, steering wheel adjustable in height and a single fuel tank capacity of 68 liters instead of two tanks of 36 liters each.

KAMAZ Board of Directors approved the business plan of the company for 2017, as well as a strategic development program of KAMAZ till 2025.
In accordance with the business plan for 2017, the company intends to sell 36 thousand vehicles next year, of them 30 thousand units – in the Russian market, 6 thousand units – in foreign markets. 

Bakulin Motors Group (part of Volgabus group, which produces buses of the same name) will receive the loan of 500 million rubles at 5% per annum for seven years from the Industry development fund (IDF) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Funds will be spent on the mass production of bus chassis. The start of serial production of the new chassis is scheduled for the first quarter of 2018.

KAMAZ trading-financial company delivered 40 tow trucks on KAMAZ-4308 chassis to the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Vehicles for needs of the Department were manufactured by «Crane Centre KAMAZ».

In spring of 2017 «Isuzu Rus» will launch the production of Isuzu trucks with GVW of up to 40 tons. The company plans to further expand production site on the territory of the Ulyanovsk region and open the welding shop area of at least 2000 square meters. Isuzu investment project will be the anchor for UAZ private industrial park.

«KAMAZ-LEASING» GC became the winner of a tender on the supply of large city buses, announced by the state committee for transport and road economy of Bashkiria. In the framework of the state contract the carrier «Bashavtotrans» will receive 100 NEFAZ buses equipped with gas engines and GLONASS system. Vehicles have the warranty of 18 months or 150 thousand km.

The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation advanced the initiative to establish the remote control points over the driver condition. A system called «E-waybill» will enable doctors to remotely conduct tests for alcohol, drugs, measure blood pressure and body temperature of the driver, preparing for a trip.

KAMAZ supplied a batch of cement trucks on KAMAZ-65224 chassis to the large corporate client - «Rosneft». Cement trucks on KAMAZ-65224 chassis are equipped with tanks of a dump type volume of 15 cubic meters with Hyva hydraulic cylinders and Jurop PN 84 compressors capacity of 520 m3/hour.

MAN delivered a batch of 20 TGX tractor units to the carrier «TRANCO» in Saint Petersburg. The transaction is financed by the leasing company «Volkswagen Group Finance», the maintenance and repair of vehicles will be carried out in the framework of service contracts in MAN official service centers.