In the first quarter of 2020, Russia registered 22,342 new light commercial vehicles, which was fractionally up (+0.6%) on the same period last year, according to LLC Avtostat Info.

Despite March figures, which recorded a fall in the sales of new trailers and semi-trailers of 9.6%, the market for the first quarter this year recorded an overall gain of 8.4%, according to Russian Automotive Market Research.

The Ford Trucks F-MAX tractor, developed and manufactured in Turkey by Ford Otosan and which won International Truck of the Year 2019 and also Truck of the Year Russia 2019, this month celebrates its first assembly anniversary year at Avtotor Holdings LLC.

Production capacity of the R6 in-line six-cylinder engine range of JSC Kamaz at its headquarters and main manufacturing base in Naberezhnye is to be increased from 12,000 units annually to 30,000, the heavy truck builder has announced.

The GAZ Group at the start of the year began assembly of the new GAZ-A68R52 GAZelle City minibus featuring a low floor in the middle with easy access.

Sollers Engineering LLC, an assembler and distributor of cars and light commercial vehicles of well known-brands says it has signed a cooperation agreement with emissions control specialist, HJS Emission Technology GmbH & Co KG.

PJSC KamAZ has developed a prototype of a cab-less autonomous (self-driving) electric truck, called Kamaz-3373 Chelnok (Shuttle) for operations in closed spaces.

The Neftekamsk Auto Plant in the autumn last year started production of an extended curtainsider semi-trailer, NEFAZ-93341-0300205-08, with a length of 16.5m.

The Likino Bus Plant, which produces a range of large buses and coaches at its headquarters in Likino-Dulyovo, and is a member of Russian Buses, division of the GAZ Group - has started producing a new low entry version of its LiAZ-5292 bus for suburban operations.

LCV sales in Russia decreased by 1.9% to 104,224 units in 2019 from 106,224 vehicles in 2018 with the sales of foreign brands contracting by 6.5% from 36,670 to 34,288 units and the sales of Russia LCVs inching up by 0.5% from 69,554 to 69,936 units, according to statistics collated by Avtostat Info.

Truck (>5t gvw) sales in Russia in 2019 totalled 78,807 units, which was 3.3% fewer than the 80,702 trucks registered in 2018, according to figures produced by Avtostat Info.

The Russian bus and coach market reached 13,963 units in 2019, an increase of 5.2% on 13,274 in 2018, according to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info.