Mazda recently announced that it had signed an agreement with OJSC Sollers to establish a joint venture manufacturing company in Russia. Sollers is one of the leading automotive companies in Russia. The JV company will locate its production facility in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, and operations will begin in fall this year.
The facility will be used for the assembly of Mazda’s new CX-5 SUV (which you’ll hear more about shortly), the next generation Mazda6 and a Sollers vehicle, all for the Russian market. Production capacity will be 50,000 units per year, with the aim of increasing it to 70,000 units per year.
The automotive market in Russia has made a strong recovery since the financial crisis of 2009. In the 2011 calendar year, demand for new cars increased by about 40% from 2010 to 2.65 million units, making it the second largest market in Europe after Germany. Demand is expected to grow to around three million units in 2015.
In Mazda’s fiscal year 2011 (April 2011 to March 2012), the Hiroshima-based carmaker sold 43,561 units in Russia, a 50.2% increase.
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Will be launching at Sunway early June. Saw one in the showroom ready to be delivered to a lucky buyer. Quoted price are Rm159k for 4×2 and Rm169k for 4×4. Looks good and solid, slightly bigger than Tucson. Comes with GPS and many extras. A good option compared to the CRV.
saw one at Frasers Hill two weeks ago..very niceee
alrite,thats the way to do it mazda.zoom zoom forever
Hi Danny,
Most of US reviews said this CX5 is under-powered.
Please it test kaw-kaw!!!
The test drive review is coming soon, I’m also eager to find out how it drives!
mazda makes really good and nice looking cars, without ford i am sure mazda can truly show their colors..after all almost all ford engines inc ecoboost are developed by mazda..
overall for the design is quite good.
if u are interested want to have a look. can come over my mazda showroom, near old klang road to view for it =) any enquiry can email me as well at [email protected] thanks
well compare to 2012 crv 2.0 which will be arriving next year..wud say mazda has more power than crv 2.0 version
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