Sollers to launch manufacturing of pilot Sollers consignment pickups in Vladivostok on July 17

MOSCOW. July 7 (Interfax) - Russia's Sollers automotive group plans to launch Far Eastern Automotive Industrial Technologies LLC (AIT) in Vladivostok on July 17, the company's press service told Interfax.

The renamed auto plant of the former joint venture between Sollers and Japan's Mazda will resume work with production of pilot batches of a new line of pickups, which will be sold on the Russian market under the Sollers brand.

Sollers is already selling a line of LCV models, Atlant and Argo, under the same brand in Russia.

"Serial production and the official presentation of the new pickup models are set to take place in early September. Sollers also expects to expand its line of vehicles produced at Vladivostok in the near future. Negotiations are underway with potential Chinese partners in this regard," Sollers noted.