GAZ increased sales by 17% in Russia in September

Gorky Automobile Plant sold 5199 light commercial vehicles in September, which is 17% higher than a year ago. According to the results of nine months of 2021, 38,802 GAZ vehicles (+ 22%) were sold in our country. As a result, GAZ's share in the Russian LCV market was 42.4%, according to the AEB. The most popular model in the LCV segment is still GAZelle, the sales of which in September were 4347 vehicles (+ 13%).

The demand for GAZ Sobol grew by 41% to 852 vehicles. As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in May, the Gorky Automobile Plant began the mass production of a new commercial vehicle GAZelle NN. The release of the new model started with onboard modifications, all-metal vans with a total weight of 3.5 tons and minibuses. In the future, the GAZelle NN line will be supplemented with a chassis, a combi van and various variants of special equipment. As a result, on the basis of "GAZelle NN" will be created even wider than on the basis of the modern platform "GAZelle Next", a model range of light commercial vehicles with a total weight of 3.5 and 4.6 tons, with various body types, wheelbases and variants of special equipment ...

Investments in the creation of the GAZelle NN car, including the development of a new electronic architecture of the model and the creation of capacities for its production, amounted to about 3.2 billion rubles. The NN family will also include a light commercial vehicle "Sobol NN" with a gross weight of 2.5 tons, which was presented at the international exhibition Comtrans 2021.