Avtotor is negotiating cooperation with automakers other than China

Kaliningrad plant "Avtotor" is negotiating cooperation with automakers from Asian countries in addition to China. This was announced by the governor of Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov, without revealing details, TASS agency writes. As Valery Gorbunov, chairman of the board of directors of Avtotor Holding, said earlier, in 2023 Kaliningrad plant is going to produce from 70 to 100 thousand cars. About 30,000 of this amount will be for cars of Kaiyi brand, the assembly of which started at the enterprise at the end of January. The first Kaiyi model produced in Kaliningrad was a C-class sedan called E5, which will go on sale in the first quarter of 2023.

Then Kaiyi lineup in Russia will be replenished with the compact crossovers Kaiyi X3 and X3 Pro, and in the middle of the year - the flagship X7 Kunlun. In addition, Avtotor is currently actively negotiating cooperation with at least two other automakers from China. According to unofficial data, we are talking about BAIC and Dongfeng.