Siegfried Wolf proposed to the head of the Kremlin to revive the “legendary Russian brand Volga” at the abandoned Volkswagen factories.
Austrian businessman and member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Siegfried Wolf offered the head of the ruling regime of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, help in restoring the automotive industry in Russia at the end of January. This was reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel on Friday, April 7th.
In a letter to the head of the Kremlin, the Austrian businessman proposed to revive the “legendary Russian brand Volga”. According to his idea, for this it is necessary to use the abandoned factories of Volkswagen in Russia.
VW Skoda cars may be produced again in Russia in the second half of 2023, media reports. However, the cars were supposed to be “significantly redesigned externally” to give them the “characteristic characteristics” of the legendary Volga and Pobeda models.
Such a decision will allegedly allow “to meet the needs of Russian consumers with high-quality and reliable cars” and create more than 12,000 jobs.
A member of the Porsche Supervisory Board also offered to take over the management of the project himself as the owner of the Russian company. PromAvtoConsult. It was proposed to make the Russian automaker GAZ, which suffered from Western sanctions, an industrial partner.
VW and Porsche said they “know nothing about Wolff’s letter.”
We remind, earlier it was reported that Moskvich 3 crossovers fell under the first recallable campaign. Cars of this “renewed” brand began to be given to the first buyers from January 20, 2023. However, the novelty is in limited demand from Russians. In particular, in January, dealers were able to sell only 29 cars, and in February, 57 Muscovites were sold.
We add that by 2022 the car market in Russia will become almost 80% Chinese. During the war in Ukraine, almost 80% of automotive brands left the Russian Federation – from 60 to 14.
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Source: korrespondent
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