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Sales of the upgraded liftback Skoda Rapid start in Russia on July 22nd, 2017. The production of the updated model began at the Volkswagen Group Rus plant in Kaluga in June.

Russian dealers of Infiniti sold 2,632 cars for 6 months of 2017, which is more by 16% than the result of a year ago. In June, Infiniti's sales in our country were 479 cars, which is more by 15% than a year ago.

On July 10th, 2017 it has began the accepting of orders for a new model in the dealer centers LADA - LADA Vesta CNG. The initial cost of a bi-fuel sedan is 600,900 rubles (including state subsidies for gas-powered vehicles), informs the press service of AvtoVAZ.

Within the framework of the International Industrial Exhibition "INNOPROM", which was held in Yekaterinburg, it was signed a memorandum about intents to produce small-class buses on the Isuzu chassis, reported the press service of ISUZU RUS LLC.

Russian dealers of Toyota in the first half of 2017 sold 43,895 cars, which is less by 1% than the result of a year ago. At the same time, 9,059 cars of the Japanese brand were sold in June - 28% more than a year before, reported the press service of Toyota Motor LLC.

By the results of the first half of 2017, Renault Russia achieved a record market share of 8.5%, which is higher by 0.7 ppt. than a year before

BMW Group sales achieved their best ever June, with sales in the month totalling 232,620, a 2.1% increase year-on-year.

VEON Ltd., a leading global provider of telecommunications and digital services serving more than 235 million customers, and Public Joint Stock Company “MegaFon” (LSE: MFON), a leading Russian provider of integrated digital services, have agreed to end their Euroset joint venture.

The compact crossover Hyundai Creta remained the best-seller in the SUV segment in the Russian market in June, by keeping its leadership for the eleventh month in a row. Last month, the sales of this model were 4012 cars.

In June of 2017, LADA Granta won the leading position among the models in the Russian market, which was sold in amount of 8552 cars, an increase of 18% compared to the previous year, according to the AEB.

In the first half of 2017, the volume of exports of cars and light commercial vehicles "UAZ" was 1911 units. It is more by 102,7% than in the same period of a year ago (943 units).