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Bravada · 09-13-2007, 05:40 AM

No, they get a "regular" Ford Focus, made in Sankt Petersburg.

(old photo, they now make the C1 Focus - see here)

The car above is the Lada Kalina, Lada's most recent development and a bestseller of its own in Russia. This, among the other listed, is the car that competes with the Lanos in Russia. There is also a market for "normal" compact cars, such as Focus or Megane. There is high income stratification in Russia, so there are still people who can't dream of owning a car at all, those who drive decades-old Zhigulis, those who buy brand new (!) Zhigulis and the highest number of Bentley customers in any country. Go figure!

(no this is not yet another facelift for the USDM Focus, it's LAda's proud and joy, the Priora, essentially a revamped Lada 2110)

09-13-2007, 05:40 AM	#24 (permalink)
Bravada GMI Europe Correspondent Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 11,393	Re: GM leads Russia's (foreign) car sales No, they get a "regular" Ford Focus, made in Sankt Petersburg. (old photo, they now make the C1 Focus - see here) The car above is the Lada Kalina, Lada's most recent development and a bestseller of its own in Russia. This, among the other listed, is the car that competes with the Lanos in Russia. There is also a market for "normal" compact cars, such as Focus or Megane. There is high income stratification in Russia, so there are still people who can't dream of owning a car at all, those who drive decades-old Zhigulis, those who buy brand new (!) Zhigulis and the highest number of Bentley customers in any country. Go figure! (no this is not yet another facelift for the USDM Focus, it's LAda's proud and joy, the Priora, essentially a revamped Lada 2110)