Marek Smykal (45 years old) was appointed the head of the Volkswagen Group Rus production site in Nizhny Novgorod. He joined the Volkswagen Group Rus team on March 1st, 2017, by replacing Dr. Florian Reiter in this position.

According to the analytic agency "AUTOSTAT", for the last three years, three-year foreign cars with mileage increased in price by 28.7%. At the same time, the price range for individual models is very wide - from 10 to 50%.

Russian dealers of Lifan sold 1161 cars in February - it is more by 11% than a year before. As a result of the first two months of 2017, Lifan's sales were to 2,090 vehicles, which is less by 9% than in the same period of last year.

Kaliningrad plant "Avtotor" started the production of an updated frame SUV KIA Mohave. The largest model in the SUV-line KIA has received a number of upgrades to the exterior and interior, as well as new options in technical equipment.

Last year, sales of new cars spurred devaluation. They change gradually, but the situation remains difficult in 2017. The president of the association "Russian Automobile Dealers" Oleg Moseev said about it at the conference "Automobile market of Russia - 2017. Results and forecasts".

The greatest share of sales of cars in our country falls on foreign brands of Russian production. This conclusion was made by the analysts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" by the results of the market research of new cars in Russia.

The EUTELSAT 172B satellite of Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) is in the final stages of preparation at the Airbus Defence and Space facility in Toulouse and will be boarded onto a special flight to French Guiana on 20 March.

TMK, one of the world’s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has shipped the first batch of drill pipe with TMK UP EXD second-gen double-shoulder premium tool joint connections. The pipe batch was shipped to Samotlorneftepromkhim.