OREANDA-NEWS. The management of "GAZ Group" in a difficult economic situation in Russia looks forward to the successful implementation of plans to bring to the market a range of new products.

"We can overcome the crisis only with a new product, so the group is actively developing the whole product line," - said the president of "GAZ Group", Vadim Sorokin, who is cited by “Gazeta.Ru”. According to him, this year the company will begin the production of the all-metal body of the van "Gazelle Next”, a new bus at Pavlovsk car plant, fuel equipment that compliance "Euro-5" at the Yaroslavl Diesel Equipment Plant and the new truck "Ural" at the enterprise of group in Miass.

As for the engine plant in Ulyanovsk, in 2015 there will be launched bi-fuel versions of the new petrol engine EvoTech that work on compressed natural gas and relevant to environmental standards "Euro 5". "In the terms of a general decline in the market and reduce the demand for commercial vehicles, the production at UMZ is growing. Moreover, the growth is observed in March compared to February, and in the first quarter of this year compared to the last one. The reason – is the launch in 2014 of serial production of a new gasoline engine EvoTech. Now the demand is only growing”, - said Mr. Sorokin.