OREANDA-NEWS. Joint enture Ford Sollers will start  production of the Ford Fiesta sedan and hatchback on 3June. The vehicles will be manufactured with CKD method at a modernized Ford Sollers plant in Naberezhnye Chelny, and will go on sale in Russia in the third quarter of this year.

In the Russian market, the Ford Fiesta will be equipped with 1.6-liter petrol engine with three power variants (85 hp, 105 hp and 120 hp), coupled with manual transmission or Powershift automated manual gearbox. As from 2016, the Fiesta will be equipped with engines produced at the new plant in Yelabuga.

\$150 million will be invested in the Ford Fiesta production in Naberezhnye Chelny. Total investment in this enterprise, which has already been manufacturing the EcoSport crossover, is \$400 million.