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OREANDA-NEWS. Ford Sollers Company completed the construction of an engine plant in Tatarastan, which will be launched later this year. Total investment in the project will be 274 million dollars.

As the press service of the joint venture informed the agency "AUTOSTAT", the petrol engine 1,6 Ti-VCT Sigma with three different power - 85 hp, 105 hp and 125 hp will be the first on the conveyor of new engine plant Ford Sollers in Tatarastan, which will allow the company to equip with engines of Ford Sollers at least 30% of Ford cars produced in Russia. New engines Sigma of Russian production will be installed on the Ford Focus, Ford Fiesta, and Ford EcoSport.

Problems of localization of production are mainly located in the plane of the sourcing of components of the first level - that is the most difficult parts, noted the General Director of “Auto-Dealer-SPb”, Michail Chaplygin. In this regard, in his opinion, Ford may win soon, to which engines from the plant of the concern in Tatarstan will be supplied.

Recall that from the beginning of the year, the company Ford Sollers launched in its enterprises the full production of four models - new Mondeo, Transit, Fiesta and Focus.