Mexico City, Mexico.- Nothing more and nothing less than one of the main Russian car manufacturers has announced that they will start assembling cars in Cuba. This is Ulyanovsk Automobiles (UAZ, for its acronym in Russian).
According to press reports from that countryBetween July and August of this year, the manufacturer will begin to assemble the SKD model in Havana after negotiations with representatives of the Ulyanovsk automobile plant and Cuban companies, which have not been identified.
The Cuban side was mainly interested in UAZ Profi pickup trucks and ambulances based on the UAZ Loaf model, a model that has been used as a military vehicle.
The aforementioned report ensures that this business is a tangible result of the XX meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Commercial, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba, held in Havana a week ago.
During bilateral meetingsBoris Titov, who is in charge of the Russia-Cuba Business Council, announced the creation of service centers for the repair and maintenance of these cars on the island.
Since its creation in 1941, the plant has produced more than 4.6 million cars. They are also dedicated to the manufacture of motorcycles and other vehicles such as buses and some truck models. although his specialty is off-road campers and military transports.
With the launch of the UAZ-469 (and its modifications) the firm has earned a reputation for building a number of highly reliable and capable vehicles, in 4×4 drive variants. This has made its popularity very high among fans worldwide of off-road type vehicles.
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