Cuba and Russia signed the agreement for the assembly and sustainability of vehicles of the UAZ brand since June 2024.
Arequipa, Peru – The Russian company Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (UAZ) delivered the first batch of SUVs Uaz Patriot vehicles, assembled through kits in a Cuba plant.
“They were delivered to the client,” he announced The Russian Embassy In Habanas in Specify the car receiver.
The announcement, shared on Facebook and replicated by the state media Cubadebatesays that vehicles made on the island are “adapted to the climatic and road conditions of the region.”
“The large -scale UAZ UAZ assembly began in Cuba in April in the framework of the visit to Cuba of the vice president of the Government of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Chernyshenko, who participated in the launch ceremony of the first UAZ UAZ Ensablado in Cuba,” recalls the publication.
Soon the delivery of another model will also begin, the UAZ Pickup. Representatives of the Russian producer estimated that the production capacity of the line will reach 500 vehicles annually.
The Comprehensive Automotive Services Company (EISA) of Cuba and the Russian company Echo-Export SRL signed the agreement for the assembly and sustainability of vehicles of the UAZ brand from June 2024. This agreement also includes the recovery of UAZ cars that have been in use in Cuba for decades.
The engineer Miguel Ángel Pedroso Madin, Business Director of EISA, commented then that the agreement would have a focus on two initial phases. In the first stage, Patriot and Pickup models would be worked while, in the second phase, the assembly of Light loading vehicles of the Profi brand is expected, with the aim of replacing imports and improving transport on the island.
In addition, it was planned to transform pickup cars for specific services, such as Funeral carswhose lack is currently “one of the main problems associated with the sector”, according to Pedroso Madin.
Danilo Gómez Céspedes, a specialist at Echo-Export SRL, said that SUVs UAZ vehicles have been known in the Cuban market for decades. However, many of these vehicles, such as classic UAZ 452 models, popularly known as “guasabita”, need restoration and modernization.
According to Sputnikhe Ministry of Transportation (Mitrans) De Cuba requested the use of this version as ambulance and for the transfer of medicines to difficult access areas.
