by In russia, it’s another “great return of a legend” – now it’s the Volga’s turn. Yes, that very one. However, the only thing from the old Volga will likely be the badge – because under the hood and the body will be… a Chinese Geely.
They say the assembly line in Nizhny Novgorod might start producing the Geely Emgrand or the Monjaro crossover – and call them the “new Volgas.” Well, it sounds logical: after all, even the “Moskvich” cars are now purely Chinese, and everything else that (conditionally) moves on wheels across the vastness of the “great country” is either assembled from Chinese parts or imported directly from China.
The irony is that every new “domestic” project in the russian auto industry resembles another rebranding – their own logo, but everything else is Made in China. Well, the “Volga” brand is still remembered – why not stick it on a Geely and pass it off as another achievement of import substitution?
It seems the next step will be a “Lada” based on a Xiaomi, with access via a QR code from Aliexpress instead of a key.
