The Aurus Komendant is a
luxury SUV produced by Russian automaker
Aurus Motors and developed by
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in
Moscow, Russia. It is named after the name of the Komendantskaya Tower of the
Moscow Kremlin
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. The Komendant is part of the
Kortezh
Aurus Motors (Russian language, Russian: ''Аурус Моторс'') is a Russian luxury automobile company founded in 2018, originally strictly as a Russian motorcade vehicle brand until 2021 when the company's first civilian model, the Aurus ...
series of luxury vehicles, which includes the
Senat limousine and the
Arsenal
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minivan.
History
Production was planned for the end of 2020; later these plans were postponed to 2022 and later 2023.
The official plan for year 2023 for the SUV is 200 cars.
The name of the model was chosen after the name of the Commandant's Tower of the Moscow Kremlin.
Design
The car's appearance has been compared to that of the
Rolls-Royce Cullinan, with tail lights comparable to the
Bentley Bentayga's.
Characteristic
The dimensions of the car are 5380 × 2004 × 1820 mm, the
wheelbase is 3100 mm. Weight — 3.2 tons.
The standard
clearance is 230 mm. There is an adaptive suspension that allows you to change the ground clearance in the range from 200 to 260 mm, including on the move.
It is planned to install a hybrid power plant on the car, consisting of an eight-cylinder 4.4-liter gasoline engine with a turbine (power 598
hp, torque 880 Nm), a compact electric motor and an automatic transmission with 9 stages. The battery of the hybrid power plant is placed above the rear axle in order to optimize weight distribution. The power plant provides acceleration to 100 km/h in 6.5 seconds.
References
External links
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Aurus Motors
Aurus vehicles
Cars introduced in 2022
Hybrid electric cars
Luxury sport utility vehicles
Cars of Russia
All-wheel-drive vehicles