ChechenAvto () () is a Chechen automobile manufacturer based in
Argun, Chechen Republic. The Company was originally established as a machine-building plant in 1960 and its acquired its current status in 2008. It was known as Pishchemash until 1991, and was part of the
Malyshev Factory
The Malyshev Factory (; abbreviated ), formerly the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (, ), is a state-owned manufacturer of heavy equipment in Kharkiv, Ukraine. It was named after the Soviet politician Vyacheslav Malyshev. The factory is part of the s ...
industrial group.
The first vehicles came out of the plant in 2009, but it was closed the following year for modernization, with production resuming in 2011.
The yearly output was initially projected at 50,000 vehicles,
but only 6,700 cars were produced in 2016. In 2014 it was reported that cars produced in the plant have a poor reputation for quality, which is said to be lower compared to
AvtoVAZ
AvtoVAZ ( rus, АвтоВАЗ, p=ɐftɐˈvas) is a Russian automobile manufacturing company owned by the state. It was formerly named as VAZ (), an acronym for Volga Automotive Plant in Russian (). AvtoVAZ is best known for its flagship series of ...
cars manufactured elsewhere.
Production
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Lada Priora
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Lada Granta
The Lada Granta () is a subcompact car developed by Russian automaker AvtoVAZ in collaboration with Renault, based on the Lada Kalina platform. Mass sales started in Russia on 1 December 2011.
Additional production at the Izhevsk plant began i ...
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Chaborz M-3 military buggy
References
External links
Official website(archive)
Motor vehicle assembly plants in Russia
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1960
Companies based in Chechnya
Government-owned companies of Russia
1960 establishments in the Soviet Union
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