In Russia, Hongqi vehicles will be manufactured

Rumors about the localization of cars of the Chinese premium markes have been going on for more than a year, and it was reported that they would not be produced under their own brand, but under the Aurus nameplate. According to new data from an unnamed source of WAVTOBUSTY, work on the project is going on. Partners who will help the FAW Chinese concern to launch the Hongqi assembly in the Russian Federation will be KAMAZ, one of the structures of Gazprom and FSUE by us.

According to the preliminary agreement, the Hongqi assembly is organized at the former Toyota plant near St. Petersburg, renamed Shushary-Auto LLC. However, according to the source, FAW “shows caution” due to sanctions, and “can roll back” if it feels a danger. Interestingly, the Shushars Auto recently hid information about the owner from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Unified State Register of Legal Entities). Previously, FSUE was indicated there.

At the ex-Toyota, where Camry and Rav4 were collected until 2022, they planned to produce the Russian E-Neva electric car. Recently it became known that the project is frozen-this was confirmed by the first deputy prime minister of Russia Denis Manturov. So the site is free.

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The possible localization of Hongqi production in Russia has been talked since 2023. In May 2025, the Hongqi Executive Director in Russia Ivan Savelyev said that the company is looking for a plant for a local “registration”. He added that localization is a “logical stage in the development of a foreign automobile brand”, the demand for the products of which is growing.

What exactly Hongqi models will be localized and change the nameplate to Aurus is still unclear. A year ago, insiders talked about the model “approximately in the Camry format”. In the Russian line of Hongqi, for example, there is a five-meter H5 sedan, and recently the H6 D-class liftback joined it.

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