Moskvich 8 was waiting in February, but its launch was postponed

Thus claims Rossiyskaya Gazeta, which talked with the director of retail sales Avilon Ilya Petrov. According to him, the exact dates for the entry into the salons of the new Moskvich model are still unknown, and, according to the latest data, this may not happen in February, as expected, but in the spring. The press service of the Muscovite for the newspaper said they could not say when the debit of the model would take place.

At the end of 2024, Moskvich said that the launch of the model with index 8 was scheduled for the first quarter of 2025 (January-March), later in a conversation with TASS, the representative of the brand clarified that we are talking about February. February has come, but dealers officially selling Muscovites are difficult to name the delivery time and talk about spring – apparently, a three -row crossover should wait in March.

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Moskvich 8 will be the largest model in the brand line. The basis, as in the case of other Moskvich cars, took the Chinese JAC, namely X8 Plus. Its length is 4.82 meters, the width is 1.87 meters, the height is 1.76 meters, and the distance between the axes is 2.83 meters. The salon is designed for seven seats, it has a digital dashboard, a 12.3-inch screen of a multimedia system and a wireless charging compartment. Also, the equipment includes chambers of a circular review.

The novelty, which is already collected at the capacities of the metropolitan factory, previously belonged to Renault, is offered with a 1.5-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 174 horsepower (300 Nm)-10 forces less than that of the Chinese “donor”. The motor works in tandem with a robotic gearbox, only the front drive.

Previously, dealers voiced the estimated price range: from 2.8 to three million rubles. Thus, Geely Coolray, Changan CS55 Plus, Omoda C5 and Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Max will be competitors of the Moskvich 8 in the price segment. They are all five -seater.

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