According to the head of the Avtostat agency Sergey Tselikov with reference to information about the EPTS received, the number of EXEED cars produced at the plant in Esipovo Moscow Region, “is approaching 15 thousand.” The company, previously owned by Mercedes-Benz, is now operating under the sign of the “automobile plant of the Moscow region” (amasis), and the cars are produced under the new ESTO brand.
The plant in Esipovo was commissioned in 2019, and until the spring of 2022 several Mercedes-Benz models were produced there. After the start, the assembly was paused, and later the German concern completely left the Russian market, transferring the company to the Avtodom dealer holding. The new owner restarted production, while for obvious reasons, he did not officially announce which Chinese brand helped the plant from downtime. However, this is known: premium exed.
New details have appeared on the production of Exeeed RX and VX in Russia at the former Mercedes-Benz plant launch the production of new ESTEO brand cars in the premium segment of the Russian auto market, the leader has been called the start of sales of the new Exlantix brand in the Russian market
In February 2025, in the Rosstandart database, Otts appeared on the EXEED LX, TXL and RX model under the new ESTO brand. And in March, the “Automobile Plant of the Moscow Region” received the EAEU declaration for hybrid modifications of RX and VX. In total, eight unnamed models under their own brand appeared in the production plans of the enterprise. The plant itself is designed to produce 30 thousand cars a year.
Meanwhile, all four crossovers are already sold in Russia – they are carried from China. The most affordable of them is LX, it costs from 2.29 million rubles, taking into account discounts. The step above costs TXL with a starting price of 3.48 million rubles, followed by RX (from 4.15 million rubles), well, and the most expensive, VX, is estimated at 5.09 million.
According to the results of 2024, EXEED sold over 40.8 thousand new cars in Russia, which is three percent less than in 2023. At the end of last year, the EXEED brand was a leader in the premium segment of the Russian car market, in January 2025 he lost this title Tank, but already returned it back in February. According to Avtostat, in the last winter month, the Russians bought 1442 EXEED crossovers.
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