Sollers - Naberezhnye Chelny

Sollers - Naberezhnye Chelny is a car plant of the Sollers JSC group located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia.[1] It was formerly a carmaking company known as ZMA and produced the Oka micro-car under VAZ license.

Since 2015 the plant manufactures a Ford Fiesta sedan variant and Ford EcoSport on behalf of the Ford Sollers joint venture.[2]

History

ZMA (Завод малолитражных автомобилей (ЗМА), Zavod Malolitrajnykh Avtomobileï, "plant of small displacement engine cars") was a Russian manufacturer of small cars. It was created on the basis of Decree No. 575 of 21 June 1985 the Council of Ministers of the USSR, as a standalone company, a subsidiary of KamAZ. Its headquarters are in Naberezhnye Chelny (Tatarstan). The plant construction was completed in November 1987 and the first car - a 1111-КамАЗ "Кама" came off the assembly line Dec. 21, 1987.

The company was purchased in March 2005 by Severstal-Avto who decided to stop production of old models and convert the company into the assembly and production of cars on behalf of foreign automakers.

Models

Current

Discontinued

  • Oka (1992–2006)
  • Fiat Palio (CKD, since spring 2007 to December 2010)
  • Fiat Albea (CKD, since spring 2007 to December 2010)
  • Fiat Doblò (CKD, since spring 2007 to December 2010)

See also

References

  1. Sollers - Naberezhnye Chelny Sollers-auto.com, retrieved 27 May 2017^
  2. Naberezhnye Chelny plant - Tatarstan plants Fordsollers.com, retrieved 27 May 2017^