AvtoNovostiDnya.- The serial production of the Russian luxury Aurus Komendant SUV will start at the Elabuga plant in Tatarstan by the end of 2022. The relevant statement has been made by the head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Commerce Denis Manturov during the government hour in the State Duma.
“We have launched production of the sedan model in Elabuga this year. The production of the SUV will also commence at the same site until the end of 2022. The heavy special versions will remain at our NAMI enterprise, in a specialised institute” – Denis Manturov said.
The Komendat is expected to be absolutely identical to the Senat sedan in terms of technical features, in which case the SUV will receive a similar tunable suspension with different driving modes, four-wheel drive and a hybrid power plant with a capacity of 600 hp, consisting of a 4.4-litre V8 gasoline turbo engine and a nine-speed automatic KATE with a built-in electric engine.
NAMI patented the appearance of the serial version of the Aurus Komendant a year ago and the images that appeared in Rospatent once again proved that the commercial model will almost completely repeat its prototypes registered by NAMI in 2016-2017.
