OREANDA-NEWS. Ford Sollers Company does not anticipate a quick recovery of the Russian car market, although it believed that the market by the most optimistic forecasts can be stabilized in 2016 at a level of 1.3-1.5 million cars.

"Of course, it will depend heavily on the government support measures and the external economic situation. Ford Sollers believes in the long-term recovery and development of the Russian automotive market and our plan for 2016 remains unchanged: we will continue to update our product range to the needs of Russian customers and put all our efforts to work on location to ensure the stability of the business in the long term, by focusing on the profitability and efficiency of our operations. We are constantly exploring new opportunities for improvement / development of business, such as exports, "- informed the press service of Ford Sollers.

As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", for eleven months of 2015, Russian Ford dealers sold 34,077 cars - less by 40% than the year before. "Despite the external economic difficulties, with which the industry has faced this year, we are satisfied with the results of Ford Sollers, reached in 2015, - informed the press service of the company. – “We have completed all projects with a total investment of $ 1.5 billion that were set in the business plan of the joint venture, including the start of production of five new models of Ford, the launch of a completely new engine plant, the investment in which were 275 million dollars, and the completion of another stage of localization with 300 localized components".