Automotiv_September

Monthly automotive aftermarket magazine
Putin’s new luxurious car
unveiled at Moscow auto show
A new Russian-made luxury presidential car was
presented at the Moscow International Auto Salon (MIAS).
Russian Minister of Industry and
Trade Denis Manturov and Aurus
Chief Executive Franz Gerhard
Hilgert unveiled the Aurus Senat
sedan, which will also have a
limousine modification.
The Senat is part of the Kortezh
series, which includes a sedan, a
limousine, a minivan and an offroad
vehicle. Kortezh vehicles are
expected to cost 10 million rubles
($147,000) each. Aurus also aims
to start the serial production of
fully electric motorbikes not earlier
than 2020.
According to Manturov, Middle
Eastern countries will be the
first ones to import Aurus cars,
particularly the United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
"In 2021, we will have a new
structure, we will be ready to
increase the production of our
cars to 5,000 units. We will be
able to meet the global demand
for these cars," Hilgert said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
used an Aurus Senat armored
limousine for his presidential
inauguration in May.
Stricter automobile emission
tests come into force across EU
Elzbieta Bienkowska,
EU Industry Commissioner
Stricter emissions tests for all new
cars in the European Union went
into force.
It comes in response to the 2015
Volkswagen emission scandal, in
which some of its diesel cars were
rigged to fool tests while actually
emitting illegal levels of fumes in
real driving situations.
The new controls are part of the
Worldwide Harmonised Light
Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP).
They are designed to measure
emissions using real driving data,
rather than a theoretical driving
profile, which was the basis for
previous tests, the EU said.
The EU's roll-out of WLTP began
one year ago, affecting all
car models that were being
introduced to the market for the
first time.
The rules apply to every new car
for sale.
"In the last three years since the
emissions scandal broke out,
we've cardinally changed the rules
of the game to prevent emissions
cheating, protect our public
health and the environment,
and boost our industry's
global competitiveness," EU
Industry Commissioner Elzbieta
Bienkowska said in a statement.
82 SEPTEMBER 2018