The UZ-Daewoo brand has been relaunched in Russia as Ravon. At the moment they are offered Matiz and Gentra, but for next year will have a family of five products. Later will come the big SUVs and sedans.
L to South Korean brand Daewoo which in 2002 was absorbed by General Motors several years ceased to be offered in key global markets, although the brand is still held in their country of origin, as well as Vietnam, Russia other markets of former Soviet republics.
But the South Korean firm said its cars will bear the emblem of Daewoo because cars instead used the logo of the new brand Ravon. Its range of models will be made by Matiz, Nexia and Gentra , the first one based on the first-generation Chevrolet Spark, a model that also was previously marketed under the Daewoo brand.
Ravon Russia aspires to dominate the economy segment and reach 5% share by 2020.
Moreover will the Gentra is nothing more than an evolution of Daewoo Nubira, plus Nexia which is based on the Chevrolet Aveo is currently offered in Mexico and South America.
also announced the new Ravon R4 , based on the Chevrolet Cobalt product and the Ravon R2 , which takes as its basis the Chevrolet Spark third generation.
The first to have arrived on the market are Matiz and Gentra , for which one has been changes in the emblems. Next year will be launched Nexia based on the Aveo and a little later will the R2 based on the Spark, equipped with a 1.2-liter engine and automatic transmission, while R4 is expected to receive a 1.5-liter unit.
Based on Uzbekistan the main market for its products will be the Russian, where UZ-Daewoo when it has successfully placed 300,000 units of its vehicles.
Ravon projections indicate that by 2020 aim to achieve a 5% share of the Russian market, so your family will not be limited to five models, but instead also have some large sedan and a SUV , so the models that sound like possible candidates are Chevrolet Malibu and Captiva Orlano . But also they aspire to become within three years in segment leaders economic Russia.
At the moment only it was reported that Matiz and Gentra retain the same prices as their counterparts from Daewoo. The Ravon Matiz is equipped with an engine of 0.8-liter 52-horsepower 0.8-liter manual transmission of five marches and marketed to 299,000 rubles, that is the equivalent of $ 4,860 at current rates.
The Ravon Gentra while I possess an engine of 1.5 liters and 107 horsepower , combined with a manual or automatic six relations na and has a rate of 419,000 rubles, which is equivalent to $ 6,815 .
The specifications and prices of the new models have not yet been announced, which will have to wait until its release date approaches. Nothing Ravon has not announced plans to expand into other markets.
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