Russian President Vladimir Putin, via a televised bridge, launched on Monday in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan the serial production of luxury Russian cars of the “Urus Senat” brand.
The first “Urus Senat” cars are scheduled to be delivered in June 2021, and the price of one car starts from 18 million rubles (about 245 thousand dollars).
During the inauguration ceremony, future projects for the production of “Urus” cars were announced. The design of a new updated version of “Urus Senat” was started, which is scheduled to be ready in 2024.
Next year 2022, the production of an SUV of this brand, “Urus Commandant”, will be launched.
The car “Urus Senat” is now sold only in Moscow, but it is planned to open sales centers in the cities of Sochi, Kazan and Yekaterinburg, and it is also planned to launch sales in China and Western Europe.
The Urus is one of the early adopters of the Cortege project (the motorcade) to design and produce a family of luxury cars that includes limousines, sedans and minivans for senior officials in Russia, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Under the brand “Urus”.
The “Cortige” project was launched on behalf of President Putin in 2012, whereby industrial institutions, led by the Russian Research Institute of Automobiles and Engines, were tasked with securing the cars needed to serve the government and the Kremlin, replacing them with foreign counterparts, and then marketing them in countries of the world.
Source: Novosti