General Motors Russia has officially announced that new Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade will be manufactured at the plant in St. Petersburg. It is planned to start the production in early 2015.
Official dealers are already accepting preliminary orders for the new Chevrolet Tahoe. The car has a modernized V8 6.2-liter (400 hp) engine of the previous model, 6-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. It costs 2,8 million rubles. The price of the Escalade hasn’t been announced yet.
The General Motors plant in St. Petersburg produced 67 thousand cars last year. Complete production cycle of the Chevrolet Cruze and the Opel Astra is carried out there. Besides, SKD assembly is applied to manufacture the Chevrolet TrailBlazer sport-utility vehicle. As for the Tahoe and the Escalade of the previous generation, they were also assembled in Russia – by the Avtotor company in Kaliningrad.
