Renault Russia (Рено Россия), known until 2014 as Avtoframos ,[2] was a Russian automotive company established in 1998 by the Moscow city and Renault. It was a wholly owned Renault subsidiary from 2012 onwards. The company has gone defunct in May 2022 as its assets were acquired by the Moscow city government.
History
In July 1998, the then Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Valery Shantsev, and a representative from Renault signed an agreement to create an automotive joint venture,[3] based on an old OAO Moskvitch facility.[4] Renault and the city of Moscow owned equally the new company. The car assembly started in April 1999.[3] By 2005, the plant was at full production and in 2010 its capacity was doubled to 160,000 cars per year.[4]