Chongqing Lifan Industry has started work on an assembly plant in Russia’s western state of Lipetsk Oblast. Initially it will assemble up to 60,000 Lifan cars a year from complete knockdown (CKD) kits imported from China, the company said in a statement. Production is scheduled to begin late 2017 or early 2018.
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