Sales of Russia's first hardtop pickup truck will begin in the summer

The first deliveries of Oting Palasso hardtop pickups to the Russian market are expected at the end of June 2025. This was reported on May 14 by the Telegram channel "Chinese Cars" with reference to the brand's press service.

Prices for Oting Palasso were officially announced back in February. In a modification with a manual transmission, the car will cost from 4 million rubles, and with an automatic transmission — from 4.34 million rubles. The Sinomach Auto concern announced that this hardtop pickup truck will be the first with a factory hardtop in its segment on the Russian market.

The framed Oting Palasso is a version of the Nissan Navara adapted for the Russian market. The dimensions of the car are 5277 mm in length, 1864 mm in width and 1989 mm in height. A Mitsubishi 4K31 2.0 Japanese gasoline turbo engine (218 hp; 360 Nm) is installed under the hood. The car has a Part-Time all-wheel drive and a chassis with rear suspension on springs. Independent spring suspension on double wishbones at the front.

The first model of the Oting brand, the Paladin frame SUV, entered the Russian market at the end of February last year. The Paladin is manufactured at the Zhengzhou Nissan plant (a joint venture between Japanese Nissan and Chinese Dongfeng), and a distribution agreement has been signed with it for five years.

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On March 26, it became known that Sinomach Auto Concern signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lixiang (Li Auto) and began forming a dealer network in Russia. Three models will enter the market — the L6, L7 and L9 crossovers. Sales will begin at the end of May.

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