Tatarstan President looks around bus made based on KAMAZ chassis in Bogota
5 November 2014, Wednesday
On November 5, during his working visit to Colombia, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov looked around a bus assembled in Colombia based on KAMAZ chassis. Tatarstan President got into the driver's cabin, where Director General of KAMAZ Automobile Corporation Sergey Kogogin made a presentation for him and other Tatarstan delegates.
Passenger buses manufactured on KAMAZ chassis are assembled in Colombia at the Busscar factory in Pereira. They are equipped with Euro 3 system and have a seating capacity of 32 passengers. During the last 18 months the Busscar factory manufactured 420 buses. Buses for long-distance travelling are equipped with an air conditioner. Buses based on KAMAZ chassis are produced for the Venezuelan market as well.
For information: The produce of OAO “KAMAZ" has been delivered to Colombia since the early 1990s and over 200 KAMAZ trucks have been exported to this country since 2008.
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