The TagAZ company
The TagAZ company is the large Russian producer of cars. The main plant is located in the city of Taganrog. The enterprise began the work quite recently – in 1998. It was planned that its capacities have to cope with production of 180000 cars in a year. The beginning of collaboration with the Korean concern Hyundai became the first significant step in development of this brand. The first Hyundai Accent cars which the world saw in 2001 became result of cooperation. 3 years later the company mastered production of a sedan of a business class of Hyundai Sonata. In 2007 release of the Hyundai Santa Fe Classic crossover, and in a year - Hyundai Elantra XD, the S-class sedan begins. Besides, the direction of production of commercial cars gradually developed. Today the range of the cars made at plant extended even more. TagAZ still collects some Hyundai models, and also "own" models of SUVs and cars which are also license and earlier were issued in Korea under the SsangYong brand and in China under the name of Chery.