Yarovit Motors

This article is about Russian truck manufacturer. For Slavic god, see Yarovit.
Yarovit Motors
Company typeJoint Stock Company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2003; 21 years ago (2003)
HeadquartersSaint Petersburg, Russia
Key people
Andrey Biryukov
ProductsHeavy road vehicles
Offroad vehicles

CJSC Yarovit Motors (‹See Tfd›Russian: Яровит Моторс, "spring") was a St. Petersburg, Russia company engaged in the SKD assembly and modification of trucks and road tractors road vehicles of the Dutch truck company Terberg. JSC "YAROVIT MOTORS" was created in 2003 when Yarovit Holdings purchased the former Leningrad Metal Plant.[1]

In Russia, Yarovit vehicles are positioned as a multi-axle-highway trucks and cargo capacity for the transport of goods in difficult road and weather conditions. YAROVIT trucks belong to classes 6 and 7 trucks with gross vehicle weight from 20.0 to 40.0 tons and more than 40 tons, respectively.

According to the classification of vehicles, adopted by the UNECE Regulations trucks, YAROVITs belongs to the category N3 - vehicles, which include trucks, cars, tractors, special vehicles with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 12 tonnes.

According to the classification of trucks, adopted by the United States, the car belongs to a class of heavy trucks (Heavy Duty), with a gross weight of more than 15 tons.

In 2007 only 20 trucks were assembled an in 2008 only 19 units, although the capabilities of the enterprise itself made it possible to assemble up to 500 trucks per year.[2]

In September 2014, a bankruptcy petition was filed for the plant and production ceased.[2] In 2018 an investigation into billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov was launched.[3]

  1. ^ "О подразделении -". www.yarovit.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-21.
  2. ^ a b "История Яровит". nashi-avto.ru.
  3. ^ "Против несостоявшихся создателей «Ё-мобиля» возбуждено уголовное дело. Топ-менеджмент «Яровит Моторс» подозревают в преднамеренном банкротстве". ФОНТАНКА.ру - новости Санкт-Петербурга. July 28, 2018.