Azerbaijan, Baku, 4 July / Trend corr E.Ismayilov/ "YenimotoR LLC plans to sell 515 Honda cars in Azerbaijan by the end of this year," Director of YenimotoR Elchin Asadov said at the opening ceremony of a new Honda trade & service centre in Azerbaijan on 4 July. "YenimotoR is the official and the only distributor of Honda Motors Co in Azerbaijan.
YenimotoR is a new company, which was established after signing of a contract with Honda Motors Co. The founder of the company is Baku Investment Company. Capital investment in the project comprised about AZN 20mln.
According to Asadov, the new centre employed ablaut 60 people. The centre covers about 9,000 sq m. Thirty cars may be serviced simultaneously at the centre. "Our task is to create a dealer network in a very short period. We plan to create dealer centres in all regions by the end of next year," said Asadov. He said Honda centres will be opened in Ganja by the end of this year and in Lankaran and Guba in next year.
Honda centre sells Civic, Accord and CR-V models. "We will put Pilot for sale by the end of the year and Jazz a bit later," said Asadov. The cars cost between AZN 19,500 and AZN 30,600.
"We also plan to sell and service Honda motorcycles," said Asadov.
Honda sells mainly Accord model in Azerbaijan. "I think namely this model is important," Sales Manager of Honda Motors Co. for Middle East and Africa Masahiro Matsushito said at the ceremony on 4 July.
"The models to be sold in Azerbaijan are economic in terms of fuel consumption," Matsushito said. The new centre in Azerbaijan is one of the best ones in the Middle East, Africa and Continental Europe.
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