What is "avtotor"

Avtotor is an automobile manufacturing company located in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It was created in 1996, it was one of the largest producers and assemblers of cars by 2008, including brands like BMW, Chevrolet, Hummer, and Kia.

In 2006, it was ranked 69th in Forbes magazine's list of the 200 largest private companies in Russia. The company's revenue for 2011 was reported to be approximately 4 billion euros and it was said, in 2016, to employ 3,500.