‘At the close of the tender, Ford short-listed two companies that may become the car manufacturer’s Yekaterinburg-based dealers, with show rooms in the eastern and the northern parts of the city,’ Ford Motor Company’s PR Director Ekaterina Kulinenko said to an UrBC reporter.

At the moment, Ford only has one official dealer in Yekaterinburg, that is, Avtoland Holding.

‘We’ve already signed a protocol of intent with Okami, so now we are negotiating for a dealer contract. As for Avtosan, our talks are focused on the protocol of intent for the time being,’ Ms Kulinenko added.