Production of cars fell by 12% in February

According to the Federal State Statistics Service, for the first two months of 2020, 212 thousand cars left the Russian conveyors, which is lower by 14.1% than the figure for the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, 117.9 thousand cars were produced in February, which is lower by 12% than a year before.

It is worth noting that the St. Petersburg Hyundai plant began the production of the updated Solaris sedan, which has become a 2 millionth car since the company was opened in January of 2011.

In addition, the Ulyanovsk car plant resumed the production of cars, which was suspended in connection with the annual inventory and the implementation of the complex of repair and maintenance work that took place at the enterprise on January 9th.

The production of trucks in January-February reached 14.1 thousand units, which is lower by 13.7% than the figure for the same period of the previous year. Last month, 10.4 thousand trucks left the Russian conveyors - this is lower by 14.3% than a year before.