Production of passenger cars fell by 30% in August

According to Rosstat, 706 thousand passenger cars rolled off Russian conveyors for eight months of 2020, which is lower by 30.1% than in the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, 83 thousand cars were produced in August, which is lower by 30% than a year before.

It should be noted that Kaliningrad-based Avtotor began the production of the fourth-generation mid-size crossover Sorento in the previous month. And AVTOVAZ launched the release of a new version of the compact station wagon LADA Granta Cross in a special version of Quest. Meanwhile, in August the Russian plants Renault, Volkswagen and Haval suspended their conveyors during the summer holidays. In addition, Mazda Sollers enterprise returned to a five-day operation. And at AVTOVAZ, due to the growth of orders in August and September, additional work shifts were introduced.

The production of trucks in January-August reached 76.9 thousand units, which is lower by 19% than in the same period of the previous year. In the previous month, 12.4 thousand trucks rolled off Russian conveyors, which is lower by 4.2% than a year before. It is worth noting that KAMAZ suspended the production in August for the duration of a two-week corporate vacation.