St. Petersburg Hyundai plant has produced more than 2.1 million vehicles for 10 years

For 10 years, more than 2.1 million vehicles have left the assembly line of Hyundai Motor plant in St. Petersburg, the press service of Hyundai Motor CIS reported. The total investment in the construction and development of the enterprise exceeds $ 1 billion.

At present, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus produces Hyundai Solaris sedan and Creta crossover, KIA Rio sedan and Rio X-Line cross-hatchback. As AUTOSTAT previously reported, the construction of Russian plant for the production of Hyundai WIA engines has begun in St. Petersburg. The enterprise is located in close proximity to the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus car plant. The production line of the new facility will be launched in October of 2021. Investments in the construction of the engine plant will be about 13.1 billion rubles. The enterprise will produce 1.6-liter Gamma I engines with a continuous variable valve timing system. Thanks to the opening of a new plant, the company will be able to increase the level of localization and switch to the installation of Russian-made engines at the end of next year.

At the moment, cars produced by the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus plant are equipped with engines from Hyundai WIA, supplied by import. In addition, the plant under construction will lay the foundation for the company's entry into the European engine market. At the first stage of work, Hyundai WIA Rus plant plans to produce 240 thousand engines per a year, working in two production shifts. In the future, the plant's capacity may increase to 330 thousand engines per a year.