Production of passenger cars grew by 5% in October

According to Rosstat, 995 thousand passenger cars rolled off Russian conveyors for ten months of 2020, which is lower by 22.5% than in the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, 147 thousand cars were produced in October, which is higher by 5.4% than a year before. It is worth noting that the Kaliningrad-based Avtotor in the previous month began the production of Hyundai Sonata business sedan in a full cycle mode. And at the facilities of the Gorky Automobile Plant, the production of Skoda Octavia liftback of the fourth generation started. In addition, Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant returned to the five-day operating mode. The production of trucks in January-October was 108 thousand units, which is lower by 13.9% than in the same period of the previous year. Last month, 16.6 thousand trucks rolled off Russian conveyors, which is higher by 3.1% than a year before. It is worth noting that Sollers Ford plant in Yelabuga returned to a five-day operation.