Production of passenger cars fell by 18% in 2020

According to Rosstat, 1 million 259 thousand passenger cars rolled off Russian conveyors in 2020, which is lower by 17.5% than a year before. We will remind, the automotive industry enterprises massively suspended the production as a part of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the spring. It should be noted that automakers continued to update and expand the model range of the Russian assembly the last year (KIA Seltos, XCeed and K5, Haval H5, Mazda CX-30, new generations of Skoda Rapid and Octavia, Volkswagen Polo, BMW X6, KIA Sorento and Mohave, as well as updated Hyundai Solaris and Creta, KIA Rio and KIA Rio X, LADA Niva Travel, etc.) Meanwhile, Nissan completed the production of Datsun cars in Russia, which was carried out at the facilities of AVTOVAZ, in connection with the withdrawal of the brand from the Russian market. We also add that the St. Petersburg plant Hyundai remains the leader in terms of assembly of foreign cars by the end of 2020, which produced more than 219 thousand cars (-10%).