The production of passenger cars fell by 14% in Feb 2022

According to Rosstat, for the first two months of 2022, 203,000 cars rolled off Russian assembly lines, which is 7.2% lower than in the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, 107.9 thousand cars were produced in February, which is 13.8% lower than a year before. It is worth noting that LADA Izhevsk plant began the production of the updated LADA Vesta the previous month. And Avtotor started the assembly of the fifth-generation Kia Sportage crossover.

The production of trucks in Jan-Feb was 26.1 thousand units, which is 26.9% higher than the figure for the same period of the previous year. Last month, 17.5 thousand trucks rolled off Russian conveyors, which is 16.6% higher than a year before. It should be noted that in February KAMAZ increased the production by 12.4%, having produced 4,052 vehicle sets.