In 2008 Sollers increased the sales of cars by 28%

On totals of 2008, the total sales of cars of makes UAZ, Fiat, SSangYong and Isuzu grew by 28% to 128, 2 thsd units. The positive dynamics, comparing with 2007, was showed by all brands, represented by the company Sollers at the Russian market. So, the realization of passenger cars Fiat grew on 80% and constituted 27, 6 thsd units. Besides, last year there were sold 5, 3 thsd of commercial cars Fiat Ducato, whose output started at the end of May of the last year in SEZ �Alabuga�. The sales of trucks Isuzu also grew more than in two times � from 2, 4 to 5, 2 thsd units. Their production started in SEZ �Alabuga� last year. The volumes of sales of cars SsangYong grew more than in 1, 5 times: in total, in 2008 there was sold 17, 4 thsd of Korean SUV cars (compare: 11, 2 thsd units a year before).
The sales of Ulyanovskij cars factory also showed increase in 2, 3% on totals of the last year � from 70, 7 thsd cars in 2007 to 72, 3 thsd units on totals of the last year.
As it was reported by the general director of Sollers Vadim Shvetsov, the key factor that has determined the growth of sales in 2008, was a successful realization of productive projects of the company: the achievement of planned capacities and of rates of production of SUV SSangYong and passenger cars Fiat, the start of output of commercial cars Fiat Ducato, the start of sales of a new model UAZ Pickup.