Sales of Hyundai grew thanks to foreign plants
Meanwhile, in the house market for Hyundai decline in demand for cars is observed: in comparison with July of last year the market fell practically to 10%. Also export of the Korean cars was reduced also, but sales of cars made at foreign plants increased by 13,4%.
As earlier I reported Kolesa.Ru portal, in the I half-year 2012 automobile plants of Petersburg and the Leningrad region released 242 200 cars that for 64% (or on 95 100 cars) it is more, than for the similar period of 2011. The leader on output of cars in the region still there is Hyundai. 46% of total production fall to the share of the Korean car maker.
It agrees to the plans declared earlier, five automobile plants of Petersburg and the Leningrad region following the results of 2012 will make about 475 000 cars that is 32% more than indicators of 2011. In total on automobile works of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region 12 models of cars, from them six - Solaris, Focus, Rio, Astra are issued, Cruze and Camry following the results of the first half of the year 2012 entered in top-25 the most sold models of a car in Russia.