OREANDA-NEWS. July 27, 2012. Car sales of SOLLERS Group represented by UAZ, SsangYong and ISUZU brands for the first six months of 2012 were 46 846  units. This exceeds the result of the same period of 2011 by 23%, when 37 946 cars of the named brands were sold.

In particular, SsangYong car sales increased by 63% summarizing the results of six months of this year and were 14 877 as compared to 9 107 units in 2011. These figures prove that SsangYong brand is gaining ground in the Russian market and that buyers are showing interest in newcomers of this year (i.e. popular Actyon crossover with petrol engine and renewed Actyon Sports pickup.)

A stable demand was observed for UAZ vehicles. The sales of off-roaders increased by 14%: for the first six months of 2012 it was sold 31 647 units, including 3,725 units for export sales, while in 2011 the overall UAZ sales were 27 650 units.

ISUZU trucks sales from January to June were 322 units. We remind that in May 2012 SOLLERS and ISUZU Motors Limited signed an agreement about resuming of manufacturing of N-Series trucks at Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant.