OREANDA-NEWS. St. Petersburg plant Hyundai Motor for the first nine months of 2015 has produced 164,820 cars Hyundai Solaris and Kia Rio, which is less by 4.6% than a year ago. According to the company, despite the difficult situation in the Russian car market, throughout the year the plant works steadily, 5 days a week in 3 shifts of non-stop production and staff cuts. The company employs 2,200 employees. Every day, the assembly line of "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus" produces about 930 cars.

Total in 2015 the St. Petersburg plant Hyundai plans to produce 228,000 cars, which is more by 14% than the production capacity of the company. Recall that in August of this year the plant began the delivery of cars to foreign countries - Egypt and Lebanon.

As previously reported, St. Petersburg Hyundai plant began the preparations for the launch of a new model of a compact crossover Hyundai Creta the next year. Hyundai has high hopes with the new crossover Creta due to strong growth segment SUV-B. The novelty will be produced with engines of 1.6 and 2.0 liters and with front-wheel drive.