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OREANDA-NEWS. GM-AVTOVAZ today goes to work in one shift, 5 days (40 hours) a week instead of two shifts, but the speed of the assembly line will increase by almost half. Thus, the planned volume of production in the current year will be kept, - the agency "AUTOSTAT" was informed by the press-service of joint venture.

The increasing of the conveyor speed to the maximum level will be provided through technological improvements of production lines and reorganization of jobs. The changes will not affect the joint venture personnel. Thanks to this optimization and a high degree of localization of the Chevrolet Niva, which is exceeding 95%, as well as the professionalism of the company's dealers, GM-AvtoVAZ in 2016 will be able to keep its position in the automotive market, noted the company.

As previously reported "AUTOSTAT", by the results of January of 2016 the sales of Chevrolet Niva in the Russian market were 1 182 cars (-40.8%), according to AEB data. Currently the price of Chevrolet Niva ranges from 555,000 rubles. It is worth noting that since February of 2016 GM-AVTOVAZ resumed its program of parc renovation of vehicles, which is implying the purchase of Chevrolet Niva on favorable terms both by physical and legal persons. Discounts for the recycling program would be 60 thousand rubles, by the trade-in program - also 60 thousand rubles. Thus, the recommended price for Chevrolet Niva car starts from 495,000 rubles, which corresponds to the level of prices of 2014. The program involves all official dealers of GM-AVTOVAZ, the action will continue until April 30th, 2016, inclusively.