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OREANDA-NEWS. According to Rosstat, for the first two months of 2016 the Russian assembly lines produced 49,000 cars - less by 26.6% than in the same period of the last year. Meanwhile, in February, it was produced about 100.6 thousand cars, which is less by 17.5% than a year ago.

It is worth noting that due to the fall in demand in the Russian market in the last month Kaluga plant "PSMA Rus" and AvtoVAZ went on a four-day mode of production but GM-AvtoVAZ and St. Petersburg Nissan introduced the single-shift schedule.

Meanwhile, in February UAZ resumed the production of SUV UAZ "Hunter", which, as previously planned, had to leave the conveyor at the end of the last year. With regard to the assembly of foreign cars, "Autotor" began the production of the fourth generation of business-class sedan KIA Optima. In addition, the production line of Kaluga plant Volkswagen Group Rus plant assembled the one millionth car since the opening of the company in November of 2007. The company "Mazda Sollers" in Vladivostok produced the 90,000th vehicle since the start of production in October of 2012.