RusAutoNews.Com – Car production in Russia has increased by 19,1% year-on-year within the first five months of 2018. According to ASM Holding data, 703,9 thousand units transport vehicles (trucks, cars, buses) have been manufactured in Russia within the January-May 2018 period.
Passenger cars production has increased by 20,9% y/y during the aforementioned period, with 632,0 thousand units. The production of foreign brand cars in Russia went up 19,9% to 470,9 thousand vehicles.
LCV production has also grown in the same period, by 5,6% to 43,8 thousand units.
Truck production, including light trucks, has risen by 5,0% within January-May period of 2018, amounting to 57,0 thousand units. The output of foreign brand trucks in Russia went up 41,6% to 11,0 thousand units.
Bus production, including microbuses, has increased by 4,7% during the aforementioned period, with 14,9 thousand units. The output of foreign brand buses in Russia went down -6,1% to 3,5 thousand units.
As reported previously, car production in Russia has increased by 19% in 2017 and amounted to 1.551.293 units.
