Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Dec.19/ Trend D.Azizov /
GM Uzbekistan sold 85,909 cars to Russia in January-November 2011, or 27 per cent more than the figure of the same period in 2010, the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association of European Businesses said on Monday.
The consortium sold 50,508 Nexia cars in January-November, an increase of 27 per cent and 35,401 Matiz small cars, an increase of 27 per cent. It should be noted that about 6,430 cars of the Uzbek car plant were sold on the Russian market in November, which increased by 3 per cent, the report said.
According to the Committee, Nexia car sales increased by 5 per cent - up to 3,938 and Matiz cars decreased by one per cent - to 2,492 in November.
According to the information, GM Uzbekistan ranked tenth in sales volumes to Russia for the 11 months of this year. Nexia ranked ninth among the best sold cars, whilst Matiz is 17th.
UzDaewooAuto was established in 1996 on a parity basis by the Uzbek government and South Korea's Daewoo Motor Company.
At present, JV GM Uzbekistan produces seven models of cars, three models of which are Chevrolet - Captiva, Epica and Spark.
GM Uzbekistan increased production of automobiles by 6.2 per cent in 2010 to 217,733 cars. The company decreased production of the Nexia model by 3.9 per cent to 87,100 units and the Damas model by 11.6 per cent to 20,900 units.
At the same time, production of the Matiz models increased by 5.6 per cent to 72,999 units.
