OREANDA-NEWS. According to Rosstat, for the first ten months in 2016 the Russian assembly produced 911 thousand cars - it is less by 10.9% than in the same period of the last year. Meanwhile, 104 thousand cars were produced in October, which is less by 2.9% than a year ago.

It is worth noting that AVTOVAZ to keep the staff went on a four-day operation in the last month, which will be valid until February 19th, 2017. As for foreign cars assembly, Kaliningrad plant "Autotor" started the production of crossover Hyundai Grand Santa Fe. In the Kaluga plant "PSMA Rus" it was launched the production of Citroen C4 Sedan of new generation. We also add that the production line in St. Petersburg produced the 500 thousandth car KIA Rio since the start of production of this model in August of 2011.

Production of trucks in January-October was 108 thousand units, which is more by 7.4% than a year ago. Last month, the Russian assembly produced 13.8 thousand trucks - it is more by 6.6% than a year before.