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OREANDA-NEWS. According to the agency «Auto-Dealer-SPb", in January-July of 2015 the St. Petersburg plants Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan and GM assembled 169,900 new cars, which is less by 22% than the same period of the last year. In July, the three car plants (GM stopped the working on July 1st) produced 16,700 vehicles (-29%). Result of July by production was the worst for the St. Petersburg automobile industry, since February of 2011, when the plants produced 13,200 cars.

"The reason of anti-record became a collective vacation in bulking automotive plants Hyundai and Nissan in St. Petersburg, as well as the preservation of the plant GM,” - said General Director of “Auto-Dealer-SPb”, Michail Chaplygin. - In this respect the figure of August in view of the stable demand for the flagship models of operating plants in St. Petersburg will be much better".

Recall that at the Nissan plant the annual summer vacation lasted three weeks this year - from July 11th to August 2nd. Hyundai stopped the conveyor from July 20th to August 2nd. Collective vacation at the Toyota plant was from August 3rd to 17th.

Share of the St. Petersburg car industry with respect to the Russian production volume of cars for the first seven months decreased slightly and it was 22% (22.6% for the first half).