Last year, the Kaluga plant of Volkswagen Group Rus produced 118,000 vehicles, which is 5% less than a year earlier. And at the production site of Volkswagen Group Rus in Nizhny Novgorod, 52.3 thousand cars were assembled, which is 10% less than a year earlier.
Last year Skoda’s bestseller in the Russian market was the Rapid compact liftback with a result of 41.7 thousand cars sold (+18%). The second place in popularity was taken by the compact crossover Skoda Karoq, sales of which grew by 25% and amounted to 19.5 thousand units. The third place is occupied by the Kodiaq crossover, which was chosen by 16.2 thousand Russian buyers (-21%). Fourth place is occupied by the fourth generation Skoda Octavia, which was bought by 12.2 thousand people.
In May last year, the production of a new compact crossover Volkswagen Taos began at the facilities of the GAZ Group. Volkswagen Group Rus investments in the production of this model amounted to about 6 billion rubles. Especially for the launch of Volkswagen Taos, new equipment was purchased and installed and an automated production line was built in the welding shop. In addition, at the end of last year, the updated Skoda Kodiaq crossover appeared on the assembly line in Nizhny Novgorod, and in the first quarter of 2022, production of the updated Skoda Karoq crossover will start.
Last year, Volkswagen Group Rus exported 11.5 thousand Russian-made cars to the CIS countries, which is 10% more than in the previous year.
Source: ixbt
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