OREANDA-NEWS. St. Petersburg plant "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus" in 2014 has increased its production by 4% to 237,000 vehicles, among which 132.3 thousand - Hyundai cars and 104.7 thousand - KIA Rio. According to the company, despite the difficult market situation, the plant showed the growth of production volume in compare with 2013, when it was produced 228,000 cars.

In addition, the second consecutive year the production volume of company has exceeded the initial annual production plan by 4%, allowing the "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus" to become the second largest automaker in Russia. Stable operation of Hyundai Motor Company plant in three shifts and an increase in production volumes for the year were made possible by the efficient use of production capacity and strong demand for manufactured cars.

The Russian market is a priority for the plant "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus". By the end of 2014 exports were approximately 11% of the total production of the enterprise (25.7 thousand cars). First place by export sales was occupied by Kazakhstan, where it was delivered 21.9 thousand cars. Totally in 2014, the plant has exported 14.3 thousand Hyundai cars.

In 2015, the plant "Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Rus" plans to produce about 228,000 vehicles, with a focus on efficiency in the load of the production line and the use of resources, as well as the quality of products and timely delivery to customers. The declared for 2015 volume of car production is higher by 14% than the production capacity of the plant.

Since the start of commercial production of company in January 2011, the assembly line produced more than 820,000 vehicles, among which more than 500 thousand - Hyundai cars. Manufactured by the plant model of Hyundai Solaris holds the leading position in sales of cars and it is the best among all cars of Hyundai brand in Russia in recent years.