The former Hyundai plant in Russia produced 20 thousand Solaris cars

"Automobile plant AGR" produced 20 thousand cars of Solaris brand, it took 10 months to achieve this result. This was reported by the press service of the enterprise in its Telegram-channel on December 16.

Jubilee was Solaris HC crossover Solaris (Hyundai Creta) with a two-liter engine in a blue-colored body with automatic transmission and all-wheel drive in the Prestige Smart configuration. The equipment list of the model includes a package of winter options, panoramic roof, Bose audio system with eight speakers, adaptive cruise control, camera system of all-round vision and blind spot monitoring.

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The former plant of the South Korean concern Hyundai in St. Petersburg, acquired by the Russian company Art Finance, was renamed "Automobile Plant AGR" in early 2024. The plant launched production of Solaris brand cars, which are re-branded Hyundai and Kia and are produced in full-cycle mode. The lineup includes the HC crossover (Hyundai Creta), KRS sedan (Kia Rio), KRX cross hatchback (Kia Rio X) and HS sedan (Hyundai Solaris).

On November 27, Alexey Yakovlev, deputy chairman of the St. Petersburg Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovations and Trade, said that AGR Automobile Plant plans to launch a new line of cars together with an eastern partner.