Hyundai Palisade and Staria will also be produced there
After the Hyundai plant closed in Russia, the Hyundai-Kia concern began to increase production of cars in neighboring countries: both Hyundai and Kia are actively assembled in Kazakhstan, and now it has become known that Almost the entire Hyundai model range will be assembled in Uzbekistan.
The cars will be produced at the Asaka Motors dealer holding company under construction in the Syrdarya region. At first, Hyundai Elantra, Tucson, Sonata, Santa Fe, Palisade and Staria will be produced using the screwdriver method, and then they will conduct an analysis, determine the most popular models, and transfer them to a full assembly cycle with welding and painting of the bodies. Production of auto components will appear next to the parent company.
The automobile market of Uzbekistan is showing strong growth: if in 2022 312.1 thousand new passenger cars were sold in the country, then at the end of 2023 sales reached 451.6 thousand units. For comparison, according to «Avtostat» in 2023, 1.06 million passenger cars were sold in Russia.