Issue SUVs Chevrolet Niva fell three times

In the first half of this year, production of Chevrolet Niva SUVs dropped three times (minus 65 per cent compared with 2008) - from 656 to 29 000 10 399 cars. It is reported "Avtostat." Despite the decline in production volumes and a drop in demand, these machines are still the best selling SUV in Russia - for the first six months of 2009 in the Russian market was implemented 11 000 831 car, which is 53 percent less than during the same period last year . As previously reported, on Friday from the conveyor of the joint venture "GM-AvtoVAZ" has gone 300,000th Chevrolet Niva SUV since the beginning of its production - in September 2002. Total for this period were collected 285,000 SUVs in the previous update, and nearly 15 thousand - in the new, restyled version that differs from its predecessor in another front end design with a new bumper and grille, rear bumper and the other lights and a new extender arches and plastic plates on the doors.