GM launches Chevrolet assembly in Kazakhstan
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GM plans to launch its first Kazakh-produced Chevrolet onto the Kazakh market next month after opening its first Chevrolet assembly line in the country, the Kazakhstan government has reported. The assembly line, a partnership between Asia Avto and GM Daewoo, was opened at the Asia Avto plant in Ust-Kamenogorsk in a ceremony attended by the Kazakh president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The Lacetti, Epica and Captiva models will be the first to be assembled, in a volume expected to reach 1,300 this year and over 3,000 in 2008, assembled from kits of parts supplied from South Korea by GM Daewoo.
Kazakhstan’s annual vehicle sales exceeded 60,000 for the first time in 2006, and are expected to increase to 250,000 within five years.