Russia’s passenger car production grew by 41.9pc to 502,000 cars in the first four months of the year from the same period last year, according to Autostat.
In April alone, the country’s car production grew 4.4 times to 137,000 vehicles compared to the same month in 2020.
Truck production in Russia was up by 54.5pc in the January to April period to 56,000 units compared to the same months in 2020. In April alone, the truck output surged by 92.2pc to 17,500 units compared to April last year.