For the first five months of this year the production of LADA has increased by half. In the period from January to may, the Russian auto giant has released 246820 cars. With the beginning of the year was released Priora - almost 63 thousand units. This model accounts for a quarter of all produced cars. A little less AVTOVAZ made Kalina - almost 59 thousand pieces. By the way, Kalina became the best-selling model in Russia during these five months. But in may the volume of production at the Togliatti plant fell by 8.4 % compared to the same periods last year. This is due to the fact that two weeks was a closed shop, where he made Kalina sedan. Production of passenger cars increased not only in the company. In Russia, the production of machines increased by 86 percent. For the first five months of Russian automakers released 666 thousand cars. The production of trucks increased from January to may was released 74.5 thousand machines. This 63.1 % more than in the same period of 2010. By the way, half of all Lada is a recycling program.