The government is developing a program to stimulate demand for made in the region of the cars, which should be implemented from January 2012. According to information from the official website of the Governor and government of the region, this issue was discussed during a recent meeting, the Governor Sergey Morozov, head of "Sollers" Vadim Shvetsov and CEO of OAO "UAZ" Sergei Yurasova. In January-August 2011 UAZ increased the volume of products shipped by 1.4 times compared to the same period last year. According to Vadim Shvetsov, the company has reached the pre-crisis indicators: sales of the car "UAZ-Patriot" was higher than in 2008 - the most successful from the point of view of implementation. Now he is preparing for production of the upgraded version of the car "UAZ-Patriot", which will take into account the preferences and wishes of consumers. The head of the region confirmed the readiness of the government of the Ulyanovsk region to support in stimulating demand for cars produced. On behalf of the Governor of the regional Ministry of industry and transport has developed a draft decree "On providing in 2012 from the regional budget of the Ulyanovsk region of subsidies for compensation of lost profits organizations-manufacturers when selling discounted new vehicles produced in the territory of the Ulyanovsk region". The program is designed for 1000 cars will be started from January 2012. As said Vadim Shvetsov, "this program is intended primarily on the end user, rather than on the support of the plant, its implementation will make the hire of our factory is more available and implement them in large numbers."