UzAuto Motors (formerly GM Uzbekistan) is an automotive manufacturer owned by the

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. It is based in Asaka, Uzbekistan. It manufactures vehicles under the

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. Formerly UzAuto Motors had also manufactured vehicles under the Ravon marque, which is Uzbek for calm and straight road or easy journey. It was formerly partly owned by

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and, in 2019, it was acquired by the Uzbekistan government and renamed "UzAuto Motors". By February 2023, the company completed an IPO on the Tashkent Stock Exchange.

History

The company was founded in 1992 between the Uzbek state-owned UzAvtosanoat and the South Korea-based

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, and was initially known as "Uz-DaewooAuto" ( Uzbek: ). The company began production of vehicles on 19 July 1996, at the new assembly plant in Asaka. Uz-DaewooAuto produced vehicles under the brand name Uz-Daewoo. The initiative to establish the Uzbek automobile industry goes back to the early 1990s and the administration of

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Islam Karimov. Following Daewoo's collapse in 2001, and resulting change of ownership, "GM Uzbekistan" was eventually established in March 2008 as a new replacement

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, and the Nexia and Matiz were sold under the

badge together with an extended range of

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Chevrolet models produced at the Asaka factory. Daewoo was acquired by

and became GM Daewoo. Subsequently, the facility was renamed "GM Uzbekistan" in 2008. The

was owned by UzAvtosanoat JSC (75%) and

(25%). GM Uzbekistan produced 106,334 units during the first half of 2011. Given the change in name and ownership, the model range changed, although the company continued producing Uz-Daewoo branded vehicles until 2015. Some models based on these are still sold as Chevrolets. GM Uzbekistan began production on 27 November 2008. The first assembled car on this day was a Chevrolet Lacetti which also was the 1,000,000th assembled vehicle out of the production from UzAvtosanoat. Chevrolet manufactured the Chevrolet Spark M300 in Asaka, a model for now intended only for export. The models are assembled as

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Following an agreement in 2008, "GM Powertrain Uzbekistan" opened an engine plant in

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, from GM Uzbekistan's vehicle manufacturing facility in Asaka, in November 2011. The factory is GM's first engine plant in Uzbekistan and has a production capacity of 225,000 1.2L and 1.5L Daewoo S-TEC engines per year for use in GM small passenger cars worldwide. Another plant produced 200,000 units of front- rear- and side windows for the vehicles of the Uz-DaewooAvto and the Chevrolet Lacetti. A third production facility was opened in 2014 in Pitnak, Khorezm Region, manufacturing the Damas/Labo microvans and the

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minivan. In 2010, about 5,000 people were employed at the GM Uzbekistan assembly plant. GM Uzbekistan sold 121,584 vehicles locally in 2011, making the country the eighth-largest market for Chevrolet and produced more than 225,000 vehicles. Its products are also exported to

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and other CIS countries. In 2012, the

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and the Chevrolet Cobalt were added to the production line, followed by the revised Daewoo Gentra model in 2013, the

in 2014, and the Chevrolet Nexia T250 in 2015. In 2019, the

acquired the company and renamed it "UzAuto Motors". In 2020, UzAuto began importing the Chevrolet Equinox, Trailblazer, Traverse, and Tahoe SUVs, with intent to produce them locally if there is sufficient demand. UzAuto phased out the Ravon brand in 2020, merging it back into the Chevrolet brand as the Chevrolet Spark (R2), Nexia (R3), Cobalt (R4), and Lacetti (R5/Gentra). In April 2021, the company announced plans to produce Chevrolet-branded vehicles for the Russian market. In August 2021, Swedish entrepreneur Bo Andersson was named

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of the company. Since 2022, the company ceased exports to Russian and Belarus markets due to international sanctions. Ukrainian exports were temporarily stopped due to logistical limitations. In October 2022, the company announced its intention to IPO on the domestic market. In late November the company announced its pricing. Ths IPO will be one of three "People's IPOs" planned by the government in the next couple of years. In 2022, Fitch Ratings upgraded the company's rating to "BB-, Outlook Stable". The company created monopoly in the country, as a result locals do not have many choices other than buying its cars with higher price. That's also because of high custom tariffs when individuals import foreign brand cars into Uzbekistan.

Currently produced models

* Chevrolet Damas (1996–present) * Chevrolet Labo (2015–present) * Chevrolet Cobalt ''(previously Ravon Cobalt/R4)'' (2012–present) * Chevrolet Onix (2023–present) * Chevrolet Tracker (2022–present)

Currently imported models

* Chevrolet Malibu - 9th generation (2020–present) * Chevrolet Trailblazer 2nd generation (facelift) (2020–present) * Chevrolet Tahoe - fifth generation (2020–present) * Chevrolet Equinox - 3rd generation (facelift) (2020–present) * Chevrolet Traverse - 2nd generation (facelift) (2020–present) * Chevrolet Captiva - 2nd generation (Baojun 530) (2021-present)

Formerly produced models

Daewoo Tico The Daewoo Tico is a city car produced by the South Korean automaker Daewoo Motors, Daewoo from 1991 to 2001. Overview The Daewoo Tico was based largely on the 1988 Suzuki Alto kei car. The car was equipped with a three-cylinder 796 cc Da ...

(1996–2001) * Daewoo Nexia (N100, 1996–2008) * Daewoo Nexia II (N150, 2008–2016) * Chevrolet Nexia III (T250) ''(previously Ravon Nexia/R3)'' (2015–2023) * Chevrolet Epica (2008–2011) *

(2014–2018) * Ravon Matiz R1 (2001–2018) * Chevrolet Spark ''(previously Ravon Spark/R2)'' (2010–2023) * Chevrolet Captiva (2008–2018) * Chevrolet Malibu (Gen 8) (2013–2016) * Chevrolet Malibu (Gen 9) (2017–2019) * Chevrolet Tracker (2018–2020) * Chevrolet Lacetti '' (2003–2013) (previously Ravon Gentra/R5)'' (2013–2024)

Gallery

Currently produced cars

File:Ravon R4.jpg, Ravon Cobalt R4 File:Chevrolet Damas Deluxe in Bukhara, front right.jpg, Chevrolet Damas File:Chevrolet CMP LS Bahamas.jpg, Chevrolet Labo File:Chevrolet Tracker 2021 (front) (cropped).png, Chevrolet Tracker File:Chevrolet Onix (second generation, front view).jpg, Chevrolet Onix

Discontinued models

File:Daewoo Tico vl.jpg,

File:Daewoo Nexia.JPG, Daewoo Nexia 1, Daewoo Nexia 2 File:2006-2011 Chevrolet Captiva LS wagon (2015-12-28) 01.jpg, Chevrolet Captiva I File:2008 Chevrolet Epica (V250) LS sedan (2016-01-07).jpg, Chevrolet Epica File:Chevrolet Rezzo front 20071109.jpg, Chevrolet Tacuma File:Шевроле Лачетти.JPG, Chevrolet Lacetti File:Chevrolet Orlando LT 1.8 – Frontansicht, 31. März 2011, Mettmann.jpg,

File:Daewoo Matiz.jpg, Ravon Matiz R1 File:Chevrolet Captiva LTZ 2.2 D 4WD (Facelift) – Frontansicht, 18. März 2012, Wuppertal.jpg, Chevrolet Captiva II File:2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco 1SA -- 02-29-2012 1.JPG,

File:20161112 Chevrolet Trax 01.jpg, Chevrolet Tracker File:0 Chevrolet Spark.jpg, Chevrolet Spark (alternative name: Ravon R2) File:Chevrolet Aveo T250 China 2012-04-15.jpg, Ravon Nexia R3/Chevrolet Nexia 3

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gm Uzbekistan 2008 establishments in Uzbekistan Car manufacturers of Uzbekistan Chevrolet

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