Production of Chevrolet Tracker 2023 starts in Uzbekistan

The start of production at the company's plant in the city of Asaka on behalf of the head of state on the transformation of the engineering industry marked a new step in the development of the country's automotive industry, since for the first time in Uzbekistan the production of a full cycle of a new class of cars, crossovers, began.

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Uzbekistan, after China and Brazil, became the third country to launch the production of the Chevrolet Tracker, which is in demand in export markets and has become the best-selling crossover in Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. Production was established on the GM GEM (General Motors Global Emerging Markets) platform, which became possible due to large investments in the modernization of both the Asaka car plant itself and the modernization of the production facilities of local supplier partners, the total investment is estimated at more than $620 million

A phased transition to the production of cars on a single unified platform was implemented on behalf of the head of Uzbekistan as part of the program for transforming the production and management of the company. At this stage, the platform's production capacity is 80,000 Chevrolet Tracker vehicles per year.

During the implementation of this project, new technologies such as laser and plasma welding, and laser measurement of the body were mastered at the Asaka plant, as well as large-scale work was carried out to modernize the production processes of the plant and all components suppliers. In addition, the UzAuto Motors Powertrain plant mastered the production of new powerful and economical 1.2-liter CSS Prime 3-cylinder turbocharged engines, which will be used to equip Chevrolet Tracker cars manufactured at the UzAuto Motors plant. The new engine has become more powerful than the one used on Tracker cars imported from China - 132 hp. instead of 125 hp in the Chinese version.

In order to further increase the level of localization, a program is currently being actively implemented to build new factories and introduce new production technologies for the production of plastic fuel tanks, steering belts, rubber seals, cast iron parts, and hot stamping parts and other components.

The implementation of this program and the launch of new production facilities will allow launching the production of several models at once based on the GM GEM platform, which was used to launch production of the Chevrolet Tracker, as well as optimizing the amount of investment in projects, reducing production costs and achieving a localization level of more than 60%.

Moreover, in order to implement the entire program to introduce the new platform and launch the production of the Chevrolet Tracker 2023 model year, about 500 leading foreign specialists were additionally attracted to the plant in Asaka, who also take part in the launch of the production of components at localization enterprises.

At the first stage, the Chevrolet Tracker will be produced in three main trim levels: LS, LT and Premier. The start of sales of these cars is scheduled for August 30 this year.