AvtoZAZ plans FSO acceleration to double production

 "By the end of August the firm manufactured roughly 22,000 cars. Plans for the remaining four months envisage output of 23,000 units. About 95% of the production is ordered by AvtoZAZ," said Dariusz Radzikowski, financial director of FSO. Representatives of the enterprise however, admit that the level of production is not yet satisfactory and would be only with an annual output of 150,000 units. This amount of production will not be achieved by manufacturing aging Lanoses and Matizes and thus the plant hopes to launch a new car model soon. According to the agreement with the State Treasury, this should take place at the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 9) M.M.