Highlights of eastern Europe's expanding carmaking industry

SLOVAKIA: PSA Peugeot Citroën expects to make 300,000 207s annually by 2008.

SLOVAKIA: PSA Peugeot Citroën expects to make 300,000 207s annually by 2008.

Kia Motors is set to produce 160,000 Cee'd and Sportage cars in 2007.

VW assembled 240,000 units in 2006.

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Skoda Auto, is set to raise output by 4 per cent to 580,000 cars in 2007.

PSA Peugeot Citroën and Toyota Motor Corp plan to assemble 300,000 compact cars a year.

Hyundai to build a €1bn factory with capacity of 300,000 cars by 2009.

POLAND

Fiat production of the Panda and the Seicento cars achieved nearly 287,000 units in 2005.

Opel produced 129,000 models in 2005.

HUNGARY

Suzuki produced 160,000 cars in 2006, rising to 300,000 units by 2008 or 2009.

Suzuki and Fiat aim to turn out 60,000 units a year of a jointly developed SUV.

Volkswagen's Audi unit plans to invest up to €1 billion in its Györ plant over the next 5 years to boost output of its TT sports car to 50,000 units a year, up from a planned 20,000 in 2006.

ROMANIA

Renault, which owns local carmaker Dacia, aim to upgrade its production capacity to 350,000 by 2008.

SLOVENIA

Revoz, a Renault subsidiary, is expected to drop output to some 130,000 cars in 2006 from 177,945 cars in 2005.