ACAP said 102,314 vehicles were produced in the first eight months of the year, 5.3 percent more than in the same period in 2016.
Light vehicles were responsible for almost all this increase in August with a jump of 543.7 percent (to 6,797 units), while light vans dropped 0.2 percent (to 1,587) and heavy vehicles increased by 85.2 percent (to 226).
ACAP also stressed the importance of exports in this sector as 96.4 percent of production goes abroad.