A Chevrolet Spark passes a final check at the General Motors plant in Asaka
A Chevrolet Spark passes a final check at the General Motors plant in Asaka August 29, 2012. Ninety-four percent of new cars sold in Uzbekistan last year were made by General Motors - the biggest share of any market served by the U.S. auto giant. That General Motors should have a foothold in the reclusive former Soviet republic owes much to the technology and capital it brings to a country which, under veteran President Islam Karimov, has been the graveyard of many foreign ventures. Picture taken August 29, 2012. To match story GM-UZBEKISTAN/ REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (UZBEKISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TRANSPORT)