In his interview with a representative of the China Media Corporation, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke very complimentarily about the products of the Chinese automotive industry and literally said the following:
– Yesterday I spoke to a number of people who can safely be called car enthusiasts with enormous, long experience. And very sincerely, not knowing that today we would have an interview with you, my interlocutors told me that Chinese cars are establishing themselves in our market not only because there are fewer others, and not only for this reason. Their quality improves. The quality of Chinese cars is getting better and better, which is why our consumers like to focus on the products of Chinese manufacturers, especially in terms of price-quality ratio…
What’s good about the Chinese?
It is clear that aides preparing presidential meetings simply do not have the right to grossly screw up, so Vladimir Putin’s words are clearly verified and absolutely accurate. Indeed, Chinese cars are settling in Russia with all the comforts of home. According to the Autostat agency, in September this year they occupied 53% of the Russian market.
At the same time, analysts from an authoritative source even slightly underestimate the figures, for example, not quite rightly excluding cars under the Moskvich brand from the list of “heavenly” brands and for some reason classifying them as domestic, despite the fact that The ears of JAC are visible here for a mile and a half. Domestic brands, according to the same Autostat, are still satisfied with 34% of the market.