Yagodka again: TOP-5 most durable compact premium crossovers
- November 1, 2023
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With the official departure of dealers of premium car brands from Russia, the broad mass of Russian rich people must reorient themselves either to the new “Chinese”, or
With the official departure of dealers of premium car brands from Russia, the broad mass of Russian rich people must reorient themselves either to the new “Chinese”, or to more or less new used cars – cars that are “not a shame to drive” . .” Our review will be interesting to those who plan to purchase a reliable “premium”.
Until recently, the majority of Russians who were not short of money bought new cars from premium brands – European, American, Japanese – exclusively in numerous showrooms of official dealers. And it didn’t matter: they reversed the car’s warranty period, handed it over to the ‘official’ for trade-in, and purchased a new one at the same time. Now this scheme doesn’t work. If only because the official sales of cars of these brands in Russia have been stopped and the official dealers themselves have largely reoriented themselves to ‘China’.
Not all domestic “premium” fans can afford to buy new “Luhari cars” imported into Russia under gray schemes. So now the “poor, unfortunate” have to look at used cars of prestigious brands. And this is not at all the same situation as before: the lack of warranty support also forces you to take into account the degree of “fragility” of a potential acquisition in the future.
In this case, relying on reviews on the Internet is not an option. Due to the not particularly large circle of users of cars in this category. But you can study data from foreign specialized sources that collect convincing statistics on the reliability of passenger cars. One of the fairly representative data sources of this kind is the American portal iSeeCars.com, which regularly surveys millions of American car owners.
Including owners of premium models present on the Russian market. In 2023, the Acura RDX received the maximum number of points based on the results of the “Most Durable Cars” and “Lowest Five-Year Depreciation” surveys in the compact (by U.S. standards) crossover category, with a total of 8.6 points. of 10 possible. But we will not take it into account, since there are very few such cars in Russia.
The Russian version of the American TOP-5 starts from second place in the iSeeCars.com rating. It went to the popular BMW X3 in Russia. This premium crossover scored an 8.3 out of 10.
As they say, “with all due respect,” but for some reason Americans are considering the Volvo XC60. This Swedish car was noticeably inferior to the “German” and achieved only 7.9 “reliability points” based on surveys of American users.
Another “German” was only slightly inferior to him: the Audi Q5 received 7.8 points on a ten-point scale.
The compilers of the rating found the second “Bavarian” – the BMW X4 – noticeably less reliable. It boasts just 7.1 points.
This is only a tenth more than the Japanese Infiniti QX50 scored: exactly 7 points.
We advise everyone who is currently considering purchasing one of the above models to hurry with their decision: reliable used crossovers of any class are now in great demand in Russia.
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Until recently, the majority of Russians who were not short of money bought new cars from premium brands – European, American, Japanese – exclusively in numerous showrooms of official dealers. And it didn’t matter: they reversed the car’s warranty period, handed it over to the ‘official’ for trade-in, and purchased a new one at the same time. Now this scheme doesn’t work. If only because the official sales of cars of these brands in Russia have been stopped and the official dealers themselves have largely reoriented themselves to ‘China’.
Not all domestic “premium” fans can afford to buy new “Luhari cars” imported into Russia under gray schemes. So now the “poor, unfortunate” have to look at used cars of prestigious brands. And this is not at all the same situation as before: the lack of warranty support also forces you to take into account the degree of “fragility” of a potential acquisition in the future.
In this case, relying on reviews on the Internet is not an option. Due to the not particularly large circle of users of cars in this category. But you can study data from foreign specialized sources that collect convincing statistics on the reliability of passenger cars. One of the fairly representative data sources of this kind is the American portal iSeeCars.com, which regularly surveys millions of American car owners.
Including owners of premium models present on the Russian market. In 2023, the Acura RDX received the maximum number of points based on the results of the “Most Durable Cars” and “Lowest Five-Year Depreciation” surveys in the compact (by U.S. standards) crossover category, with a total of 8.6 points. of 10 possible. But we will not take it into account, since there are very few such cars in Russia.
The Russian version of the American TOP-5 starts from second place in the iSeeCars.com rating. It went to the popular BMW X3 in Russia. This premium crossover scored an 8.3 out of 10.
As they say, “with all due respect,” but for some reason Americans are considering the Volvo XC60. This Swedish car was noticeably inferior to the “German” and achieved only 7.9 “reliability points” based on surveys of American users.
Another “German” was only slightly inferior to him: the Audi Q5 received 7.8 points on a ten-point scale.
The compilers of the rating found the second “Bavarian” – the BMW X4 – noticeably less reliable. It boasts just 7.1 points.
This is only a tenth more than the Japanese Infiniti QX50 scored: exactly 7 points.
We advise everyone who is currently considering purchasing one of the above models to hurry with their decision: reliable used crossovers of any class are now in great demand in Russia.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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