In 2022, German car manufacturers frantically and completely announced their withdrawal from the Russian market: contracts were terminated, dealers were abandoned, customers were turned away. Heavy luxury suddenly became a heavy burden – it’s no wonder that Chinese DC trade-in sites are filled with once-desirable cars. Under pressure from their own government, German companies limited profitable activities in a long-standing market in which they had been making profits for years. Well, we’ve turned around…
Suddenly it became clear that the refusal was a press release, that is, as far removed as possible from the real state of affairs. Behind the loud statements of officials there was nothing but politics, and she, as you know, is a very volatile young lady. Today here – and tomorrow there. In this particular case, “there” turned out to be a search for all possible ways and options for supplying rich and generous Russia, where it is customary to become poor, talk about hard times and then buy an expensive German car for yourself to buy. Such buyers will not be turned away.
The result was very revealing: the Germans left Russia, but “came” to Central Asia. According to a report by the Institute of International Finance IIF, exports of, for example, German cars and spare parts to Kyrgyzstan in the nine months of this year, compared to the quiet year 2019, increased by 5500%!