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Official dealers as well as independent service stations and ordinary users complain that it is becoming more and more difficult to buy high-quality motor oil from imported brands.
Three months after the beginning of the Russian “separation” with the whole “cultural community” and the subsequent exodus of many venerable brands from the country, the domestic car market faced a lack of spare parts and consumables, learned to choose Chinese counterparts and discovered new suppliers. Although a slight optimism applies only to private service stations: official dealers are in limbo, as the warehouses of representative offices and distributors are empty, and new ‘brand’ parts are entangled in politics. However, both are experiencing major problems with motor oil: the brands familiar to many metropolitan workshops have disappeared, and their place was taken not by Russian counterparts, but by counterfeits.
The one-time exodus of Mobil, Shell, Castrol and others from Russia caused a natural uproar: warehouse stocks sold out quickly, prices on the shelves rose significantly. The cost of a five-liter jerrycan of “brand” oil reached 14,000 rubles in March! However, as not only the consumer calmed down, but also the exchange rate of the national currency, prices slowly but surely fell. It seems like you can breathe. But no, you can’t.
The fact is that the lion’s share of the offers of “imported” brands that you can buy today turn out to be a banal fake. It’s easy to check: the officials can pay for an examination, and the workshops are simpler – a banal viscosity test with a flask and a ball. Neither the first nor the second purchase goes through. For us is counterfeit. Fake. But the bus is perfectly made, just like “native”. And the holograms, font and application are exemplary. But behind a nice wrapper, a very mediocre product is hidden. A brief survey of professional members of the automotive community led to several solutions to the problem at once.
First, many rely on domestic analogues that are not inferior to imported ones. Or rather, they are inferior, but only in the image component. Car owners who do not need “checkers”, who are going to drive, will quickly switch to Russian lubricants without harm to the car. We don’t have that many technically advanced cars, most of them are equipped with naturally aspirated engines so that household fuels and lubricants can be used safely.
Those who demand strict adherence to the service manual will be sold the “original” brought through a “roundabout”, which will cost twice as much. The largest flow of “parallel imports” now goes through Kazakhstan and Turkey, but it is not yet able to make up for official deliveries and meet the needs of the large Russian market. The third option, mentioned by several speakers at once, is sub-brands.
The main task of anyone who wants to continue to earn in Russia is to keep the public. By taking the main ‘label’ out of the sanctions strike, companies are immediately bringing in a lesser-known, but their own counterpart, a less-promoted brand from a less politically aggressive country. Buyers and after-sales service specialists closely monitor and sample such goods. During the process. And there they show themselves.
Three months after the beginning of the Russian “separation” with the whole “cultural community” and the subsequent exodus of many venerable brands from the country, the domestic car market faced a lack of spare parts and consumables, learned to choose Chinese counterparts and discovered new suppliers. Although a slight optimism applies only to private service stations: official dealers are in limbo, as the warehouses of representative offices and distributors are empty, and new ‘brand’ parts are entangled in politics. However, both are experiencing major problems with motor oil: the brands familiar to many metropolitan workshops have disappeared, and their place was taken not by Russian counterparts, but by counterfeits.
The one-time exodus of Mobil, Shell, Castrol and others from Russia caused a natural uproar: warehouse stocks sold out quickly, prices on the shelves rose significantly. The cost of a five-liter jerrycan of “brand” oil reached 14,000 rubles in March! However, as not only the consumer calmed down, but also the exchange rate of the national currency, prices slowly but surely fell. It seems like you can breathe. But no, you can’t.
The fact is that the lion’s share of the offers of “imported” brands that you can buy today turn out to be a banal fake. It’s easy to check: the officials can pay for an examination, and the workshops are simpler – a banal viscosity test with a flask and a ball. Neither the first nor the second purchase goes through. For us is counterfeit. Fake. But the bus is perfectly made, just like “native”. And the holograms, font and application are exemplary. But behind a nice wrapper, a very mediocre product is hidden. A brief survey of professional members of the automotive community led to several solutions to the problem at once.
First, many rely on domestic analogues that are not inferior to imported ones. Or rather, they are inferior, but only in the image component. Car owners who do not need “checkers”, who are going to drive, will quickly switch to Russian lubricants without harm to the car. We don’t have that many technically advanced cars, most of them are equipped with naturally aspirated engines so that household fuels and lubricants can be used safely.
Those who demand strict adherence to the service manual will be sold the “original” brought through a “roundabout”, which will cost twice as much. The largest flow of “parallel imports” now goes through Kazakhstan and Turkey, but it is not yet able to make up for official deliveries and meet the needs of the large Russian market. The third option, mentioned by several speakers at once, is sub-brands.
The main task of anyone who wants to continue to earn in Russia is to keep the public. By taking the main ‘label’ out of the sanctions strike, companies are immediately bringing in a lesser-known, but their own counterpart, a less-promoted brand from a less politically aggressive country. Buyers and after-sales service specialists closely monitor and sample such goods. During the process. And there they show themselves.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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