Why the Russians should not wait for the return of Mercedes, even in single copies
July 12, 2022
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The USSR has not lived a day without Mercedes. His purchases started before the revolution, continued in 1926 and did not stop until now. But now that Mercedes
The USSR has not lived a day without Mercedes. His purchases started before the revolution, continued in 1926 and did not stop until now. But now that Mercedes has not only left the shareholders of KamAZ, divested 20% of the shares, but also closed the plant near Solnechnogorsk, stopped distribution and deliveries and quietly began to negotiate the sale of the company to the first dealer encountered transforms the orphaned feeling of a further life without the main symbol of personal well-being so into the real that the hand reaches out not only to grab the heart, but also to the vial of validol.
Mercedes has never been the best car in the world. The best was his authority. The Mercedes brand is a catalyst for taste, a status enhancer, an enhancer of well-being. A bandit in a Mercedes looks like a thief, a civil servant dreams of becoming a minister, a professor looks like an academic. In other words, “Mercedes” is only needed for one thing: the image. To appear productive, secure and happy. Even in summer – on studded tires.
The faint hopes of customers and unfulfilled dreamers – now the Germans will take advantage of the bypass scheme of the indirect presence of the 90s, when other brands did not have offices in Moscow, but cars were delivered through an authorized European dealer. It was then that the new Russians (remember those?) bought the coveted Volvo 850 under the European AI-98 with blocked airbags, Land-Rover Discovery under sterile diesel fuel and Subaru Legacy from Panama with anti-termite treatment.
The imagination draws the old life, when the entire range was displayed in the dealer’s showroom, and the customer could choose a complete set and even tuning. The purchase was accompanied by a guarantee, respect and convenient accessories. All it takes is the readiness of the Stuttgart headquarters for parallel imports, because it is no coincidence that Russia itself has allowed counterfeit goods in unlimited quantities, including Mercedes on the list of allowed ones. And we believe that Russia is still an attractive market for the brand, which sold 40,000 cars in our country last year … Why is all this not happening?
Mercedes will not secretly take orders for its cars from the Russians, pretending that they accidentally produced 40,000 cars and delivered them to a sanctioned country through negligence. Also, Mercedes will not turn a blind eye to a sudden order of a commercial number of cars from a European or Emirati dealer. Looking through a dozen copies, let’s understand the final delivery address, the company could well. But in the second ten, even with a logistics route through multiple intermediaries and countries, the deal stops.
In addition, Mercedes is known for closely monitoring every copy sold and even keeping stolen cars under control. Since sanctions are imposed by America, with each country being punished for disobedience, for direct deliveries and even indirect cooperation, Mercedes must love Russia very much to exchange it for all markets in the other two hundred states of the planet. But after all, no ban is a decree for Russians, especially since a domestic official without a Mercedes car seems unreliable and does not just lose in sight. Does this mean that the need to establish parallel imports at all costs becomes a state task?
… Given the number of analogies with a history book that have appeared in recent times, there is a desire to take a closer look at the experience of antiquity, when the only time in our history the supply of Mercedes cars was stopped for four years – from 1941 to 1945. If SMERSH is recreated and formed under the automobile department, it will be enough to determine the task for the fighters. And they will provide some of the nomenklatura population with some pretty fresh Mercedes. This decision benefits both sides as it saves both Mercedes and buyers the need to apologize.
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Mercedes has never been the best car in the world. The best was his authority. The Mercedes brand is a catalyst for taste, a status enhancer, an enhancer of well-being. A bandit in a Mercedes looks like a thief, a civil servant dreams of becoming a minister, a professor looks like an academic. In other words, “Mercedes” is only needed for one thing: the image. To appear productive, secure and happy. Even in summer – on studded tires.
The faint hopes of customers and unfulfilled dreamers – now the Germans will take advantage of the bypass scheme of the indirect presence of the 90s, when other brands did not have offices in Moscow, but cars were delivered through an authorized European dealer. It was then that the new Russians (remember those?) bought the coveted Volvo 850 under the European AI-98 with blocked airbags, Land-Rover Discovery under sterile diesel fuel and Subaru Legacy from Panama with anti-termite treatment.
The imagination draws the old life, when the entire range was displayed in the dealer’s showroom, and the customer could choose a complete set and even tuning. The purchase was accompanied by a guarantee, respect and convenient accessories. All it takes is the readiness of the Stuttgart headquarters for parallel imports, because it is no coincidence that Russia itself has allowed counterfeit goods in unlimited quantities, including Mercedes on the list of allowed ones. And we believe that Russia is still an attractive market for the brand, which sold 40,000 cars in our country last year … Why is all this not happening?
Mercedes will not secretly take orders for its cars from the Russians, pretending that they accidentally produced 40,000 cars and delivered them to a sanctioned country through negligence. Also, Mercedes will not turn a blind eye to a sudden order of a commercial number of cars from a European or Emirati dealer. Looking through a dozen copies, let’s understand the final delivery address, the company could well. But in the second ten, even with a logistics route through multiple intermediaries and countries, the deal stops.
In addition, Mercedes is known for closely monitoring every copy sold and even keeping stolen cars under control. Since sanctions are imposed by America, with each country being punished for disobedience, for direct deliveries and even indirect cooperation, Mercedes must love Russia very much to exchange it for all markets in the other two hundred states of the planet. But after all, no ban is a decree for Russians, especially since a domestic official without a Mercedes car seems unreliable and does not just lose in sight. Does this mean that the need to establish parallel imports at all costs becomes a state task?
… Given the number of analogies with a history book that have appeared in recent times, there is a desire to take a closer look at the experience of antiquity, when the only time in our history the supply of Mercedes cars was stopped for four years – from 1941 to 1945. If SMERSH is recreated and formed under the automobile department, it will be enough to determine the task for the fighters. And they will provide some of the nomenklatura population with some pretty fresh Mercedes. This decision benefits both sides as it spares both Mercedes and buyers the need to apologize.
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