When cars are parallel: Russians choose the best “gray” cars

How is this possible, you ask, because the vast majority of listed brands have treacherously left us, closing their representative offices and even factories in Russia overnight? In fact, all participants of this competition, organized by the auto.ru platform, are united by the fact that the listed “cars” are imported to us by parallel import – that is, “gray”.

In fact, the online price is called that – “Parallel Novelty of 2022”. Within the framework of the competition, the jury members – and these are bloggers, motoring journalists and ordinary drivers – will choose not only the smartest and most desirable car unofficially imported to us, but also determine the nominees in the categories “Electric novelty of the year and “All Terrain Novelty of the Year”. The results of the competition will be summarized on New Year’s Eve and Russia will know the winners in each of the categories after January 15, 2023.

How is this possible, you ask, because the vast majority of listed brands have treacherously left us, closing their representative offices and even factories in Russia overnight? In fact, all participants of this competition, organized by the auto.ru platform, are united by the fact that the listed “cars” are imported to us by parallel import – that is, “gray”.

In fact, the online price is called that – “Parallel Novelty of 2022”. Within the framework of the competition, the jury members – and these are bloggers, motoring journalists and ordinary drivers – will choose not only the smartest and most desirable car unofficially imported to us, but also determine the nominees in the categories “Electric novelty of the year and “All Terrain Novelty of the Year”. The results of the competition will be summarized on New Year’s Eve and Russia will know the winners in each of the categories after January 15, 2023.