In the summer, I woke up from a lethargic sleep from Rospotrebnadzor, who filed a lawsuit against Toyota Motor for consumer rights violations. Bodyaga with the procedure still drags on with an unpredictable result. During this time, dealers arranged, at least on their own, the delivery of necessary warranty and minor repairs from behind the hill through bypass channels, as the government allowed parallel imports. True, prices have increased by about 50-130% compared to 2021, and the average check by 20-50%, as Roman Timashov, director of after-sales service at Avtodom Altufyevo, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Resumption of deliveries
And then – what a delight! — Toyota resumed direct supply of spare parts to Russia and even showed customs declarations to confirm this. No, a priori there can be no question of resuming production – the samurai are afraid of US sanctions such as fire. Only the entry of components and the name of the parts and their number vary depending on the situation, because no one has canceled such an excuse as “violation of supply chains”.
In addition, we are basically only talking about non-sanctioned details. Interesting, but what’s the performance? And previously, the States actually banned nothing that did not fall under sanctions. But the most necessary – electronics – as it was not and will not be. Oh, Toyota Motor, among others, graciously allowed parallel imports? So generally we don’t care about their permission as we have the approval of the President of Russia for that.
So what about the banquet and fireworks, you ask?