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Japanese flag in hand: what awaits the Russian market of right-hand drive cars

  • March 8, 2023
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For more than 30 years, since the 90s of the last century, a large part of Russian motorists confidently and not without reason believes that used right-hand drive

For more than 30 years, since the 90s of the last century, a large part of Russian motorists confidently and not without reason believes that used right-hand drive cars of the domestic Japanese market are ideal for the domestic car owner. Portal “AvtoVzglyad” tells about the prospects of “right-hand drive” in our used car market.

Quite a few Russian car owners are negative about the prospect of getting behind the wheel of a passenger car “with the steering wheel in the glove compartment.” At the same time, many of their colleagues living in the eastern regions of Russia, on the contrary, simply do not see for themselves an alternative to the “right-hand drive”.

Both in terms of affordability of the car and in terms of consumer characteristics. The actual collapse of the usual structure of the domestic car market, which occurred in 2022, pushed tens of thousands of new members into the ranks of second-hand enthusiasts from Japan. After all, last year we sold only about 200,000 such machines from this country, which is now unfriendly to us.

As a result, a sharp increase in the interest of Russian motorists in this segment of the used vehicle market increased the demand for right-hand drive cars and caused a real boom in business, with used vehicles from Japan to Russia were “dragged”. .

But what are the future prospects of “right-hand drive” in our country? What causes them and is there any specificity in the operation of such machines? These and other questions are answered by the next issue of the AvtoVzglyad portal podcast, which you can listen.

Quite a few Russian car owners are negative about the prospect of getting behind the wheel of a passenger car “with the steering wheel in the glove compartment.” At the same time, many of their colleagues living in the eastern regions of Russia, on the contrary, simply do not see for themselves an alternative to the “right-hand drive”.

Both in terms of affordability of the car and in terms of consumer characteristics. The actual collapse of the usual structure of the domestic car market, which occurred in 2022, pushed tens of thousands of new members into the ranks of second-hand enthusiasts from Japan. After all, last year we sold only about 200,000 such machines from this country, which is now unfriendly to us.

As a result, a sharp increase in the interest of Russian motorists in this segment of the used vehicle market increased the demand for right-hand drive cars and caused a real boom in business, with used vehicles from Japan to Russia were “dragged”. .

But what are the future prospects of “right-hand drive” in our country? What causes them and is there any specificity in the operation of such machines? These and other questions are answered by the next issue of the AvtoVzglyad portal podcast, which you can listen.

Source: Avto Vzglyad

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