Yes, this program, which the Ministry of Industry and Commerce categorically calls a “requested aid measure”, has been extended until 2023. In addition, budgetary resources have already been allocated for its implementation. Here are mere cries of joy, heard largely from those who have not bothered to get a closer acquaintance with the circumstances. Those who have nevertheless taken the trouble to look into the original source are thoughtfully scratching their heads.
Chinese – in the cold?
There are many questions about the program. Firstly, the discount is not given at all on the full cost of the car, but only on the down payment. It is he who is reduced by 20% for residents of the whole country, except for residents of the Far Eastern Federal District – they are forgiven as much as 25%. And if you suddenly decide to buy a car for hard-earned cash, you will naturally and naturally fly past the discount.
Secondly, only cars worth up to 2 million rubles and only of domestic production are covered by the program. Given the meager volume of sales of various UAZs, Moskviches and other small-scale brothers, one could safely call this initiative the “AvtoVAZ assistance program”. By the way, about “Moskvich” – in the Procrustean bed of established restrictions, only his “three-ruble bill” in the most paltry configuration can barely get through.
Last year’s conditions could nominally be considered more democratic, as they at least allowed Haval Jolion to participate in this celebration of life. Today, the Chinese are ruthlessly and with full force thrown out into the cold, without any exceptions. And this, you see, is strange, because in February they gained 38% of the Russian car market, while domestic brands owned a little more – 40%.