The problems in the market for both new and used cars did not start in February 2022. The so-called semiconductor crisis started during a pandemic and has not yet ended – many companies are still short of components and logistics, which have monstrously increased in price, cannot recover from covid-19. The redistribution of the world, which is currently shaking the very foundations of the entire planet, has only added fuel to the fire. Well, Russia, according to the good old tradition, was not only one of the first on the barricades, but wore the leader’s yellow jersey and took on all the hurdles of the pioneer of the new structure of world trade.
The massive arrival of the Chinese has not improved the situation in the new car market, the supply is still unable to meet the demand, as well as the products of domestic brands in combination with parallel imports. The price explosion, which, of course, also hit the “secondary market”: sellers raised prices, rolled out all the garbage from the garages, which had been waiting in the wings for years, and rushed to bring to life what they had planned yesterday for ferrous metal. There are few worthy cars, and the search for a vehicle, and not an adult designer, is, we repeat, with one and a half million rubles in your pocket.
After carefully reviewing what he saw, the government apparently decided to open the “valve” that was holding back earlier – Chinese used cars. Before the pandemic, the Celestial Empire consumed about 30,000,000 new cars a year, and the “second hand” piled up without finding the right number of buyers. The state, which produces a lot, took all possible measures so that the consumer would buy new, not used.
Initially, China relied on a copy of the Japanese experience – used cars from the Land of the Rising Sun are bought up all over the world, without polluting the already small island nation. However, this plan was not destined to come true. And all this transport did not reach the neighboring market due to numerous bureaucratic obstacles: we also really wanted to produce a lot and sell a lot. Previously wanted.
Today, the Chinese “secondary” could solve all the problems of the scarce domestic car market in a complex: social networks say that used Chinese cars are massively supplied to Russia through the Suifenhe experimental special economic zone. Moreover, these are not products of Chinese brands, but the creation of joint ventures among well-known Japanese and European brands.
The exchange rate of the ruble against the yuan is more stable than that of the dollar ruble, there is a direct land border and relations between countries are much better than with the EU and the US. Therefore, very soon the domestic car market will be full of familiar names, but in unknown and incomprehensible trim levels. Problems with spare parts can only be expected in the early stages, while the logistics of Chinese factories are being set up, and after hundreds of thousands of cars with low mileage and in decent condition, they will appear first from private sellers, then from dealers, many of which already today focus on work, especially in the second-hand market.
Time forecast? Most likely about six months. So if you choose the best of the worst, don’t rush. It is possible that the assortment will soon change radically.
The problems in the market for both new and used cars did not start in February 2022. The so-called semiconductor crisis started during a pandemic and has not yet ended – many companies are still short of components and logistics, which have monstrously increased in price, cannot recover from covid-19. The redistribution of the world, which is currently shaking the very foundations of the entire planet, has only added fuel to the fire. Well, Russia, according to the good old tradition, was not only one of the first to stand on the barricades, but wearing the leader’s yellow jersey, taking on all the hurdles of the pioneer of the new structure of world trade.
The massive arrival of the Chinese has not improved the situation in the new car market, the supply is still unable to meet the demand, as well as the products of domestic brands in combination with parallel imports. The price explosion, which, of course, also hit the “secondary market”: sellers raised prices, rolled out all the garbage from the garages, which had been waiting in the wings for years, and rushed to bring to life what they had planned yesterday for ferrous metal. There are few worthy cars, and to look for a vehicle, and not an adult designer, is, we repeat, with one and a half million rubles in your pocket.
After carefully reviewing what he saw, the government apparently decided to open the “valve” that was holding back earlier – Chinese used cars. Before the pandemic, the Celestial Empire consumed about 30,000,000 new cars a year, and the “second hand” piled up without finding the right number of buyers. The state, which produces a lot, took all possible measures so that the consumer would buy new, not used.
Initially, China relied on a copy of the Japanese experience – used cars from the Land of the Rising Sun are bought up all over the world, without polluting the already small island nation. However, this plan was not destined to come true. And all this transport did not reach the neighboring market due to numerous bureaucratic obstacles: we also really wanted to produce a lot and sell a lot. Previously wanted.
Today, the Chinese “secondary” could solve all the problems of the scarce domestic car market in a complex: social networks say that used Chinese cars are massively supplied to Russia through the Suifenhe experimental special economic zone. Moreover, these are not products of Chinese brands, but the creation of joint ventures among well-known Japanese and European brands.
The exchange rate of the ruble against the yuan is more stable than that of the dollar ruble, there is a direct land border and relations between countries are much better than with the EU and the US. Therefore, very soon the domestic car market will be full of familiar names, but in unknown and incomprehensible trim levels. Problems with spare parts can only be expected in the early stages, while the logistics of Chinese factories are being set up, and after hundreds of thousands of cars with low mileage and in decent condition, they will appear first from private sellers, then from dealers, many of which already today focus on work, especially in the second-hand market.
Time forecast? Most likely about six months. So if you choose the best of the worst, don’t rush. It is possible that the assortment will soon change radically.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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