Volkswagen plans to fight gray dealers exporting cars to Russia. informs German newspaper Handelsblatt.
The newspaper reports that Volkswagen representatives talked about “trade routes established from China to Russia”. The note states that dealers previously used these trade routes to sell used cars, but are now procuring new ones as well. A Volkswagen spokesperson in Beijing confirmed that the company has a blacklist of dealers that may be involved in this type of trade. According to him, the supply of cars to such sellers will cease.
The German concern has no direct influence on independent Chinese dealers and cannot prohibit them from selling cars to other countries. It is noted that Volkswagen produces and sells cars in China through joint ventures with local companies, and the German concern’s influence on the work of such joint ventures is limited. The interlocutors of the publication emphasized that Volkswagen China produces cars only for the Chinese market.
Volkswagen stopped car delivery to Russia and the local assembly in March 2022. Previously reportedA number of car dealerships in the Russian Federation have started receiving orders for new Volkswagen ID.6 X electric crossovers from China and again from China to Russia. import volkswagen bora