The dealer who owns “Avtodom” and “AvtoSpetsTsentr” will stop supplying cars for sale to Russia through parallel imports. This decision was made due to supply constraints, reduced consumer demand for such machines and increased import costs from Europe, the companies’ joint press service told socialbites.ca.
“In the future, deliveries will be limited due to supply constraints and the increasing cost of parallel imports of premium cars from Europe, and we will refocus our priorities on developing the official supply of Chinese electric vehicles and hybrid cars,” Anna Utkina, communications director of the group of companies, told Gazeta. “It is important that we continue to supply spare parts and fully fulfill our obligations to customers of European brands for a long time to come.” said. Ru.
According to him, both holdings believe that premium European brands still have no alternative in the market. To arouse customers’ interest in them, dealers will organize a “total sale” of warehouses of cars imported through parallel imports. He stated that the most popular parallel import cars in 2023 are Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Porsche models.
In August 2023, recycling rates in Russia increased significantly depending on the engine size of the vehicle. On October 29, the Council of Ministers approved a decision stipulating that if a person sells a car to someone else within a year, he will have to pay the difference at the recycling tax rates for legal entities. reported Kommersant’s newspaper.
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