Buying a right-hand drive car has become profitable. we got the prices

In May 2022, the demand for right-hand drive cars broke records with an increase of 30-40% (compared to the same period of the previous year), while the number of applications for automobile procurement increased significantly compared to the same period of the previous year. Before the crisis of 2014, the press told socialbites.ca -Secretary of the Drome automobile website Maria Pogrebets.

After the stabilization of the ruble in Russia, a unique situation arose – experts say that the prices of right-hand drive cars are again becoming attractive for Russians. Against the backdrop of car shortages, excessive pricing by official dealers, this automatically aroused motorists’ interest in used foreign cars from Japan.

“For example, the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, which is in serious trouble at dealers and cannot be bought for less than 5-6 million rubles in Russia at the moment, can be brought from Japan for 3 million rubles. The ruble has strengthened and on the contrary, the yen has not been this cheap for a long time.

Now it’s time to bring a car from Japan,” says Pogrebets in an interview with socialbites.ca.

He explains that in addition to the strong ruble, interest in used cars from Japan has also increased as supply for three-year models from other manufacturers has dwindled.

Buyers are also interested in used cars from South Korea, their sales will also increase,

Believe in “Drome”. The advantage of the “Koreans” is that it is left-hand drive, but the local market is much smaller than the Japanese market, and the auction system is not so clear.

The excitement about right-hand drive vehicles has been observed for the past two months, and that excitement is mounting, says Alexey, senior manager of Japan Life, which delivers vehicles and clears goods through customs from Japan.

“Exchange rates allow you to buy a more profitable car than last year. At the same time, most people order cars from Japan not for resale, but for themselves.

“People who have never driven a right-hand drive vehicle before are now actively driving such cars,” he said.

– Alexei notes in an interview with socialbites.ca.

The expert notes that over the past two months, the Land Cruiser Prado 2018-2019 has been in special demand ten times less than before it was imported into the Russian Federation.

For example, the Prado modification with a 2.7-liter gasoline engine with a mileage of up to 50 thousand km in the TXL configuration will cost 3.2 million rubles, with an auction estimate of 4.5 points out of 5.

Toyota RAV4 crossovers are also actively brought in: a hybrid version with 4.5 points and a mileage of up to 50,000 km, the source says, will cost about 2.4 million rubles.

Most of all, cars of “past” years are sold – from 3 to 5 years.

Alexey says that this is the most favorable period in terms of customs clearance rates.

Toyota Corolla sedan is the leader among used cars from Japan, offered for sale in the Drome classification, its average price in May was 509.6 thousand rubles. Also in the list of the most popular models were Toyota Camry (an average of 1.4 million rubles), Honda Fit (617 thousand rubles), Toyota Corolla Fielder (788.6 thousand rubles) and Toyota RAV4 (1.8 million rubles).

The average price of a used Japanese car offered for sale in May decreased by 7% compared to April, while the number of offers increased by 8%.

At the same time, right-hand drive cars up to seven years old are much cheaper than left-hand drive cars of the same age: an average of 1.3 million rubles. against 2.1 million rubles.

However, the trend towards right-hand drive cars started in mid-spring and was hardly noticed in global statistics. Thus, in the first five months of 2022, about 111,000 Japanese cars (87.6% of the total) were sold in the Far Eastern Federal District. This is 30 thousand less than in the same period last year, when the share of “Japanese”, calculated at the request of socialbites.ca in the analytical agency “Avtostat”, was 86.7%.

is there a catch

Japanese car dealers say that if earlier a car from Vladivostok was delivered in 3-4 weeks, now the delivery time is 2-3 months due to a long queue for loading.

Perhaps the main difficulty for buyers is that they need to transfer money to Japan for a car that they have not seen live. Alexey of Japan Life explains that the payment must be made through non-sanctioned banks.

There are too many scammers in this business, he warns.

“People often ask for help returning the money. The first bell is, for example, if large supplier companies value a car at 3 million rubles, while others offer to buy exactly the same thing for 2 million rubles, ”says the source.

When the trend ends

The Russians buy a significant part of the Japanese secondary market, and it is unlikely that Japan will ban the export of used cars from the country, Maria Pogrebets of Drom.ru is sure.

“Many economists predict that the exchange rate will rise in the fall, then it will be more difficult to bring cars.

“If customs duties are fixed in rubles or the exchange rate remains at current levels, Japanese cars will become more competitive with brands leaving the market and stopping deliveries,” he said.

Most Japanese car buyers believe that now is the best time to bring a car at an affordable rate, as it is impossible to predict the value of the currency in six months.

“It is a surprising fact that Russian citizens pay the tax in euros on cars from Japan. If the buyer manages to buy the euro in advance, he will reduce his risks, because it is not known how much the euro will cost in 2-3 months.

The tendency to increase imports of right-hand drive cars will continue until at least the end of 2022,

Sergey Burgazliev, an independent consultant in the automotive industry, is sure of this.

“Still, there won’t be growth rates like this spring. However, they will be higher than last year, ”says the expert.

Burgazliev believes that there is no point in restricting automobile imports in the Far East so that the Russians support domestic manufacturers.

“The region’s economy is heavily dependent on Japanese automobile imports. A large amount of customs duties for the Far Eastern Federal District depend on it, a large number of people are engaged in this business, and many services are focused on the repair of Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda, ”said the director.

socialbites.ca has learned that Russians are collectively looking for right-hand drive cars on their ad sites. About which models from Japan are currently available at affordable prices and how long this trend will last, read the material “socialbites.ca”.



Source: Gazeta

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