| The championship in the density of right-hand drive cars on the roads belongs, of course, to the Primorsky Territory. But still, there are many Japanese cars in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Unlike residents of the territories bordering Japan, Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents still experience difficulties both in purchasing and servicing “non-standard” cars.
The natural desire of a potential buyer to feel a future toy on wheels with his hands and spin around on a chair is not easy to realize. Car market experts strongly do not advise car enthusiasts to go shopping on their own. It will not be possible to drive a car from Vladivostok on your own wheels - the Moscow-Vladivostok federal highway has not been completed. You can get from city to city by car only in winter, when the river beds freeze. But this method is only suitable for extreme sports enthusiasts. By the way, self-delivery may even cost more. At a minimum, you will have to pay several hundred dollars for tickets to Vladivostok.
The most popular way to deliver cars from Primorye to the west is by rail, which, however, costs a significant amount - from 500 to 700 dollars per vehicle. There is also such a method of transportation as a cargo plane, but due to purely material reasons it is not popular. Choosing a car at the car market in Vladivostok or directly in Japan and then accompanying it back is also not convenient. You will have to wait in line for about a month for a place on the transport platform, and then spend another week shaking, sitting in your own car, on the railway. Moreover, in case of cold weather it will not be possible to turn on the stove. Transportation of cars is allowed only with 3-5 liters of gasoline in the tank, and the engine cannot be turned on for a long time.
The most reasonable option is to order a car directly from Far Eastern companies through Moscow representative offices. According to the author of the website “Right-Hand Drive Cars in Russia” (http://pravo.ruz.net) Alexey Charykov, most Russians use this method. Only a few people do not trust intermediaries and go shopping on their own. And sellers offering car enthusiasts already driven right-hand drive cars in parking lots in the capital make up 30-40% of the “Japanese” market.
Today, there are no restrictions on the operation of right-hand drive cars in Russia. But so far in the capital, only one traffic police department inspects right-hand drive cars. And according to eyewitnesses, this is not the most loyal place in the city. Car owners also have to solve other technical problems. For many years, spare parts for right-hand drive foreign cars had to be ordered directly from the manufacturing country and then wait more than a month for their arrival. Official dealers of Toyota, Nissan and, for example, Mitsubishi did not supply right-hand drive cars to Russia, and therefore did not have the corresponding parts in their warehouses. The positions of dealers have not changed to this day. But over the past few years, the niche of right-hand drive repairs has been successfully occupied by small businesses. “Now it has become much easier with the service,” Alexey Charykov told a correspondent of the Vremya Novostey newspaper. - Demand creates supply. The right-hand drive vehicle fleet in the capital has grown significantly, and many new channels for supplying spare parts directly from the Far East have emerged, and there are more qualified mechanics specializing in right-hand drive.”
However, much more than technical problems, the right-hand drive public is concerned about the Russian government's initiative regarding duties on foreign cars. In the coming days, the Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology, together with the Ministry of Economic Development, promises to submit proposals to the government on changes in import tariffs for the import of vehicles. The head of the Ministry of Industry and Science Ilya Klebanov announced this at the end of last week. “The Ministry of Economic Development and I had a deadline to submit proposals on duties on foreign cars by June 25, but I think that we will present them earlier,” the minister promised. It is assumed that import duties on new foreign cars and used ones over seven years old will be approximately the same. The proposed rate is 35% for five years, followed by a reduction to 15%. If these proposals are accepted by the government, they will come into effect one month after the relevant resolution is signed.
Countries and territories where there is priority for right-hand drive vehicles (total population - about 2 billion people):
Australia, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana, Brunei, Bhutan, Great Britain, Virgin Islands (US), Guyana, Hong Kong, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Zambia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Cayman Islands, Kenya, Cyprus, Kiribati, Lesotho, Mauritius, Macau, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Channel Islands, Norfolk Island, Cocos Island , Montserrat Island, Maine Island, Pitcairn Island, St. Helena Island, British Virginia Islands, Cook Islands, Christmas Island, Turks and Caicos Islands, Pakistan, Papua - - New Guinea, Swaziland, Seychelles, St. Vincent, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Thailand, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Fiji, Falkland Islands wa, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Jamaica, Japan Kirill VASILENKO
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