Another "breakthrough" for the local car industry: how much does it cost to re-stick a name plate on a Chinese minivan? Well, friends, we meet a new product -. Sollers SP7. Beautiful wrap, loud headlines about "Russian answer to Chinese luxury", 237 horsepower and 8-speed automatic. Sounds solid, but let's face it! In fact, here is a classic example of badge engineering: a thoroughbred Chinese JAC Refine RF8, which at the factory in Tatarstan simply had its logo re-added (hello Moskovich and Volga!). In China itself, this original JAC costs local buyers enough money by today's standards - from 170 to 210 thousand yuan. In our terms - approximately from 1.86 to 2.3 million rubles. But as soon as the car becomes Solars, its official retail price at dealers jumps to 4.8 - 5.1 million rubles (and without discounts on loans and trade-in it even creeps up to 5.3 million), and not even with all-wheel drive. The overpayment for "Russian origin" is almost three million rubles. This is import substitution. And now I'll tell you the main mystery: why the plan to drive a bypass diesel car and save money won't work? You won't save money. That's why a new recycling collection was invented. Our minivan is a relatively strong guy, it has a two-liter turbo engine with 237 horsepower. And according to the law, if the engine power exceeds 160 hp, there is no loophole with preferential scrap for individuals for 3.4 thousand rubles. You will have to pay the state the full commercial rate, and for two liters it is an extortionate 1.9 million rubles on top of that. We add here customs, logistics, SBCTS, margin of adapters, and at the end of the day, a stock JAC RF8 will cost you the same 5.2 million on a turnkey basis. This is how they tightened the screws in a nice and cynical way. The hack for independent import of powerful cars was simply destroyed. We were literally put in the booth, we had to pay the hungry margins of the "screwdriver components" Milbuga and the big appetite of the official car agencies.

Another "breakthrough" for the local car industry: how much does it cost to re-stick a name plate on a Chinese minivan? Well, friends, we meet a new product -. Sollers SP7. Beautiful wrap, loud headlines about "Russian answer to Chinese luxury", 237 horsepower and 8-speed automatic. Sounds solid, but let's face it! In fact, here is a classic example of badge engineering: a thoroughbred Chinese JAC Refine RF8, which at the factory in Tatarstan simply had its logo re-added (hello Moskovich and Volga!). In China itself, this original JAC costs local buyers enough money by today's standards - from 170 to 210 thousand yuan. In our terms - approximately from 1.86 to 2.3 million rubles. But as soon as the car becomes Solars, its official retail price at dealers jumps to 4.8 - 5.1 million rubles (and without discounts on loans and trade-in it even creeps up to 5.3 million), and not even with all-wheel drive. The overpayment for "Russian origin" is almost three million rubles. This is import substitution. And now I'll tell you the main mystery: why the plan to drive a bypass diesel car and save money won't work? You won't save money. That's why a new recycling collection was invented. Our minivan is a relatively strong guy, it has a two-liter turbo engine with 237 horsepower. And according to the law, if the engine power exceeds 160 hp, there is no loophole with preferential scrap for individuals for 3.4 thousand rubles. You will have to pay the state the full commercial rate, and for two liters it is an extortionate 1.9 million rubles on top of that. We add here customs, logistics, SBCTS, margin of adapters, and at the end of the day, a stock JAC RF8 will cost you the same 5.2 million on a turnkey basis. This is how they tightened the screws in a nice and cynical way. The hack for independent import of powerful cars was simply destroyed. We were literally put in the booth, we had to pay the hungry margins of the "screwdriver components" Milbuga and the big appetite of the official car agencies.