If it did happen. Which car will not go to Russia

While the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are looking for a way out of the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian government to discuss possible new sanctions against "unfriendly" our countries.

This time under the ban can get imported from the US and EU cars. Portal *****. Ru finds out what cars we see in showrooms, if the policy of mutual sanctions will be tightened.

According to the newspaper "Vedomosti", Russia, followed by restrictions on the supply of food from the United States and the European Union may impose restrictions on imports of industrial goods. One of the possible measures - almost complete ban imports of cars from unfriendly toward us countries. According to an unnamed source in the Russian government, "the demand can be provided at the expense of domestic production, especially companies that operate in the industrial assembly."

For the average customer, this means that a number of popular cars in our country is unavailable. It remains unknown, however, the main thing - whether it be to impose sanctions against carmakers or restrictions will affect other industries. And if they still impose, then they will affect only cars or even car kits? In the latter case, the plants located in Russia, belonging to European companies have, in fact, stop.

We found out what kind of cars before the others come under our retaliatory sanctions if the latter are still to be introduced. In our selection - the most famous and popular of these machines.





Volkswagen

Models: Golf, Passat, Phaeton.

"Golf" and "Passat" in Russia respected. But in all of them, as a rule, do not line up: in our country, unlike in Europe, the primary market in favor other machines classes C and D. But in the "secondary" they are popular. "Golf" and "Passat" in Russia will be sorely missed! What models still take the standard of evaluating cars such classes? ..

Another matter - Phaeton. We took it as a cool, so still and can not understand why you need a large sedan with the emblem of the "people's" car for the price of "Mercedes" and "BMW"? In general, it is unlikely someone from the Russians much bored by "Phaeton".



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Honda

Models: Accord, CR-V.

Hondovtsy claim that the name of their brand in the Russian motorists is primarily associated with the model Accord. It is not difficult to guess with what car it is associated in the second place - with the crossover CR-V, the best-selling model "Honda" on the domestic market. It is not necessary to possess psychic abilities to suggest what kind of reaction in the Russian office of the company led to the news of a possible ban on imports of cars in Russia. Almost certainly close to panic as Accord, recall comes to Russia from the United States, and CR-V - from the UK. The Japanese, of course, may try to establish an assembly of cars in our country, but it will take years. A sales results are needed now! ..



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Toyota

Models: Highlander, Venza.

No sooner had the fans toyotovskih crossovers glad that we finally became officially sold Venza, as immediately on the model looming sword of Damocles: the machine can again leave the Russian market. And not one, but in the company of the most popular among our countrymen seven-seat crossover: Toyota Highlander! What is equally disappointing, as most recently in our country started selling the new, third-generation model. Both cars, recall, manufactured in the US, because originally intended for the North American market. And only when the Japanese realized that the Russians at their own risk in droves to buy Highlander and Venza at the "gray" dealers, they have to deliver them to us officially.



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Skoda

Model: Fabia Combi, Octavia Combi.

These models are, of course, does not make for a Czech producer of "weather" in Russia: all the most popular cars the company has long been produced either in the factory in Kaluga or at GAZ in Nizhny Novgorod. But if new sanctions against the West hit the "Fabia Combi" will be very upset! Although, if only because it is we, in fact, the only one of its kind: no more in the official sale purebred European wagon class B. Seat Ibiza ST, technically representing the same "Fabia Combi" but with a different body, does not count. Russian motorists, by the way, actively fill this gap on its own: import from Europe used compact wagons with diesel engines. But this is not the same thing as to go and buy a car in the cabin. In addition to the Fabia Combi, when you enter a new sanctions, we lose as wagon Skoda Octavia, Octavia Scout model is a new generation of risks and does not enter our market.



Volvo

Model: V40 CrossCountry, XC60, S60, S80.

In recent years, according to statistics, Volvo in Russia stars from the sky is not enough. Last year, for example, it "furnished the" sales not only representatives of the "Great German troika", but also with the British and the Japanese: Lexus cars and Land Rover were sold at us better! Yet agree that it is difficult to imagine the Russian market of luxury cars without original Swedish brand. With its Nordic style, with traditional Swedish engineers fixated on security, with excellent readiness of these machines to the Russian winter, finally! Alas, our own production company in Russia and is not acquired.



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"Most German trio»

Perhaps a few of our readers will remember a time when our country journey through the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg even car brand Audi, BMW or Mercedes becomes an event! Such machines in those years we just did not have, and their owners in the minds of the layman became if not gods, then certainly to someone ranked higher Politburo members - past and then had to settle official "Volga" and "The Seagull"!

Get used to the sly - soon to be almost the same. If the Government of the Russian Federation still dare to sanctions against Western producers, the first thing we will be rolled official sales of cars Mercedes-Benz, as well as almost all models of Audi. In the case of cars from Ingolstadt will make an exception, some versions of the models A6 and A8, which is collected on the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga. In the case of BMW in our market will remain practically all passenger models and all crossovers, as supplied to us mainly cars produced in the Kaliningrad "Avtotor". The sanctions also affect series models M, GT, as well as a new crossover X4.



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What will happen?

A ban on imports of cars threatens the market scale redistribution. 378,000 vehicles totaling $ 7 billion importers imported to Russia in the first half of 2014. If the stream dries up, the state budget will not be counted huge customs revenues, and we are with you - a number of essential vehicles.

All this means that the newly rapid color bloom stage private cars, and if banned and the prices rise significantly because of increased competition on both the primary and the secondary market.



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The author Roman Zubco.

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