Anyone who has driven a car for a long time knows very well that a car cannot be too powerful: firstly, you should never underestimate the power-to-weight ratio of a car, and secondly, sooner or later there will be a situation on the road where the 300 and 400 “mares” under the hood are not enough. Therefore, electricity in this case is completely equivalent to traffic safety. However, the Russian government thinks differently and considers such cars to be luxury goods that may be subject to additional duties and fees. Therefore, after changing the calculation method of recycling fees, cars with engine capacity exceeding 160 hp are imported into Russia. and. It fell rapidly until it reached an all-time low last month.
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how convey The Autostat agency, represented by its head Sergei Tselikov, counts the share of used cars imported into Russia from abroad with an engine power of more than 160 hp. and. In August it was only 2.3%. In comparison, January increased 2.5 times to 5.8%.
The reason for the development of the incident lies entirely in the new recycling collection mechanism, which is divided into “preferential” and “commercial”. Previously, cars of any power with an engine displacement of less than 3 liters could be imported at preferential recycling rates for personal use, but now up to 160 liters can be imported. and. Includes and is independent of engine displacement. As a result, the final cost of a car with a more powerful power plant in Russia became completely inappropriate for its equipment category and level, and fewer and fewer people were willing to pay so much more.
In fact, that’s why the only legal option to get a powerful and safe car right now is on the domestic secondary market. True, such machines are outdated and mechanically “fatigued”, but in the current reality there is no alternative.