“Grandfather’s cars” from Iran will come to Russia again
Iran Khodro, the largest manufacturer from Tehran, has set its sights on the Russian market. About what cars he produces, Business FM clarified the experience, as well as those who have been using cars without cars for several years
Iran stopped exporting its cars to Russia this year. About it informed Khodro Mehdi Khatibi, CEO of Iran’s tourism car manufacturer. By the end of 2022, the project will produce 500,000 vehicles. The company’s goal is to export 100 thousand of them annually, while previously it was limited to 20 thousand. There are also plans to enter the markets of Azerbaijan, Oman and Iraq, but Russia’s priority.
If you look at photos of Iran Khodro cars on the Internet, the first emotion is: “For an amateur.” For a retro lover. Inside, too, all these emotions, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Behind the wheel” Maxim Kadakov:
Maxim Kadakov editor-in-chief of the magazine “Behind the wheel”
According to Maxim Kadakov, in terms of ensuring the safety of technologies between the Russian Lada Granta and Renault Duster, the advantage comes true in the direction of the first. At what prices Iranian cars are sold in Russia, experts predict they are not buying yet. But if it’s just production and logistics costs, the price tag will be somewhere in the region of 1-1.5 million rubles. Budget by today’s standards. It was the high price that attracted Alexei from Kolomna at one time. He wanted a foreign car, but inexpensive. And bought. And no one else advises to do this:
And it still rots. And rarely 20-30 thousand kilometers is naughty on the suspension and electrics. But he’s driving. And comfortable, Alexey admits. And it is produced: “I wouldn’t sell it, but I’ve already drunk all the juices.”
– It is colloquially called “grandfather’s car.” It is mostly driven by old people. it’s just that they have nothing to do in retirement, and they swell part of their pension into this car. And they have a lot of free time, they observe her, repair her. To be honest, it seems to me that it was even more under repair than I drove it. I bought it, roughly speaking, for 200 thousand rubles. And in two years another 200 thousand rubles were invested.
– I see you are selling for 215 thousand rubles?
– Yes, because I already redid everything there, went through everything. I have an almost new motor.
And 215 thousand rubles – this is taking into account bargaining. He said: if they still upgrade the suspension and so on, if they don’t do a review of the car, then I might even buy a new one.
Major European brands such as Mercedes or BMW often do not sell cars in their advertising campaigns, but rather emotions that their cars are supposed to represent. meeting with Alexei, the future owners of Iranian cars in Russia, emotions are provided. Bright.