Ni hao, change shoes: Russians on Rolls-Royce and Porsche massively switch to Chinese tires
Russian owners of luxury and premium cars found a way out of the situation with expensive components and began to change into Chinese tires. This year, their imports have grown by almost one and a half times, writes the media.
Due to additional costs for the import of parallel imports, prices for summer tires almost doubled in anticipation of the season, and somewhere the increase in cost was more than 60%. Chinese companies came to the aid of car owners, selling tires not by the piece, but even by kilograms. So, when coming to a tire shop, many VIP clients driving Rolls-Royce, BMW and Porsche, having heard about a rather cheap and good quality alternative, make a choice not in favor of global brands.
According to experts interviewed by SHOT, in the first half of 2022, imports of Chinese tires grew by 45%, and if the trend continues, tires from China will almost completely fill the domestic market. In this case, the market will be divided among themselves by six or seven Chinese brands with Western quality.
