Some say it’s madness while others support the idea. Anyway you can see by yourselves how contraband cars are destroyed in Russia.
In one of the yards. Poor car owner… That’s how you may be revenged in Russia.
They say “size doesn’t matter” but this thing looks absolutely impressive!
via madness_13, udavka and Jus
Que terrible desperdicio!
First!!
We do the same in the UK. They should be destroyed or sold or they just end up back in the hands of criminals.
Or do like it when the police can commandeer such property though. Imagine if the cops had decent cars?
Aghhhhhhh!!!!!
What a way to break my heart.
Was there no way to auction it?
Or take it for Police purposes?
No problem, people from poland can fix it!
Things what russians make good at least – is destruction. If they cant make good car on your own, this is not solution
Send them all to Cuba.
What a waste..
Idiocy in Russia is infinite.
They cannot even think of donating those cars (or proceeds of their sale) to orphanages, community centers etc…
Contraband how? I’d at least re purpose the cars for police or state vehicle.
Yeah, destroy those Yodas, they are JUNK anyways!
I am sure that any Russian city other than Moscow could use the money from a auction.In the states there are always nice cars that could be had for thousands under book.
did they make the owner watch the distraction?
Pervoy!
What makes the car illegal? It appears to simply be a brand new car with no modifications (the keys were still in their original bags!). Did someone import it without paying taxes? And yeah, what everyone else says, why doesn’t the police make use of the cars, or auction them off and give the proceeds to social programs that would obviously need it?
Russia has enormous tax for imported cars which is 48% of the customs price of a car for majority of imported cars
If you manged to get foreign car inside Russia w/o paying customs duty – this car becomes illegal
Ah, bummer that. Hate to see a brand new car get demolished just to make a point. They likely could have made far more selling the car on auction than they could have made from taxes. Truly a waste.
i thought that russian taxes for imported car is low or no tax at all! Until i read your comment. 48%???! seriously?! but the final price is still cheap! how i know it is cheap? because i live in Peters for 4 years and i know. why cheap? because compared to Malaysia, we have to pay almost 300% tax for foreign car (that 300% consists of 3 different taxes).
i like this site,
this very helpful and informative for me and also for others.
some topic give me a lot of info, thanks for this amazing site.
You still cant beat an ‘Henschel’ -the best.
Why? Why do they do this when they can sell them at an auction and make money?
Those vehicles could have been sold at auction and the proceeds used to fix roads or feed the poor, what an inexcusable waste of everything. No other country in the world would do this.
wtf? where are all the comments??
What a waste!
Why not to auction it out and get some proceeds for the much needed?
I’m pretty sure Russia has a high tariff on imports,but it could certainly tell the reason why Russian car manufacturers couldn’t make cars that satisfy people.
Toyota don’t have a factory in Russia? If have, it would be expensive as well.
Just learn from the lessons in Southeast Asia, when there was high tariff, local people have to pay massive amount for a small car or have to a jumpy locally built cars.
Then the tariff reduced, and local people enjoy a good car at reasonable price, and local car manufacturers experience a surge in sales, and after competition, they even export cars.
What do you mean by “contraband cars”?
Ouch! That hurts!!! Why state don’t re-sell them to make some money from those cars???
Why crush it? Simply sell it