AbakwaHyundai bangase balahle ithemba futhi bacabange ngokuthuthukisa isitshalo sabo eSt. Petersburg, ngokusho kwabezindaba baseMoscow
“Imakethe yaseRussia ingashintshashintsha futhi ingantengantenga. Sizibeka engcupheni yokungakwazi ukuletha izimoto ezintsha,” kuxwayisa leli qembu, njengoba licashunwe yinkampani yezolwazi yaseRussia iTass.
Abakhiqizi baseKorea i-Kia ne-Hyundai ngaphezu kwalokho balungiselela ukushiya imakethe yaseRussia, indawo okuye kwahlukahluka kuyo ukuthengwa kwamanye amazwe kwamaShayina ezinyangeni zamanje. AbakwaKia sebevele bethuthe iningi lezindawo zabo zokusebenza eRussia baliyisa eKazakhstan, futhi sebeqinisekise izinhlelo zokuthi baqale ukuhlanganisa izimoto lapho ngokusebenzisana ngezindlela ezintathu nenkampani yomdabu i-Allur Auto.
Amazwana azwakala ngaphakathi kwabezindaba baseRussia ukuthi le nkampani izobe ihloselwe ngokuyinhloko ekuthumeleni eRussia - mhlawumbe "ngendlela yesibili", ukuze ingaphuli ngokushesha unswinyo.
I-Kia ne-Hyundai ziye zaba ngabadlali abangu-2 nabathathu ngokulandelana emakethe yaseRussia ngaphambi kwempi yase-Ukraine, okwesibili ngemuva kwe-AvtoVAZ ngokudayisa yonke into. Ngo-2021, izinkampani ezi-2 zaseKorea zanikela ngezimoto ezingama-205,000 nezingu-197,000, ngokulandelana.
Ngemva kokuqala kwempi, abaseKorea balinda, benethemba lokusindisa ibhizinisi labo laseRussia. Manje, noma kunjalo, leli themba libonakala selinyamalele, ngenxa yokuthi i-Hyundai ingacabangela ukudayiswa kwesitshalo sayo saseRussia eSt. Petersburg, kusho i-Gazeta.ru. Kungase kube nenkolelo-mbono mayelana nevelu - cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-500, ngokusho kochwepheshe cishe ingxenye yenani langempela lebhizinisi.