Fun Fact: If You Buy Your BMW In Russia It Might Not Come With A Warranty

Russia has its own way of doing things. It always has. Despite growing globalization, Russia remains, well, Russia. Rejecting outside influences, turning the media into the enemy of the people, and an authoritarian leadership trying to pass itself off as a democracy are the norm. Needless to say, basic consumer protection and transparency laws are deliberately vague if they exist at all. And that includes those that apply to new vehicles, such as BMWs.

Although BMW Russia is the officially licensed importer for the German automaker, not all Russian-market BMWs are built in Germany. An unknown number are manufactured at Russia's own Avtotor plant in the province of Kaliningrad, where not a single German employee or BMW representative is on location to monitor build quality standards.

cidflekken - 9/23/2019 12:43:22 PM

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Oh, those crazy Russians...

countguy - 9/23/2019 12:52:38 PM

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figures

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/23/2019 3:11:54 PM

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I heard once from a business owner who makes food processing equipment that if you ever attend a trade show in Russia and you bring over equipment to show, it is a write off. You may bring it in, but it won't make it back to where you came from. Somewhere along the line after the show it "falls off the truck". Nothing you can do about it.

MDarringer - 9/23/2019 9:12:24 PM

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Typical Liberal support of the "Russians are bad" false narrative and oh the bigotry.

Imagine if he had said "...if you ever attend a trade show in AN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY and you bring over equipment to show, it is a write off. You may bring it in, but it won't make it back to where you came from. Somewhere along the line after the show it "falls off the truck". Nothing you can do about it."

Same bigotry, different culture.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/23/2019 10:01:12 PM

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Actually a very true story about a food machinery firm in Oakville Ontario. But your comment is very topical and shocks those from outside the USA to hear any American coming to the defence of Russia or its government. #strangedays.

mre30 - 9/23/2019 10:40:00 PM

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Hmmm, BMW's that are not durable? Only in Russia?

skytop - 9/24/2019 3:06:03 AM

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Ruskie humor played on BMW buyers in Russia.