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Old 01-04-2015, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by donquixote99 View Post
Probably heavily government-subsidized, for prestige, employment, and trade/currency reasons. The export-to-Russia thing is because they really need foreign exchange with Russia right now. And the Russians want them to have it....

10,000 units into a 2.3 million-unit market isn't going to make the Russian automakers squawk too much.
If I am not mistaken, I was told they only pay about 5 cents a gallon for gas.
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