Hello! I am from Russia, my name is Ilya, I have lived in the city of Perm since birth. It is located at latitude 58, almost the same as Alaska’s capital, Juneau. Only, the population of Juneau is some 31,000 people, and Perm is more than 1 million people.
After the start of the war in Ukraine, German cars became much more expensive in Russia. They were already, to put it mildly, expensive, because Russia has high import duties on cars. Namely, with BMW, the situation is even worse: firstly, they have become much more expensive on the world market; secondly, import duties in Russia remained high; thirdly, costs have increased further due to the fact that BMW now has to be imported through other countries.
Next, I tested the Lixiang L9. Although the quality of the materials is excellent, it did not impress me with the interior design. Besides, it is too big, and, most importantly, all Lixiang are hybrids, and I wanted a pure electric car. The Tang has a fairly stiff suspension . The car steers sharply and clearly, no worse than a BMW. But it takes turns even better due to the very low center of gravity: after all, the battery is located under the floor, and it is heavy.