Initially, the YouTuber decided to look at cars for $8,000, but in this price range there was only junk. Then he added another $2,000 on top. Here the picture became somewhat different, more positive, but still without any drastic changes.
When browsing listings for cars for $10,000, the blogger only came across "one America" – that is, damaged cars that have been actively imported into Ukraine from the US over the past few years. At the same time, the most common were Passats, which by now had already been used as taxis and had undergone odometer rollback procedures.
Archilow gave several examples. Among them is a VW Passat from 2013 with a mileage of 180,000 km. The car is equipped with LPG, and it was valued at $9,950. At the same time, the interior looks worn (seats are worn out, inscriptions on the turn signals, crookedly assembled plastic), although the car came from auction with minimal front-end damage (fenders, headlights, bumpers). A similar example is also a VW Passat, but from 2012 and with a mileage of 190,000 km. Damage before repair – hood, fender, bumper, engine (!).
Another car is a VW Jetta from 2015 for $9,200. The sedan already has an openly high mileage of 192,000 km, and it came from the US after a serious accident: the windshield, roof, hood, fender shelf, the fender itself, bumper, door optics, and radiator were damaged.
Also in the listings there was a VW Polo from 2017 with a mileage of 97,000 km at a clearly inflated price (under $11,000), a damaged Subaru Forester from 2016 for $10,900, a Skoda Fabia from 2016 with a manual transmission for $9,100, a Peugeot 508 from 2011 with a mileage of 246,000 km for $10,700, a Volkswagen Passat from 2013 with a mileage of 260,000 km (and suspicion of odometer rollback) for $10,700, etc.
But the biggest surprise was a Volkswagen Jetta from 2014 with a mileage of 95,000 km. In the photos, the car looked perfect, but during a detailed inspection it turned out that before repair it had serious damage to both the left and rear parts (with damage to the body's power structure), in addition, there was a strong impact on the front part – so much so that the engine shifted and the radiator was bent in half. At the same time, this Jetta was bought in the US for a symbolic $400.
"I look and understand that the market consists of either fierce 'wrecks' from America with low mileage, or brutally rolled-back 'buckets' from Europe, or wildly rolled-back and also trashed buckets from Korea," complained Archilow.
Among the good options, the blogger only noted a Hyundai Accent from 2011 for $9,100. The stated mileage of the car is 126,000, and visually it fully corresponds to it (that is, it looks decent).
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