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0:00This is going to be a funny start to
0:01the episode with me being like, "We
0:02opened the second proving ground.
0:04Rataty." And Vanya is like, "Don't say
0:06that.""You shouldn't say that." So,
0:07cut that,
0:08cut it, cut it.
0:11Good day, good morning, good evening.
0:13Come in, have a seat. We have guests
0:15off-camera today. Ivan Baranov is with
0:17us today. He's our lawyer.
0:18Hi.
0:19Yes, you might have seen him in the
0:20documentary credits with that
0:21thoughtful look on his face. He always
0:23has a very thoughtful face when we make
0:25documentaries, because he spends his
0:26time thinking about how to make sure we
0:27don't end up in jail. So, periodically,
0:29maybe in this episode, you'll hear a
0:31number of lines like "don't say that,""
0:32don't say that,""don't say that."
0:34We'll try.
0:36Especially in Germany, when there was
0:38just Hitler, Nazism, schism, just all
0:40that crap playing on the screen for 4
0:42hours. Like, how did that go wrong for
0:55us?
0:57But getting back to the start, we
0:58opened the second Rataty proving ground
1:00. By the time you watch this video, it
1:01actually happened a bit earlier; it did
1:03happen on November 10th. Everything...
1:05Okay, since we're at it, let me fix my
1:07t-shirt. You know, maybe we shouldn't
1:11say "we."
1:17The whole episode is going to be like
1:18this today. Are we sure about the
1:20phrasing? We should say "Rataty opened
1:23a second proving ground." That's
1:26legally more accurate.
1:29No, well, okay. Fine.
1:30What is it?
1:31Fixing the t-shirt.
1:32Yes. Yes. He just wants to touch me.
1:38That's allowed.
1:39Ah, open us up, please. We have some
1:41kind of total disconnect with the sound
1:43here.
1:45It's not closed.
1:47It would just be funny if all the mics
1:49were off and it was just a shot of you
1:51touching me with no sound. Just...
1:55everywhere you say something.
1:56Yes. We could use it as a bumper
1:59between news segments.
2:01Maybe make a 24-hour continuous loop,
2:04with elevator music playing over it.
2:06Like, we drew new bumpers, this
2:08infographic, and so on. If we replaced
2:11them with these clips of you massaging
2:13me, everyone would definitely have more
2:16fun.
2:17Damn, the mic came off again.
2:19Professionals are at work; we'll shoot
2:22from the side. The most important thing
2:24is that the winter season is starting.
2:26Snow is starting, ice, all that lack of
2:28grip; I highly recommend it. We had an
2:30episode based on how you're going to
2:32crash. And we analyzed, well, the
2:34accident statistics, how our people die
2:36on public roads. There, we showed this
2:38wonderful graph of deaths in the
2:40oncoming lane relative to snow cover.
2:44And there is a quite noticeable
2:45correlation, that you sort of lose
2:46control, it starts sliding somewhere,
2:48and so on. And to have at least some
2:51chance of correcting the car at the
2:53right moment, you need to practice on
2:55low-traction surfaces. Well, like ice,
2:57sleet, snow, all that kind of stuff.
3:00And also in the video, if you haven't
3:02seen it, there is a fun infographic
3:04showing that we have deaths related to
3:06speed limits, and that only 8%happen
3:09due to exceeding the speed limit, while
3:11the rest is just due to choosing the
3:13wrong speed within the limit, which
3:15also proves that our drivers don't
3:17really know what speed they should be
3:19driving. So definitely go to the main
3:21channel, watch the video, there's a lot
3:23of interesting stuff there. Do you have
3:26any interesting news to share? Well,
3:29yeah. Has anything interesting happened
3:31to you with cars?
3:33Uh. Well, uh, right now it's just a
3:38cycle, you can't really...
3:42NDA.
3:43Yeah, the gory details? No. Uh, well,
3:45something really interesting for the
3:48viewers right now.
3:51I need to prepare, to prepare my legal
3:53stance on how to tell you about it and
3:55all that. No, well, just in case, if
3:57there’s nothing, let's just go to the
3:59news, no problem.
4:00Not really, yet. Let’s move on. Next
4:02question.
4:03Yeah, keep going, you can also do it
4:04like this. Not by fast-forwarding, like
4:06, go ahead with it.
4:08And you didn't send your question on
4:09time. Screw off. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
4:11Within the set deadline. No, wait, I
4:13have a question I can ask you. Ah.
4:16We have this common belief that the
4:18courts in our country are just
4:20inadequate.
4:20There is such a belief. Yes.
4:22Yes. And that, like, through the courts
4:24, through the system of justice,
4:26achieving that very justice is
4:27generally impossible.
4:29Yes, look, you can't say that anymore.
4:34I’m saying that, in general, there is
4:35such a belief. I don't share that
4:36position.
4:36We absolutely don't consider that to be
4:38true information. Well, indeed, there
4:41is such a, uh, invalid belief. And what
4:44is the question, then? Whether such a
4:46belief exists? Well, like, yeah, so are
4:49you a lawyer, or do you not have lawyer
4:51status?
4:52Yes. Well, I have some directly, or my
4:54colleagues, if needed, yes, for
4:55criminal cases. I just deal less with
4:57criminal cases. To have more, well,
4:59fewer restrictions, I haven't reached
5:01that qualification stage yet. I am
5:03qualified to appear in all courts, yes,
5:05for civil and economic cases. And what
5:08I wanted to add regarding this is that
5:11everything depends, in general, not so
5:13much on the courts as on the specialist
5:16helping you, that is, your lawyer.
5:20But that’s always the case, it’s
5:21not just in law; in general, when you
5:23do something with someone else, you
5:25have a service provider or a specialist
5:26helping you. I mean, it's better to
5:29keep your teeth with a dentist.
5:31That is true. But there are some
5:32specialists who can help us in such a
5:34way that they end up in prison
5:36themselves. He's implying that if your
5:39lawyer drinks with the judge, it's a
5:42good thing.
5:43You were talking as a lawyer, too.
5:45No, well, I have two lawyers right now,
5:47they saw some accounts, let's say, with
5:49revenues of around a billion. And they
5:52were like, "Let's ask for at least 80
5:53million, let's tell her we'll reach an
5:55agreement with that amount." She sent
5:56them the money, and now they are in
5:58prison themselves, because, well, they
5:59are in jail, and the investigation is
6:01still ongoing. Well, the point is that,
6:03yes, not all lawyers are created equal,
6:04so to speak. Right. Well, I think you
6:06got lucky with me. Well, I'm sitting
6:10right here. Naturally, lucky, it goes
6:13without saying.
6:14No, I'm just thinking if we could add
6:16something about whether the system is
6:18changing or not, because, again,
6:20everything people see in public or in
6:22the news is just some high-profile
6:23cases that attract a lot of public
6:25attention and so on. Routine is the
6:28life of all courts and all specialists.
6:31It's just exactly that, yeah. Well, for
6:33instance, you can judge for yourself
6:34whether it's changing or not. For
6:36example, you're scheduled for a hearing
6:38at 8:30 on some winter day, you walk up
6:40to that door at 8:30, and it turns out
6:42there's a case at 8:25. Right. But
6:44besides that case, there are 10 more
6:46cases.
6:47At 8:23, at 8:21,
6:49something like that. And so it turns
6:51out you go in around two, but you
6:53arrived at the court at 8:30. And
6:56everyone knew that you would likely not
6:58go in at 8:30, but this system
7:00continues.
7:01It doesn't obligate you to the point
7:03where, well, you absolutely have to,
7:05You never know—courts, the judicial
7:07system, I don't know, managers or court
7:10administrators, they could set up a
7:12system so that you’d know if there's
7:14a long line, or something like that,
7:17instead of you having to stand there
7:19and wait for 5 hours. I mean, and this
7:22has been happening, probably, for about
7:2330 years now. Well, there have been
7:25some changes, of course, but they're
7:26just not visible.
7:28But they are in the schedule, like,
7:31I can't say there are any changes that
7:33are noticeable to the public, but my
7:35colleagues would probably say, yes,
7:37there is clearly some progress, just
7:39not for us.
7:46Like,
7:48we all say: "We're all going to jail.
7:50We're all going to jail."
7:51No, no. I mean, he said a lot of things
7:54that were completely meaningless. I
7:57well, a specialist, still a person.
7:59I try not to say that we're going to
8:01jail. Yes, I want to eat, I want to.
8:03Well, you can't, guys,
8:06you can't go to jail. With that, let's
8:08move on to the news. You shouldn't say
8:10that.
8:11We'll cut that out.
8:13Divine. Divinely.
8:15When I write scripts for documentaries,
8:17that's where I unleash my inner
8:18investigator. The one who translates
8:20five-year-old sources from Italian and
8:22personally combs through every shelf in
8:24the library looking for the right
8:26manuscript. That, I love and understand
8:28. But hunting for things in everyday
8:29life is a skill that’s atrophied for
8:31me, and quite voluntarily. But
8:33fortunately, there are many smart and
8:35enterprising people who create services
8:37that hunt and compare information for
8:38you. The service is called exactly that
8:40. Sravni. You’ve 100%heard of it, so
8:43I just came to remind you and move on
8:45to discuss the news. On Sravni, you can
8:47buy OSAGO insurance. All you need is
8:49your license plate number and to fill
8:50out a form. Then the service does
8:51everything itself. It gathers all the
8:54offers from most insurance companies
8:56and shows you the final price, mind you
8:58, taking into account your discounts
8:59for accident-free driving and
9:01experience. And I'm emphasizing this,
9:04because usually, well, how is it done?
9:06First, you remember all the insurance
9:08companies, or most likely, you just ask
9:10your friends where they got their OSAGO
9:12. Then you go to their websites, and
9:13there, of course, no one will tell you
9:15the price right away. You have to call.
9:17You start the great calling marathon,
9:19and god forbid one of the insurance
9:20companies tells you that you need to go
9:22to an office in person for the policy.
9:23We forget all that like a bad dream and
9:26go to Sravni. There, you instantly
9:28choose the best offer from the
9:30selection and buy it right on the
9:32service. The policy will be sent to
9:34your email and mobile app and will be
9:36stored online. Yes, it is equivalent to
9:38a paper OSAGO policy. Yes, it is from a
9:40licensed company. Yes, you can show it
9:42to traffic police. And you can buy it
9:44around the clock. Yes, that was
9:45possible. And at the same time, you can
9:47win a car when buying OSAGO and other
9:49insurance. But on Sravni, you
9:50immediately participate in a giveaway
9:52for a car and cash prizes totaling 1
9:54million rubles. You can jump on the
9:56bandwagon until November 30th. Get your
9:59policy on Sravni and don't
10:00overcomplicate things. The link is in
10:02the description. The new Tesla Roadster
10:08will be shown on April 1st, and this is
10:11no joke. If you aren't aware, if you're
10:13a sane person who doesn't track what's
10:15happening at Tesla: in 2017 they
10:17promised 1,000 horsepower and a 0-60
10:19time of 1.9 seconds, but for some
10:20reason, they didn't show it in 2020,
10:22and didn't show it later either. And
10:25now Elon Musk comes out and says: "Well
10:27, on April 1st in '26, we will
10:29definitely show the car." But we won't
10:32produce it yet. It will come later in
10:35'27, or maybe a bit later, we'll see. I
10:37swear, it will definitely happen. And
10:39this has been happening cyclically for
10:41quite a long time now with the second
10:42generation Roadster. And if they
10:45release the production car in '27, it
10:47will turn out that the people who first
10:49pre-ordered it waited 10 years for the
10:51car.
10:52An investment,
10:53yes, a very big investment.
10:56They are way too late, because the
10:58Chinese have already released something
11:00,
11:00anything and everything, they've
11:01released it 10 times over already.
11:02You have that Xiaomi now that is
11:04essentially the same thing,
11:06yes. Furthermore, the Tesla Roadster
11:08will cost an absurd amount of money
11:10compared to the Chinese cars, which
11:11have those jumping Yangwang things and
11:12all that nonsense; it will cost more.
11:15Well, you have Rivian, for example, if
11:17you want to sink a lot of money into an
11:19electric thing that goes really fast.
11:21Or it's Rimac
11:22Rivian only makes SUVs.
11:24Oh, sorry, not Rivian, but
11:26Rimac. Rimac, yes.
11:27Rimac, yes. That's a thing.
11:29I wonder if the Tesla will burn as much
11:30as the Xiaomi?
11:31Tesla, by the way, burns less. It burns
11:33, but less. Well, well what,
11:35well that's a fact, yes. But again,
11:38this is connected not to the car models
11:40themselves, but to the battery
11:42contractor, because basically all these
11:44fires, flashes, and so on, it's all
11:46CATL batteries.
11:48Uh-huh.
11:48Well, that's CATL, a huge Chinese
11:49manufacturer. And so something is going
11:51on with them, something is not quite
11:53right there.
11:54Tesla used to have Panasonic as a
11:55supplier, I believe.
11:57Yes, and they even own a part of the
11:58company. Panasonic was the original
12:00company that invested money into Tesla
12:02as a startup, because they were like, "
12:03Hell yeah, we'll sell them batteries."
12:07And plus, we'll develop our own special
12:08batteries and supply them, and all that
12:09stuff. But firstly, this whole
12:12situation really smells like the
12:14Cybertruck, where they say, "sometime
12:16later we'll show you a car," which is a
12:18huge, long-term project and a complex
12:21technical development, and so on. And
12:25it seems the company already perfectly
12:26understands that the exact same thing
12:28will happen as with the Cybertruck:
12:29they spent a lot of money on
12:30development, a lot of money on
12:31production, and then released a model
12:33that no one needs anymore, because it
12:34won't be competitive in this world, and
12:36they definitely won't make money from
12:37it. So, you can't just come out and say
12:40: "Well, we promised you a Roadster for
12:42many years in a row, we collected a
12:43hell of a lot of pre-orders, gathered a
12:45large amount of money from people, and
12:47now, well, sorry, oops, we couldn't do
12:48it," they don't know how to do that.
12:50Therefore, we are really waiting for
12:52the first of April, 2026, and we'll see
12:53what kind of "vroaster" they show us
12:55there.
12:55Vroaster.
12:56Vroaster, yes. That's what it should be
12:58called. Vro.
12:59Can we say that in relation to the
13:00Tesla company?
13:01Uh, Americans. Yes.
13:08Alright, fine. Let's get right into it.
13:11AvtoVAZ is seeking investments to
13:13support production. Or should we say to
13:16support god-like production? That's
13:19allowed. Well, it wouldn't hurt, yes,
13:21added. On the sidelines of the forum,
13:25Russian industrialist Maxim Sokolov
13:26stated to journalists that, well,
13:28AvtoVAZ is looking for an outside
13:29investor, you understand? Our pants are
13:33falling down a little, and we need a
13:34little bit of cash to hold our pants up
13:36. We had plans to produce 500,000 cars
13:40within the year. Very big, ambitious
13:42ones. We have already adjusted those
13:44plans to just 300,000 cars. Well, a
13:45small adjustment, literally, good lord,
13:47no one will even notice. But to
13:48continue operations, we need a little
13:50bit of money so we don't have to take
13:52on extra loans, because we don't need
13:54that debt burden at all. Simply cutting
13:57production volume isn't quite right
13:59from AvtoVAZ's perspective because, if
14:01we start cutting now, it’s a long
14:03process, and we have every reason to
14:05believe that rates will soon drop, the
14:07economy will recover, and car demand
14:09will rise, meaning we'd have to
14:11scramble to ramp back up to supply
14:13Russian consumers. Therefore, we
14:15shouldn't cut production, as we might
14:17misjudge the trend. But still, for
14:19current operations, extra cash wouldn't
14:21hurt. I don't think this is an official
14:24investment offer for anyone. Especially
14:26since all car companies need money one
14:27way or another right now. We’ve all
14:29read a ton of headlines about how
14:31Volkswagen needs 11 billion for
14:33operations, Rivian needs 5 billion, and
14:35so on. A huge number of car
14:36manufacturers could use some extra
14:38billions right now. AvtoVAZ could use
14:40some proper cars. Or can't we say that?
14:44I don't think that's your point of view
14:45.
14:46I just heard on the internet that, well
14:48, maybe,
14:49legally, they aren't cars.
14:52They didn't tell me that.
14:57This is not an ad for AvtoVAZ. I think
15:00we got everything mixed up.
15:02Yes.
15:03Not only did they say that, but they
15:04also took their suitcases and carried
15:06them in the other direction somewhere.
15:08Can we joke about suitcases, by the way
15:09? You could say,
15:16well, empty, just ordinary empty ones.
15:18Or say they aren't always suitable for
15:20use.
15:24Like AvtoVAZs.
15:25Well, how...
15:27You have to say it. You have to say it.
15:29He said, like AvtoVAZ.
15:30I wanted to finish that thought too.
15:31Just the same. One has to say that
15:34AvtoVAZ also constantly complains, and
15:36naturally, they have their own plant
15:37and cars, and objective problems, but
15:39they say, "You understand, we've also
15:41been saddled with obligations to manage
15:42the St. Petersburg plant.""And we had
15:45to organize XCITE there and do other
15:47things, because we are a partially
15:49state-owned company, so like any other
15:51big, hulking state entity, we have to
15:53periodically do things we're simply
15:55assigned." Just because it's necessary.
15:57For our business, we don't really need
15:59to take on additional plants right now,
16:00because we don't need that much
16:02capacity. But we still have to do it
16:03because, well, these are the times we
16:05live in, you understand. Or am I being
16:06paranoid now?
16:08I missed that.
16:10I missed it because I approved it. Okay
16:12.
16:13Automatically, yes.
16:16But it's definitely unlikely to be due
16:18to some media rumors that Maxim Sokolov
16:19shared with a journalist or someone
16:21else that an investor would suddenly
16:22drop a huge amount of money on AvtoVAZ.
16:24Well, by the way, they were exempted
16:26from taxes. The Samara Region did that
16:28recently.
16:28Wow. They are now producing cars on
16:31church grounds.
16:34With God's help. Yes.
16:35Yes, with God's help. Everything is
16:38yours. You open the hood, damn it, and
16:41instead of spark plugs, you just have
16:42burning, consecrated candles inside.
16:45That explains the horsepower in their
16:47engines.
16:49The fact that the Samara Region
16:50exempted the company from taxes won't
16:51really save them. They say that, well
16:53yes, we will save some amount of money,
16:55which is important to us in any case
16:56right now. It's an important thing, but
16:59in many regions, for many enterprises,
17:01there are special preferential tax
17:03regimes. And for certain sectors, there
17:06are specific tax regimes. This is
17:08generally not news when a company needs
17:09support. And AvtoVAZ, for the record,
17:12everything related to AvtoVAZ,
17:13everything, not just the manufacturer
17:15itself, but everything in general, is
17:17about 400 enterprises and 300,000 jobs.
17:19Obviously, for this to exist and
17:21survive, well, it will need to be
17:22supported somehow. We'll see exactly
17:24how.
17:25Just to make use of tax benefits, you
17:27need to sell something. Hypothetically,
17:30they are selling.
17:31Well, they are selling.
17:32Not always voluntarily, I would say
17:35they are distributing them, you know.
17:37Well, yeah. Well, I heard there are
17:39some problems with that.
17:41A production plan isn't just adjusted
17:43from 500,000 to 300,000 cars just like
17:45that. There was a "pop" in the
17:47production plan. Why is it that in a
17:50five, you just erase the top bar and it
17:52easily turns into a three?
17:53Yeah, actually, that's true. Well,
17:55that's about how they did it in the
17:56report, right?
17:57Most likely, it was just written on a
17:59whiteboard, and they decided to leave
18:02it, yes,
18:02with a permanent marker that, damn it,
18:05won't erase.
18:10A record number of new passenger cars
18:12were sold in Russia. We are talking
18:14about October. And it's clear that due
18:16to rumors about the scrap fee and so on
18:18, it's not just the Volga region, but
18:20people just rushed to buy any cars,
18:22whatever they had enough money for at
18:24the moment. And in October, according
18:25to the Ministry of Industry and Trade,
18:27we sold 164,600 new passenger cars,
18:31which puts us in second place in Europe
18:32between Germany and the UK. In Germany,
18:35250,000 cars were sold in that same
18:37October, and 144,000 in the UK. But
18:39there’s no point in measuring the car
18:42market by a single month, because
18:44overall we're doing worse compared to
18:46'24. We have sold fewer cars over 10
18:48months than in the 10 months of '24.
18:51Analysts are laying out their Tarot
18:52cards, suggesting that November will
18:54also see high sales due to the
18:56recycling fee. Well, because the
18:58recycling fee is being introduced on
18:59December 1st. There. But as for
19:01December, we don't know yet. By the way
19:04, Tarot cards are a form of fraud.
19:06Just right off the bat, by the way.
19:08That's how my brain works. Sorry.
19:10A good question, generally speaking.
19:12Let's break this situation down. Let's
19:14do it.
19:16Well, for example, if I were your
19:18personal fortune teller, the question
19:21is what I want to get from you. For
19:24instance, if I just tell...well, that's
19:26what I think, I haven't tried it.
19:27This is obviously not our position. We,
19:29um,
19:29yes, and we don't do that.
19:30But what’s the setup? Well, if the
19:33reading were so vague and without a
19:36specific timeframe,
19:39and could be interpreted in such a way
19:42that either
19:46now that's a professional, take notes.
19:48Still no specifics.
19:52Either yes, or no.
19:53I would have already scrolled past this
19:54Short. A long time ago.
19:57I understand. Vova is sitting here
19:59pulling his hair out, like, "Just get
20:01to the point already."
20:03Generally speaking, yes, but no.
20:07Well, no. No, wait, wait, I'll explain.
20:10So, all women are lawyers, I take it?
20:14Well, how should I put it?
20:17That's what people tell me, too.
20:20In short, it depends on the composition
20:21, I guess. If they tell you: "Send 20
20:24now and another 100 later.""And if you
20:27don't send it, something bad will
20:28happen." Then that is already
20:30extortion.
20:31That's, well, it's fraud, but not quite
20:33blackmail or extortion yet. If she
20:36tells you that if you don't send it,
20:37she'll, I don't know, rip your arm off,
20:39then that's already, well...
20:40a hex for diarrhea,
20:41well, more or less, more or less. But
20:43if she’s just sharing her mood,
20:45I'm talking about Tarot cards now, not
20:48women, because the wording overlaps a
20:50lot.
20:50And you know, it actually overlaps
20:52quite often.
20:53There are certain correlations,
20:54there is something to that, yes. Well,
20:55if she's just sharing an opinion with
20:56...
20:58Have you ever seen guys on the street,
20:59damn it, playing a game of Tarot fools?
21:02In general, if she’s just sharing her
21:04thoughts on the matter, most likely, no
21:06. You might even pay for that.
21:09Well, when a woman shares a mood,
21:10sometimes you can pay for that.
21:11Conditionally. Yeah, sorry, damn it,
21:14please, for God's sake.
21:16Oh, well, we aren't promoting
21:18absolutely anything.
21:19Yes. Relationships with women, yes.
21:23Ugh, women. Well, there are none here
21:26to speak of. We're sitting here, by the
21:29way, five guys, damn it, in a closed
21:30room, a small one,
21:31yes, already quite packed.
21:33With a lawyer. I like how Vanya is
21:36laying all his cards on the table.
21:37That's it.
21:39Well, not all, okay, not all.
21:43Renault has revived the original Twingo
21:45. And this is probably that rare case
21:48where the guys showed a super cool
21:50electric car. Well, because of how it's
21:52drawn. Well, it's a total blast. There.
21:55To me, this is just about the first
21:57case where in the modern world they
21:59went and made this electric car that
22:02has some kind of predecessor that was
22:04well-known and was good. And if you
22:07aren't aware, the Renault Twingo was a
22:08fairly popular little car. This one
22:10really does, yes, have a slight aim at
22:12Asia, just the tiniest bit.
22:14Well,
22:15and this, it still has to drive, and a
22:17rainbow trails behind it from under its
22:19butt, like that cosmic cat. That's
22:22editing, it happens. Stas, you're a
22:24little behind on the trends. It's all
22:28CapCut. Yeah, yeah.
22:29His mouse just ate a Skittle once,
22:32that's why.
22:33Sometimes even the mouse had a trail
22:35like that, which is like, well, no
22:37rainbow at all.
22:38A smell you can see. Yeah, yeah. Yes,
22:41exactly like that. And it stings the
22:43eyes, man. Yeah,
22:44it looks like a ladybug. Well, actually
22:46, it's no wonder you have such
22:47associations with something Asian,
22:49because essentially this thing was
22:50developed by the Chinese. Even though
22:52it's a French car,
22:54right?
22:54Well, it looks just like an Ora Funky
22:56Cat. Well, maybe,
22:58well, the design here is exactly from
23:00the original 1992 Twingo, which was
23:02quite a revolutionary car for its time,
23:04because it essentially combined a
23:06minivan shape in the subcompact class.
23:08In those years, Renault discovered the
23:10niche of minivans and compact vans. And
23:13they poured out these bodies in every
23:14size.
23:16And for the next 15 years, it was a
23:18sales driver for them; they were
23:20arguably the strongest in this bubbly
23:23minivan niche.
23:25Twingo was a successful experiment, Vel
23:27Satis was an unsuccessful one.
23:29Satis is total trash.
23:31Right. And this car, it's like a
23:33tribute to that advanced design. But
23:36again, to be brief, Renault outsourced
23:38everything to the Chinese. They, in
23:40short,
23:41as far as I understand, only designed
23:43the interior.
23:43They designed the exterior and the
23:45interior. Yeah, but all the tech was
23:47developed in China. And the batteries
23:50and electric motors are also Chinese.
23:54And basically, well, it was all done to
23:56keep the price under 20,000 euros,
23:59yeah. Without subsidies for now.
24:00Everywhere CATL is involved, it
24:02promises to be a bright premiere, right
24:04?
24:04Uh-huh. And maybe, we aren't promising
24:08or guaranteeing anything. We don't
24:10promise.
24:12And a promise is a legal thing, as
24:14regrettably. Yes.
24:15Yes. If I promised, for example, that
24:18that's why I never say the word "I
24:20promise." Never.
24:22And what if you say "we'll see"?
24:24That's fine.
24:28Damn, but seriously, if you tell
24:29someone "I promise," it's like a verbal
24:31agreement.
24:32It doesn't apply to just any old
24:34statement. But if you've reached some
24:37agreement, like "I promise to arrive at
24:39this time," and the other person
24:41prepares for it, I don't know, rents
24:42something, let's say a studio,
24:45takes a shower, well, like,
24:46yeah, then it does count, but if you
24:49add "we'll see," humanly speaking...
24:52Vanya is about to dive into Roman law
24:55now.
24:57You, in short, be careful with promises
25:01in his presence. Exactly.
25:03Overall. Watch your mouth, dude.
25:08You, dear viewer, be careful.
25:11And this thing about "waiting three
25:12years for what was promised," is that
25:14officially established,
25:15or do we wait three to five years now?
25:18There's no waiting anymore,
25:20it depends on who your lawyer was. No,
25:23that's your statute of limitations,
25:24theoretically, but it can be adjusted
25:26...Anyway, in general, yes, in Russian
25:28law, it was three years back in the day
25:29. I remember reading an article where a
25:32Russian court recognized a thumbs-up
25:34emoji as consent.
25:35Uh-huh. That actually happened. We had
25:36a dispute like that, I was involved in
25:37it. Someone sent a thumbs-up on
25:39WhatsApp for a delivery worth 100
25:40million.
25:41Well, yeah, sort of. And they delivered
25:43it, but they had changed their minds
25:45overnight. There you go. But it's hard
25:46to delete something on WhatsApp.
25:47I think if there's an emoji of a crying
25:49person, they'll treat it as emotional
25:51distress.
25:52You'd have to order an expert analysis,
25:54of course.
25:55A semiological analysis, at the very
25:57least. Yes, logical. Well, honestly,
25:59yeah, you do have to be careful there.
26:02Man, it's scary to live.
26:04Well, definitely the guy who put a
26:06thumbs-up on that invoice, when the
26:08court ordered him to pay, he sent a sad
26:11emoji to the chat like: "Well..."
26:14So, this is a potentially very
26:15beautiful little car, really, the kind
26:17of car you want to look at, the kind
26:19you want to examine closely, and
26:20definitely, when you see it on public
26:22roads. Well, later on, it will be said,
26:24a potentially very beautiful little car
26:26. I learn quickly. I am teachable. Do
26:29you feel it? He feels it.
26:31The Lada Iskra is potential.
26:33This Twingo isn't as streamlined as
26:35your phrasings.
26:39A funny thing. If they can really keep
26:42it under 20,000 euros, it might
26:44actually sell. But on the other hand,
26:46what else is out there? Dacia has small
26:48cars in that price range, like, and
26:51the Dacia Spring is even smaller. So
26:53this one, at least
26:55But it's also significantly cheaper.
26:56It's like 16,000 euros, yeah. Yes.
26:58Uh-huh. And if you take the gasoline
27:00versions, there are even cheaper cars,
27:02at 12, at 8,000 euros.
27:04Yes. Yes.
27:05And it's unclear when you could buy,
27:06say, two internal combustion engine
27:08cars instead of one Twingo. It's
27:09unclear why one would buy a Twingo in
27:11large volumes, but the guys at least
27:13are counting on it being a popular car.
27:15The guys,
27:16yes, but we don't guarantee it. Perhaps
27:18the women are counting on it too.
27:19Not an ad for Twingo.
27:21It is not an advertisement, it is not
27:23an offer. In Europe, they've begun to
27:30suspect that Yutong buses aren't as
27:31simple as they seem. Are you aware that
27:34Yutong buses exist? Yes. And in Norway,
27:37the guys who were actually buying
27:39Yutong electric buses for their bus
27:41fleet suddenly found a cyber
27:43vulnerability. It turns out that in the
27:46Chinese Yutong electric bus, there's
27:48some kind of SIM card through which
27:50updates arrive. But these updates, if
27:52anything, can also fly out of the car
27:54—well, I mean, data from this bus can
27:56also fly back somewhere. Is it that the
27:59Chinese are spying on us? And a scandal
28:01, naturally. Yutong comes out and says,
28:02"Look, you guys are annoying." No, we
28:04have a SIM card, we have German servers
28:06. The data goes to German servers. And
28:09in general, it's all encrypted and no
28:11one has access to it, because, well,
28:12damn, this is a modern electric bus, it
28:14needs to run like this. It already
28:16needs, well, in order to work properly,
28:17for it to understand where it is, what
28:19it is, what's going on, for the car to
28:21be able to update. Well, it needs a SIM
28:22card. Everywhere, in all cars, there
28:24are SIM cards. You, well, in any case,
28:25you have at least elementary emergency
28:27communication working through a SIM
28:28card. The Germans are watching to see
28:31if the British can land in Norway. Good
28:38scary
28:39scary good, but not a guarantee. And
28:43naturally, the company’s press office
28:45came out saying we comply with all
28:46possible standards, laws, and so on
28:47after Norway. Denmark picked up on the
28:49whole thing, that our Yutongs also have
28:50SIM cards, also some kind of cyber
28:52vulnerability there. And let's review
28:54all our regulations regarding the
28:56cybersecurity of cars and public
28:58transport, lest they steal some
28:59information over there in China. We
29:02don't like that. Let's review all the
29:04rules and, you know, have a
29:05confrontation about it.
29:06It’s less about stealing information
29:07here. They are afraid that these buses
29:09will simply be turned off. Well, in the
29:11sense that they are spying,
29:13transmitting data, and that the Chinese
29:15have a mechanism to shut it all down.
29:18And they'll drive off on their own.
29:19They won't go anywhere, they won't get
29:21far. An electric bus, once the charge
29:23is gone, that's it. You'd just, well,
29:25create a local traffic jam. And besides
29:27, this is in no way different from all
29:30other modern vehicles. It doesn't
29:32matter. Whether it's American
29:33production, British production, Chinese
29:35, or Japanese. Well, everything is the
29:36same these days. But yes, specifically
29:38Yutong, because why are you here
29:40to us?
29:41And they said: "We promise not to
29:43collect anything, I swear on my mother.
29:45" Well, don't swear.
29:47And by the way, this "I swear on my
29:50mother" thing.
29:52Well, it's better not to do that.
29:55Can that be used in court? Like, if he
29:58can be used.
29:58He swore to me.
30:00Won't help. Well no, you can always try
30:02, of course. Everything, well, sort of.
30:04Does the mother become liable at that
30:05moment?
30:06The mother,
30:09uh, I'm afraid not.
30:10Subsidiary,
30:14if, of course, the judge is your
30:15acquaintance, it's better to just keep
30:16quiet.
30:19In general, it's always better to keep
30:21quiet.
30:25Sales of new Chinese cars in Russia
30:27have fallen sharply. Well, this refers
30:29specifically to new Chinese cars,
30:31official and semi-official. And it
30:34turned out that, somehow, over 10
30:35months compared to last year, Chinese
30:36car sales here dropped, well, by an
30:38average of 30%. Haval fell the least,
30:40simply because it has its own
30:42production here, it feels better than
30:43everyone else. But as for all the
30:45others, some are down 30%, some 40%.
30:47Why is that? Why is that? And at the
30:49same time, another piece of news
30:50follows. The Ministry of Industry and
30:52Trade forecasts that 80%of cars on the
30:54market will be domestic by 2035. They
30:56aren't promising, of course. They
30:58aren't guaranteeing it, not an offer,
30:59but they are forecasting. Again, we
31:01remind you that when bureaucrats talk
31:03about domestic cars, they include
31:04Havals and whoever else, in Tula or
31:06anywhere else. Uh, which are also
31:08assembled here inside the country.
31:10Forecasted at 80, feels like 50.
31:15Feels like [ __ ]. That’s how it is
31:17. And all that needs to be said here is
31:20that the Ministry of Industry and Trade
31:22claims we will return to 2019-2020
31:24levels, where we had even more than 80%
31:26—I mean, cars assembled domestically
31:28that were sold right here. And we are
31:31striving for that indicator, aiming to
31:32reach it by 2035. And why, just why are
31:35Chinese car sales dropping right now?
31:36Well, it’s worth a think. A new
31:40method to bypass the recycling fee has
31:42been called fraud. By whom? As if
31:45anyone knows. Well, it was said
31:53anonymously.
31:53What’s the point? We currently have
31:56the recycling fee on cars with over 160
31:58horsepower subject to, well, higher
31:59tariffs and so on. So official dealers
32:02are like, "Well, there’s a Chery, for
32:04example, with 186 horsepower.""What if
32:07we do a stage minus one and it becomes
32:09150 horsepower?""The rate is the old
32:11one, the old one." And then, when you
32:14sell that car to a client, you say: "
32:15Well, you just roll back the stage, and
32:17you'll have your 186 back.""But on
32:19paper, it'll be 150." But at the same
32:20time, your entire system of official
32:22imports immediately starts to collapse.
32:24Because when you certify a car in a
32:26market—specifically here in Russia—
32:29you must obtain a Vehicle Type Approval
32:31, a special document stating that this
32:33car has such and such engines, such and
32:35such power, and such and such parts. It
32:38looks like this, is supplied in this
32:40configuration, with these bumpers,
32:41these moldings, in these trim levels,
32:43and so on. If a car doesn't match the
32:45Vehicle Type Approval in terms of power
32:48, for example, then it’s a factory
32:50defect. We aren't allowed to have that
32:51here. You either have to bring the car
32:53into compliance, or, well, it’s just
32:55a car that isn't allowed to be sold
32:57because it officially lacks a Vehicle
32:58Type Approval. There is an approval for
33:01a different version or something else,
33:02so as an official dealer, you can't
33:04sell it. And for now, it's a gray area,
33:06but of course, they’ll close it down
33:07instantly and say, "Don’t you dare do
33:09that." And naturally, nobody is going
33:10to chip-tune anything there, because
33:11customs, in case you didn't know, isn't
33:13stupid. They just open the official
33:15manufacturer's manuals and see the
33:17power ratings those engines are
33:18produced in. An official dealer gets
33:22the approval for 150 horsepower and
33:24imports a 150-horsepower car.
33:26And tuning? Well, they suggest that you
33:29tune it and chip it yourself later.
33:31They got the TTS pilot approved so fast
33:33. Well, the Arizzo 8 has been sold here
33:35for many, quite a few years.
33:37I assume they didn't get the type
33:38approval for the 150 hp version.
33:39That’s the whole problem.
33:40They did. I checked the Chery website,
33:42they are selling the 150 hp cars. And
33:45they forgot to update the marketing
33:46materials. The brochure says 180. Wow,
33:50those guys moved really fast, they did
33:53a great job,
33:53because usually
33:55usually, TTS takes, well, like half a
33:57year, maybe a year to process. It's a
33:59really long process. Well, maybe it's
34:00because the car is already fully
34:01certified, you just have an add-on for
34:03a different power output, you're
34:04licensing another version.
34:05Maybe that makes it easier to get.
34:07No, we still have tax rates, and cars
34:09over 150 hp are taxed at a higher rate.
34:13Even before the SMO, many automakers
34:15officially detuned cars for our market
34:17too. But I don’t recall a scheme
34:20where they’d secretly boost them
34:22later and offer that as an option.
34:24No, no, you’ve always had stages at
34:26dealerships. You can
34:28look, about stage tuning, I’m
34:30honestly not sure, is it banned by the
34:32traffic police? Like, can you not get
34:36it registered?
34:38In theory, yes, but no one is going to
34:41check your car's software. I mean, look
34:44, there are different degrees of
34:46staging.
34:48There’s just software, when you tweak
34:50the ECU and the fuel map, and on turbo
34:52engines, you can get a really
34:53noticeable power difference. Whether
34:55they’re restricting or un-restricting
34:57it, it doesn't matter.
34:58Yes. What’s the deal with the factory
35:00? From the factory, the Chery is a 180
35:02hp car. They just choked it and then
35:05brought it back. So, its factory specs
35:07haven't even changed.
35:09And it's factory-backed.
35:12Most importantly, it’s backed through
35:14the club, and they are constantly
35:16factory-tuning their cars. The
35:18automaker is protecting itself. Excuse
35:21me.
35:22Are we allowed to complain about the
35:24Chinese cars? Uh, no,
35:29that's why I came here, to, damn,
35:32enough.
35:35With respect.
35:36I was wondering where to add that. Well
35:39, we haven't seen them tuning it. We
35:41haven't.
35:47Chery didn't tell us about that either.
35:51Exactly. And when you push it further,
35:54extracting the maximum power from the
35:56turbo engine using the current turbo
35:58and setup, that's stage 1, then you get
36:00into stage 2 with intake and exhaust
36:02upgrades because you need to force more
36:04air into the engine.
36:06Yes. Well, look, that’s tuning beyond
36:08what
36:09It's already, it's already, it's
36:10already obvious, you just popped the
36:11hood and there it is. Yeah.
36:13And when registering it, since your
36:14question was that you're not supposed
36:16to be able to register it, the
36:17inspector at the site won't be able to
36:19check if you have 150 here. What do we
36:22have here? They strangle the car from
36:23its factory state, and then they return
36:25it to the factory state, and that's it.
36:26Well, theoretically, you can't really
36:29fault the technical side,
36:30right?
36:31Only the documents don't match,
36:32yeah. But that will definitely get shut
36:34down eventually. It’s clear that in
36:36the moment, both companies and
36:38individuals always try to hack any
36:40system. As soon as you put up any kind
36:41of fence, people immediately think
36:42about how to climb over it, how to get
36:43around it. Well, and that's just a
36:45classic life rule. And now someone will
36:47try to do this for some time, but in
36:50the long run, they will definitely be
36:52crushed—whether it's customs, the
36:54Ministry of Industry, or someone else
36:56who will come and say, "Pay the 18
36:59million fee for the Matiz." Is "Zamatiz
37:04" someone's name? "Zamatiz." It’s
37:08strange they haven’t called you "
37:09Aksar-sugar" in the comments yet.
37:10Who?
37:11The way they call you all sorts of
37:13different names. It's not "Zamatiz" yet
37:15. What haven't you been to them?
37:16No, he's sugar. That’s my favorite,
37:18that he’s sugar, because he’s sweet
37:20.
37:20Can he even say that, or can I sue him
37:23for an insult?
37:24You, you shouldn't.
37:25The moral and ethical damage he’s
37:27causing right now.
37:30Oh, I caused it. Aksar,
37:36show me, show me where I touched you.
37:38Aksar, what kind of sugar are you,
37:40you’re a Turkish delight. And all
37:42this in the cutaways, how you’re
37:44touching me. We need that right here in
37:47the edit. Well, we'll talk later.
37:54China is preparing the world's first
37:56production electric car with in-wheel
37:57motors. If you are a sane person and
38:00suddenly haven't heard, automakers have
38:02been experimenting for a while now with
38:03the idea that the motor—especially
38:05with the rise of EVs and electric
38:06motors—why make it big, bulky, and so
38:08on, and drive the wheels through all
38:10those drive shafts, transmissions, and
38:12everything else? Why do we need that?
38:14It all takes up space. So, maybe it's
38:15worth inventing a wheel that already
38:17has a motor inside. It will just turn
38:19this wheel, and everything will be
38:20totally fine. We’ll have more space
38:22in the car, and, in theory, it’s
38:23cleaner and cheaper because you don't
38:25have a large number of parts. The motor
38:27itself is, of course, expensive, and as
38:28long as it's serial-produced and not
38:29yet optimized, it will remain costly
38:30regardless. Well, basically,
38:31so that the guys in London can steal
38:33not just wheels, but entire motors at
38:34once,
38:34straight with the motor, yeah, like,
38:36how convenient. My front right is in
38:39for an overhaul, like, and the back
38:41left is ripping away on stage, no
38:44problem. So, so far, no one has managed
38:47to make a production car that can gain
38:49a foothold in the market, be priced for
38:52the market, and be in demand, and so on
38:54, but our beloved Ministry of Industry
38:56and Information Technology of China is
38:58leaking this. This is the Dongfeng eπ
39:01007. And it even has the Greek letter
39:05Pi, it's actually Pi and 007. And it
39:09has, like, 136 horsepower on each wheel
39:12. So, a total of 544 horsepower. It
39:15supposedly has in-wheel motors, but
39:16there’s no production car yet.
39:18Well, the Chinese Ministry just showed
39:21certified photos, well, documents. So
39:24it will hit the market, it will
39:25definitely be a production model.
39:27It already looks a bit dated in terms
39:29of exterior.
39:31But the most important thing is that it
39:32uses in-wheel motor technology.
39:33And it’s not in some futuristic
39:35design to make it appealing.
39:37It’s a modification. So this Dongfeng
39:38has been sold for some time. It exists
39:40in a regular electric version and a
39:42plug-in hybrid version. And now there's
39:44an electric one with in-wheel motors.
39:46Well, I don't know, I'm not an expert,
39:48again, let me clarify, how should I put
39:51it.
39:51If you always spoke like that, come
39:53around more often.
39:56Well, the fact that it looks kind of
39:57boring, you
39:58Well yeah, you're selling new
39:59technology in an old shell. How so?
40:00Well, apparently, they are saving money
40:02on that. They are They themselves
40:03aren't sure about this
40:04on pencils to draw something new. I
40:05don't know.
40:06No, well, in production. What are you
40:07talking about, I'm
40:08Well yeah, yeah, yeah. So, these rather
40:10expensive innovations, they'll at least
40:12put it on the same assembly line.
40:14Well, you're selling something new and
40:16expensive in an old body. How? I
40:18understand Mercedes has been doing that
40:20for many years. Sticking on bumpers,
40:22but Toyota never [ __ ] did that, damn
40:25it.
40:27The name
40:28with Toyota, every year is a fresh hot
40:30cake. This thing is coming out
40:32completely
40:33Wait, hold on, we're talking about
40:35China now. You confused Asia again.
40:40You're a racist. There are no racists.
40:45Not here.
40:50Here there are only people who condemn
40:52racism. Five white people, condemning
40:55racism.
40:56Not everyone here is white.
40:59Just look at how white he is.
41:03Let's look at it legally. The light is
41:06bad. I really can't tell.
41:08So you're admitting that I might not be
41:09white? Yes.
41:11I can't at all. That's just an
41:13expertise.
41:15Is it measured like tinting?
41:18Ah, yes, you're just tinted. Just, just
41:211251.
41:23So anyway,
41:24maybe, like James Bond's, wings come
41:27out of it and it can fly.
41:30Wow, you guys study law, you don't
41:32study physics at all. Basically, my
41:36theory is that since they aren't
41:37confident in this technology yet, they
41:39saved money on the donor, to...
41:41Naturally, because in-wheel motors are
41:43a very expensive luxury. You know,
41:46there are things circulating on the
41:48internet that Mercedes—I think
41:49Mercedes invented a 1,000-horsepower
41:51motor that weighs 12 kg. They showed
41:53something like that. We don't have a
41:55motor. We have a drawing of a motor.
41:57This magnificent thing here. As long as
41:59you don't have proven technology on a
42:01car and you can't put a car into mass
42:02production, none of it counts at all.
42:05Automakers, look at Porsche, they go
42:06around saying we have motors like this,
42:08we have a six-stroke engine, and so on.
42:10Well, that's all nonsense until some
42:12kind of production model appears. I
42:15understand that for all the startups
42:16that have released cars with in-wheel
42:18motors before, the economics didn't
42:19work out because, well, they're small
42:21companies. And here Dongfeng, being a
42:24massive automaker, can afford to pour a
42:26lot of money into the technology and
42:28try to force the market with volume to
42:30lower the cost of a single car. And for
42:33this reason, among others, they are
42:34using an existing car so they don't
42:35have to spend extra on development. And
42:38the people who are interested in
42:39feeling out the new technology,
42:40interested in testing new sensations,
42:42will be ready to buy it, test it, and
42:44collect some data. But it's clear that
42:46this car won't be able to fully
42:47showcase all the benefits of the
42:49technology, because one of the fairly
42:50important benefits is the extra space
42:52in the body. Just from the fact that
42:54you don't have a motor here or anywhere
42:55, and there's nothing on the floor.
42:57It's all in the wheels, so
42:58theoretically you get extra space for
43:00passengers, legroom, and so on. That
43:02won't be the case here. There won't be
43:03any additional weight reduction either.
43:04It's possible this car will even weigh
43:06more. than the regular version. But
43:08when it finally comes out, when the
43:10first tests appear, naturally they'll
43:13film a bunch of Chinese TikToks for us
43:15about how it takes off, how it spins
43:17the earth, and how everything is just
43:19wonderful—we'll see. Mitsubishi wants
43:23to revive the Lancer Evolution. One
43:26might think that Mitsubishi has finally
43:28gotten down to business, but the whole
43:29...
43:29Yes, it's expensive to call them.
43:32Guys,
43:33Bring back my specific eighth Evolution
43:35, damn it. Honestly, the news isn't
43:39even worth a fart in a puddle, because
43:41it's just that at the Japan Mobility
43:43Show, they approached a Mitsubishi
43:44engineer, who was once like the father
43:46of all-wheel drive and so on, and they
43:48were like, "So, would you like to
43:49revive the Lancer Evolution?" He's like
43:52: "Yeah, everything." And an article:
43:55Mitsubishi would like to revive the
43:56Lancer Evolution. It's clear they don't
43:58have a platform. The Lancer, in case
43:59you didn't know, hasn't existed as a
44:00model for a long time. You don't even
44:02have a chassis. Let alone a modern
44:04engine, all-wheel drive, or anything
44:06else. Well, no,
44:07a chassis. There is a chassis, Dorokh
44:09has one. He's pouring money into it.
44:12Well yeah, what kind of money pit is
44:14that.
44:15Because that which is dead cannot die.
44:17Correct.
44:18You say that as a lawyer.
44:21Yeah, by the way, look, I mean, maybe
44:24so, but when you try to revive a dead
44:26man, it’s
44:28well, it also believes
44:29in circles. Well, we're not trying,
44:32yes, we condemn necrophilia in general,
44:34or necromancy, yes, and other things.
44:38We, of course, condemn it and in no way
44:40practice it. I forgot what the news was
44:42about.
44:43Well, Vlad practices it. He has an Alfa
44:45,
44:46but he's just dipping his toe in so far
44:47. This isn't real necrophilia,
44:49necromancy yet. Wait, he still has
44:51plenty of room to fall further. He's
44:53just screwing a grandma right now.
44:54That's different,
44:57I'll be there soon. Well, they threw it
44:59out, so immediately
45:02there's a terrible meme. Wait, hold on,
45:05I'm not showing you.
45:07Play some Chaliapin or something.
45:09Better yet, about Taro.
45:12Damn, you guys are so two-faced, Tamara
45:14Vasilievna. When it comes to filming,
45:15oh, your car is amazing, but then you
45:17trash it in the news. Those are just
45:18the first jokes. Vlad,
45:20look, I'm not offended or jealous, but
45:21I realize it’s insane to spend so
45:23much money. I'm not ready for that.
45:25I'll find it. The Lancer. Well, the
45:28Lancer is beautiful, yes, very
45:30actually
45:31it was. Well, that's the tenth one you
45:33have in the photo.
45:33Damn, just theoretically, it’s
45:34interesting. We, we had news that they
45:38want a new car based on the MX-5. Yes.
45:42There. Can it
45:45maybe the fifth one is related?
45:47Look here, it's just a different
45:49alliance. I wish they’d hurry up and
45:51build the center. We
46:00I’ve already seen yours sometime ago.
46:03I saw this this morning.
46:05It's from the public domain, not a
46:07private collection.
46:08It's from the public domain. Yes. Oh,
46:12it’s gone. I'll send it to you so you
46:16can insert it.
46:16We are going to show this, right?
46:18Well, yeah. Why? No. Still gotta screw
46:21the old lady.
46:27Man, how awful.
46:30I mean, why’d they throw it out? Such
46:37a waste.
46:38a line is drawn. You can’t not give
46:40it.
46:41Well, in short, it won't happen. But
46:49Renault will likely bring back internal
46:51combustion engines in the next Megane
46:53and Scenic generations. Where else
46:54would they go? Because the electric
46:56Megane and Scenic are selling quite
46:58sluggishly right now compared to how
46:59they sold before. And we remember that
47:02Renault and Geely are developing some
47:03modular engine that can be shoved into
47:05EV platforms. And naturally, as soon as
47:07they dream up this modular stuff,
47:09they'll shove it into absolutely all
47:10their cars because, well, obviously,
47:12they'll need to push it into the market
47:14somehow. I see you’re with us.
47:19Well, it's not really about them
47:21shoving in an old chassis. Two. I said
47:28chassis. Well.
47:30You said shove, brother.
47:33Most likely, they'll borrow a hybrid
47:35platform instead.
47:37Something like that, right? I mean,
47:39it's obvious that the platform Renault
47:41currently has for EVs, there's no point
47:44in dragging it on the way it exists now
47:46. It's better to change something, add
47:50a module, or take a platform from Geely
47:52and either refine it so it can house a
47:55hybrid, just to be more flexible. Right
47:58now, I’m just visualizing an old lady
47:59, you know, like in a game, and you're
48:01adding boobs and an ass to her. Yeah.
48:04And just even.
48:10An answer to the G-Wagen. The Prado
48:12premiered on 24-inch wheels. Vladimir,
48:16bring in, bring in this magnificence.
48:20The 250 Prado. On bumpers, on Vossen
48:23wheels, slammed.
48:25God, what a tacky mess. Exactly.
48:29What is that?
48:31That's a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 250,
48:33brother.
48:34It’s got a hybrid inline-four under
48:35the hood, but that's whatever. It’s
48:37an answer to the G-Wagen.
48:38Did Mansory do this or who?
48:40No, this is at an American tuning show.
48:42Just some local tuning companies. Well.
48:45Not local. No, Liberty Walk made this.
48:47They're Japanese. They’re just
48:50advertising their new body kit for
48:52Prado owners. And Vossen is just
48:55reminding us that, if anything,
48:57watermelons are available, you can slap
48:59watermelons on anything, and it’ll be
49:01fine.
49:01A small kit, of course, for Liberty
49:03Walk. Usually, if it’s a Murcielago,
49:06they slap another Murcielago on the
49:08sides.
49:08Yeah. Yes. Well, that’s the answer to
49:10the G-Wagen.
49:11A hybrid one.
49:12It’s more like a message that didn't
49:15send. That’s the answer. And. By the
49:19way, guess how much this magnificence
49:21costs?
49:22The body kit or
49:23Yeah, we spent our whole pre-war life
49:25cracking up over that Khan,
49:27yeah, the Khan body kit,
49:28yeah,
49:29it cost
49:30back then, I think, for a Cruiser, it
49:32was like 500.
49:33I'll say 8 million here.
49:35What 8 million? No, no, no, the bumpers
49:37, the point is just, well, the bumpers.
49:40Well, there are carbon ones,
49:41maybe 80.
49:42Okay, two.
49:43Only 9,000 dollars. So you can do such
49:46a shitty thing to a car for so cheap.
49:48Well, I have to agree.
49:49Oh, I didn't see those lights on the
49:51bottom of the bumper. What a hack job.
49:55So everything else suits you, then? Do
49:56I understand that correctly?
49:57It’s just a case where a base Prado
50:00is much, much better. Actually, they
50:02ruined a very beautiful car.
50:06Sorry, some boat popped up here. I just
50:09went to the RG source. What? Shut up.
50:19Rossiyskaya Gazeta. What, well, you do
50:21something with this kind of Prado,
50:22naturally, only such sounds should have
50:24been made. The Prado itself. I, by the
50:27way, have seen a lot of them alive
50:29lately. In Moscow, they are very rare.
50:31Like new ones, what, no, no, I mean in
50:34person. And in Moscow, they’re just
50:36rare, and they’re usually imported in
50:38some exclusive color and so on. And I
50:40recently flew to the Emirates, and
50:41there were just, well, tons of those
50:43white Prados. There are so many of them
50:45. And on one hand, it’s beautiful, on
50:48the other hand, it’s somehow, I don't
50:51know, I mean, in photos I liked it and
50:54still do, but in person, having seen so
50:56many, I’m like,
50:58I think we’ve all seen enough Jetours
51:01and the like, and this shape has become
51:04Jetour mimics the Defender more
51:06strongly. There’s even a kit to dress
51:09up a Jetour to look exactly like one.
51:12I’m just saying that this format and
51:15these shapes have been cheapened, so to
51:18speak, in the modern market. And so we
51:21no longer perceive it as a base
51:23no, the 250 is still beautiful
51:25regardless. Well, not what they did
51:27with this tuning. It is, of course, a
51:29complete disaster.
51:30They look like some kind of anime
51:32construction kits.
51:33Well, yeah. And besides, it's likely
51:35just poorly made in itself. Usually all
51:37these extensions. Like how it's done
51:39for an N-R-I, how Brabus is done. You,
51:41well, look,
51:42that's not Brabus, though.
51:43Well, okay, yeah, I agree. Brabus,
51:44sorry, I went too far. Mensri is
51:46definitely made like crap, I guarantee
51:47it. I promise you. It’s poorly made.
51:50If we say Shishkins water is bad,
51:52we’re allowed to say that.
51:54It’s the truth.
52:00I tried it yesterday. It’s just, well
52:03,
52:04well, that’s a customer review,
52:05strictly speaking, right? He’s
52:07allowed to express his opinion.
52:08Of course, of course. But they poured
52:10some kind of crap in a bottle and are
52:11selling it.
52:12Well, maybe not that bad.
52:15Well, that’s unverified information.
52:19We definitely need to conduct an
52:20examination. To see if it's there or
52:21not. That’s just, well, my assumption
52:23. But taste-wise, I assume it’s total
52:25[ __ ]. They went and ruined the Land
52:27Cruiser. It looks like some half-assed
52:29renovation in a Khrushchev-era flat.
52:30Honestly, it looks nasty to me. But
52:33someone will definitely buy it for
52:358,000 dollars, put on 15-inch rims, and
52:37be the big man on campus. And that’s
52:44all I have for this episode. We need to
52:47wrap something up.
52:49Well, we’ll shut our mouths,
52:52perhaps. Yes, this episode is
52:54definitely ending now. I guarantee it,
52:55it will end in a little while. For sure
52:57. That can be promised and confirmed. I
52:59don’t know in how many seconds.
53:00I confirm,
53:02but it will definitely happen. Does
53:03anyone have anything else to add or is
53:04that it?
53:05Send complaints to the comments,
53:06we’ll answer them pre-trial.
53:10About Shishkin forest too,
53:12it’s an evaluative judgment.
53:14Nothing is coming.
53:21It’s fine, it’s fine. 5 years of
53:24law school. Alright,
53:31bye. There was supposed to be a bumper
53:34here, but we ran out of money, so
53:35that’s the kind of people we are.
53:40Just so you’re aware. Ah.

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