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Serhii Sukhovskii
Editor of the column Auto
Chip shortage halts car factories and impedes the use of electric vehicles
The auto industry is increasingly losing in the battle for chips with manufacturers of consumer electronics, the demand for which has increased significantly due to the pandemic. The year is not over yet, and all auto giants have already reported on halting production. Even those visionaries who have thought of stocking up microcircuits.
Top 10 old cars for profitable investments
"Buy low, sell high"—this is the motto of any secondhand dealer, regardless of what they sell. It is particularly relevant for domestic profiteers ready for any deception and forgery to make profit—from the mileage rollback to the VIN code changing. Because in our country, a car is not only a means of transportation and a status symbol, but also an investment that helps protect funds from devaluation. They don't go to the antique car market in Ukraine. On the one hand, the world of "oldtimers" is a closed world where there is no place for random people. On the other hand, now it is barely alive, as we already wrote about a year ago. On the third, even buying "youngtimers" (models of the 60s—70s of the XX century) requires colossal investments both in the purchase itself and in expertise, logistics, insurance, service, etc. Old is gold.