Auto.ru down? Telegram channels for buying and importing cars
Auto.ru (Авто.ру) is Yandex’s site for new and used car listings. During the Yandex Cloud outage in October 2026 it went down. On Telegram, the brands keep their own channels, and 138 car sale and import channels with 10K+ subscribers do the same job; the most-read, Авторынок Булыча, reaches about 15,281 people per post.
What happened to Auto.ru
- Oct 11, 2026. The app and website did not open on the morning of the Vladimir data center strike.
Status as of Oct 12, 2026. See the full list of sites hit by the outage.
The brands’ own Telegram channels
Brand names on Telegram are copied a lot. Before you follow a link to pay or log in, check that the handle is exactly the one above; our guide to fake brand channels shows how copycats work.
Why Telegram works here
Since parallel imports took off, a lot of Russia’s car trade has moved into Telegram: import brokers post cars from Asian auctions, inspection services post cars they checked, and dealers post stock with prices. Many of these channels are young, so check them before paying.
Never pay a full prepayment for a car from a channel you found yesterday; ask for the contract and the auction sheet first.
Top 20 car sale and import channels by real reach
Car sale and import channels, ranked by views per post.
| # | Channel | Views per post | Subscribers | Reach | Language | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Авторынок Булыча@bulkin_carz · audit | 15,281 | 48K | 32% | Russian | Many |
| 2 | MOSPODBOR - ПОДБОР/ПРОДАЖА АВТОМОБИЛЕЙ@mospodbor · audit | 12,708 | 91K | 14% | Russian | Some |
| 3 | GinzaAutoTrade@ginzaautotrade · audit | 11,845 | 12K | 96% | Russian | Some |
| 4 | Минивэны и внедорожники из Кореи@mskautokorea · audit | 10,301 | 46K | 22.5% | Russian | Many |
| 5 | MAJORKA IMPORT@parallel_majorka_import · audit | 9,949 | 90K | 11% | Russian | Many |
| 6 | Авто-подбор.рф@ildar_auto_podbor · audit | 9,898 | 162K | 6.1% | Russian | Some |
| 7 | Долгов Авто - Машины из Кореи,Японии,Китая.@dolgov_auto · audit | 6,759 | 144K | 4.7% | Russian | Some |
| 8 | ПроАвто@proavto_krd · audit | 5,747 | 198K | 2.9% | Russian | Many |
| 9 | Авто из Европы, Кореи, Китая и США в CarExport@carexport · audit | 5,513 | 21K | 26% | Russian | Many |
| 10 | Garage54 ИМПОРТ@garage54import · audit | 5,381 | 55K | 9.7% | Russian | Some |
| 11 | КОНКРЕТИКА@kopim_na_ferrari · audit | 4,933 | 183K | 2.7% | Russian | Many |
| 12 | MOSPODBOR ИМПОРТ@mospodbor_import · audit | 4,684 | 45K | 10.5% | English | Many |
| 13 | Русский Транзит - авто под заказ@rustransitauto · audit | 4,520 | 41K | 11% | Russian | Some |
| 14 | LikeAvto - Авто из Китая, Кореи, Японии@likeatg · audit | 4,336 | 87K | 5% | Russian | Many |
| 15 | Автопрагмат — подбор авто с пробегом@autopragmat · audit | 4,290 | 20K | 21.5% | Russian | No |
| 16 | Auto Fact Import@autofact_import · audit | 4,279 | 49K | 8.8% | Russian | Some |
| 17 | Честный Импорт@chest_mikhail_import · audit | 4,203 | 25K | 17% | Russian | Many |
| 18 | LikeAvto - Авто из Кореи@likeavto_sale · audit | 2,985 | 49K | 6.1% | Russian | Many |
| 19 | LEVCAR@levcar · audit | 2,951 | 42K | 7% | Russian | Many |
| 20 | Grand Auto Logistic@avtopromrf · audit | 2,935 | 32K | 9.3% | Russian | Many |
Авторынок Булыча ranks above ПроАвто although the latter has 4.1 times more subscribers: 32% of Авторынок Булыча's subscribers view a typical post against 2.9%, so each post reaches about 15,281 people against 5,747.
- 138 public car sale and import channels with 10K+ subscribers, 5 of them with 100K+.
- A typical post is viewed by 4.4% of subscribers; the top quarter reach 8.9% or more.
- 75.4% carry ads, and 19.5% were created after May 2024.
- Авто.ру has 504K subscribers and reaches about 16,627 per post, more than any independent channel in the ranking.
Find more
Browse the Cars & motorcycles topic, or open the map of Telegram channels to see these channels next to their neighbours by meaning. To check any channel before you trust it, use the channel audit.
Other sites hit by the outage
Questions
Is Auto.ru down right now?
We do not monitor Auto.ru live. On Oct 11, 2026: The app and website did not open on the morning of the Vladimir data center strike. Auto.ru’s own channel, @carsnosleep, is the first place where it posts service updates.
What can I use instead of Auto.ru on Telegram?
For Auto.ru, the car sale and import channels with the largest real reach are Авторынок Булыча (@bulkin_carz), MOSPODBOR - ПОДБОР/ПРОДАЖА АВТОМОБИЛЕЙ (@mospodbor), GinzaAutoTrade (@ginzaautotrade). The full ranking of 20 channels is on this page.
How do I know a Auto.ru channel on Telegram is real?
Compare the handle with the one listed on this page, look at the subscriber count and how long the channel has existed, and never enter a login code or card details from a channel link.
How we picked the channels
We found channels by meaning and by name: a channel is listed if it is close in meaning to what Auto.ru is used for and a word for it appears in its title, username or main topics. Only public Russian-language channels with 10K+ subscribers are counted; adult and scam-flagged channels are excluded, and a channel appears on only one page of this guide. Real reach is the views of a typical recent post, measured in summer 2026; the table includes only channels that had posted within 30 days of measurement. Data to 2026-09-04. Listing a channel is not an endorsement of any seller or offer.