One of the year-end feature articles: Top Ten News of China's Auto 1 in 2003 1


One of the year-end feature articles: Top Ten News of China's Autos in 2003 ■ Bacheng's domestic car price cuts Economical cars have fallen from 100,000 yuan to 80,000 yuan. From the beginning of the year, the new Accord low-cost listing to break the domestic middle-to-high-end car price balance, by the end of the year, POLO, GOL price cuts triggered a new wave of price promotions until the climax, this year at least four large-scale price cuts have occurred, there are 84% of domestic The car has joined the ranks of price cuts, and 16% of models have fallen more than two times. Frequent price cuts shaped the two new "price cut" stars of the new Accord and Sail. The former is due to a large drop (more than 40,000 yuan) and a one-time increase in domestic high-end car prices to 200,000 -270,000, the new Accord has also become consumers and "love" and "hate" (to queue for several months Can buy the current car) models. The latter, Sail, the model that created the concept of 100,000 yuan, quietly reduced the price of the car to more than 70,000 yuan through price reductions, promotions, etc., and led the Nanjing Fiat Special Olympics series, the Changan Ford Carnival series, and Tianjin FAW Wei. Economic cars such as the Zizi series have cut their prices several times within a year, eventually forming a huge 80,000 yuan sedan group. ■ China's auto production has exceeded 4 million units in 50 years. If FAW's foundation is the origin of China's autos, this year's July 15th is the 50th birthday of Chinese autos! Looking back at the ups and downs of the 50-year history of China’s autos, there is both glory from scratch and from small to large, as well as regrets that opportunities are lost and development is slow. In order to congratulate China Motor’s “Knowledge of Heaven” year, FAW Group, the eldest son of the Chinese car, has created a thriving scene. Only on July 15th, FAW held ground-breaking ceremonies for four major production bases, including FAW-Volkswagen 2 Plant, FAW Car Factory 2, FAW Liberation New Base, and FAW Fengyue. Consumers also sent “gifts” for Chinese cars. This year, the market continues to grow at a rapid rate. In January-October, China’s car sales have reached 3,478,800. It is estimated that the total domestic automobile production will exceed 4 million, and China will become only Next to the United States, Japan, and Germany, the fourth largest automobile producer. ■ Controversies concerning the new “Automobile Industry Development Policy” under development. From 1994 to 2003, the Automotive Industry Development Policy that has gone through nearly 9 years has been “old”. How to formulate a new “Automobile Industry Development Policy” It has become a major concern for high-level auto companies this year. In April this year, the National Development and Reform Commission released a draft of the new "Automobile Industry Development Policy" and requested to release a formal new version of the industry policy within the year. It can be said with certainty that no matter what the new policy is, it will have a fundamental impact on Chinese cars in the next few years. The thought behind the draft of the “Automobile Industry Policy” is: China wants to develop its own automobile industry. This of course has caused the international auto giants to feel uneasy, and even publicly criticized the "policy" in the "requires the selection of different distribution channels for imported cars and domestic cars" and other terms. ■ Congested traffic in Beijing has once again triggered a major discussion on whether or not to restrict private cars. Although the roads in Beijing are being repaired more widely, the problem of traffic congestion is still a major problem in Beijing's cities. As a result, experts and scholars once again urged Beijing to control the development of automobiles and collect license fees. . This kind of voice was the strongest since 1995 after the “Whether or not a private car” was discussed. As a result, many consumers who did not want to buy a car have rushed into the auto market and want to grab a car before “restricting private cars”. Family car. The trend of this kind of "buy-buying" of automobiles has gradually stopped until the relevant leaders in Beijing clearly stated that "the use of private cars will not be restricted in the near future". In order to eradicate the traffic problem, on November 18th, Beijing launched a campaign of “blocking blocking and blocking one hundred days” and vigorously rectified the traffic order. At the same time, all sectors of the society also provided advice and suggestions on solving congestion problems.