How to buy a car in China - ep local Laowai. 56 - BON TV China
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Geely LC is a classic car Chinese cheap and cheerful, with a design said to have been inspired by a happy panda.
A South African car recently showered with critical acclaim relative cheap and not at all wicked, says the title The examiner noted the usual reputation of Chinese cars on waste quality in Africa, the terrible design and disturbing smell glue.
Chinese manufacturers must overcome this credibility problem because they rise in exports and build new assembly plants in Africa, in an attempt to maintain growth despite stagnant car sales at home.
Call him curse fong hong slang term in South Africa for cheap products made in China that disintegrates shortly after the purchase Zimbabweans also ask Chinese goods shoddy zhing zhong.
While the automotive industry in China is the largest, sales of the Middle Kingdom world of vehicles have collapsed due to the country's cooling economy, manufacturers make an overseas push, according a 2012 report by international consultants KPMG.
Africa and Latin America and Southeast Asia, are considered the main high growth potential in the long term.
Companies like Geely, Chery and Great Wall are betting that their cheap cars will be a success with a growing class of African consumers in countries including Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia last year there has been a rash of announcements on new African assembly plants for cars and Chinese truck manufacturers are looking for ways to keep prices low.
In March, the Chinese automaker Foton Motor Group opened an assembly plant in Nairobi to boost sales of its trucks and light vehicles in East Africa.
The assembly plant will maintain Foton low price because it means the company will avoid paying a duty of 25 percent on imported completely built units.
At the opening of the factory, the Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga urged manufacturers to produce cheaper cars to enable more Kenyans to offer new vehicles, Chinese state media reported.
In South Africa, China First Automobile Works FAW invests $ 25 million to build a light truck and passenger car plant in an industrial development zone near the southern coastal city of Port Elizabeth Construction began in February on the plant, which is jointly funded by the development of China-Africa Fund.
China's vehicle sales slowed to only 5 February growth rate percent in 2011, after reaching growth rates above 30 percent over the previous two years, due to factors including the abolition government incentives and limits on new car purchases.
Exports, on the other hand, rose nearly 50 percent to a record high of 849.900 vehicles in 2011, according to the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products.
The global appeal of Chinese cars is the rock-bottom price of between 6000 and 15,000 But a reputation for poor quality remains a major stumbling block.
Africa magazine, a Chinese state-owned Monthly, describes the constant contact and friction experienced by the Gonow automaker in the export of cars in Africa.
The first car deliveries were beset by problems cooling of the components in the engine didn t work in the hot African climate, and rubber trim strips fell Car body after exposure to salt air during travel across the ocean.
A customer took pictures and send them to Gonow, asking if the company was selling used cars, said the report, which notes that the automaker has experienced stronger growth experiences in Africa.
Chinese automakers also fall short after-sales care clients in Africa complain of a lack of available spare parts.
Andrew Thomson, co-head of Automotive at KPMG China, said in a recent global survey of automotive executives, a striking 74 percent said that excellent customer service is the key to selling cars successfully, adding this is an area where there is some room for development in China.
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