Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security officially issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Production and Registration Management of Light Trucks and Small and Micro Passenger Vehicles (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). Compared with the content in the draft for comments, the Annex to the Notice, "Safety Technical Specifications for Light Trucks and Small and Micro Passenger Vehicles" (hereinafter referred to as the "Technical Specifications"), further clarifies the displacement requirements for refrigerated trucks, and also gives a transition period for production suspension and production and sales for products that do not meet the relevant requirements. At this point, the boots of the new rules of blue light trucks finally landed.
After the announcement of the 352nd batch of new cars, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued this "Notice", with a new standard to examine the diesel light truck chassis in the batch of announcements, what will be found? Take a look at the analysis report of the First Commercial Vehicle Network.
Cater to blue card needs to solve problems at the source
In the past period of time, the carrying performance of light trucks was regarded as an important criterion for measuring their value, and the better the carrying performance, the more profitable it was, and it was more able to meet the operational needs of cardholders. However, under the disorderly competition, the market feels that the sales of medium trucks are squeezed, and for card friends, there is no heaviest only heavier to become their daily work, resulting in damage to vehicles and no good protection of safety.
However, with the release of the "Notice", the standard of the blue card is further clarified, and the light truck market is also re-entering the process of "from chaos to governance", and in the 352nd batch of publicity, the diesel light truck chassis declared by various manufacturers is enough to explain the problem.
Specifically, in the announcement of the new car, a total of 6 enterprises participated in the declaration of light truck chassis, and a total of 27 light truck chassis were declared, namely 15 models of Jiangling Motors, 5 models of JAC light trucks, 3 models of China National Heavy Duty Truck, 2 models of Foton Automobile, 1 model of Shaanxi Automobile Light Truck and 1 model of Hubei Sanhuan.
It should be pointed out that according to the latest blue brand light truck standards, 19 of the chassis models declared this time meet the relevant requirements, and the remaining 8 models have a total mass of more than 4.5 tons. However, according to the definition of light trucks in the "Technical Specifications", the total quality restrictions on multi-purpose trucks, closed trucks, special operation vehicles, closed trucks and other models are excluded, so the greater probability of these chassis models will be applied to these directions. In general, in line with the requirements of the new blue card regulations, it has been implemented from the consensus of various manufacturers to the specific product production, and the hidden worries of card friends about the blue card in compliance have been solved from the source.
Jiangling running admission The appearance of the new car attracts attention
Different from the low-key of the previous batches, Jiangling's performance in the 352nd batch of publicity can be described as a blockbuster, and the 15 chassis not only ranks first among the declared enterprises, but also occupies more than half of all the chassis models declared this time, in order to supplement its product camp under the new blue brand regulations. Jiangling motors are running into the entrance.
From the perspective of appearance and styling, the new car chassis declared this time is the Jiangling Kaiyun series, but the subdivision has been greatly changed compared with before, especially the front grille and the left and right headlight groups, and the LED daily running lights raised upward on the left and right sides have changed the aura of the whole vehicle, making it more visually impactful and more in line with the aesthetics of young users.
Specifically, the chassis of the 15 new cars declared by Jiangling Motors are divided into JX1079TGH26, JX1074TGH26, JX1074TSGH26, JX1040TSGA26, JX1040TGA26, JX1094TSGH26, JX1099TGH26, JX1099TGH26, JX1099TKH26, JX1094TGH26, JX1040TSCA26, JX1044TSGA26, JX1044TGA26, JX1040TCA26, JX1049TGA26, not only set a record for the number of declarations in recent batches, but also showed the boldness of Jiangling in the process of pushing new products.
The 15 new car chassis declared this time involve a total of 5 models of Jiangling Engine, namely JX4D256H, JX493ZLQ6D, JX4D25B6H, JX4D30F6H, and their corresponding engine displacement and power are 2478ml/112kW, 2499ml/90kW, 2478ml/107kW, 2892ml/120kW.
JAC and Foton followed suit with echelon configuration to strengthen the product matrix
As an absolute strong player in the light truck market, JAC light truck ranks first in the "Annual Influence Index" in 2021, and its market influence in terms of sales volume should not be underestimated. As an important window to understand its market trends, the announcement of new cars has naturally become a very concerned direction for industry observers.
In the announcement of the 352nd batch of new cars, JAC light trucks declared a total of 5 diesel light truck chassis, namely HFC1045P22K1C7QS, HFC1040PV4K2C1S, HFC1045P42K1C7NS, HFC1040PV4K2B4S, HFC1041P23K4B4S, which are not much from the perspective of the number of declarations, but there are still bright spots to be found in terms of subdivision. For example, the recently released JAC Weiling, in this announcement in advance, that is, HFC1045P42K1C7NS, HFC1041P23K4B4S two chassis models.
Foton Motor declared two chassis, namely BJ2081YEADS-AB1 and BJ1044VAJA6-3A, the former is an Aoling double-row model, equipped with a Fukang F2.8NS6B150 engine, with a displacement of 2780ml and a power of 110kW; the latter is an Omarco new car chassis, equipped with Yunnei D20TCIF2 engine, displacement 1999ml, power 90kW. According to the declared data, the total mass of the BJ2081YEADS-AB1 chassis model is 8350kg, while the total declared mass of the BJ1044VAJA6-3A chassis model is 4495kg.
The product matrix of the ladder configuration makes the competitiveness of JAC and Foton in the light truck segment more prominent, and JAC chose to launch a new brand Weiling at this point in time, which obviously adds new variables to the trend of the light truck market in 2022.
The exclusive power of the blue card is eye-catching, and the wrestling between all parties is deepening
Due to the large volume, the competition in the light truck market has never been limited to a certain aspect, but the competition of power can definitely occupy the top spot.
According to statistics, in the formula of the 352nd batch of new cars, the engine brands involved are mainly Jiangling, Yunnei, Weichai, Quanchai, JAC and Fukang. Relying on the advantages of the number of chassis declared by Jiangling Motors, the number of models that Jiangling Engine can match is 15 models, ranking first in the list; the number of chassis models that can be matched in Yunnei is 5; the number of models that Weichai can match is 4 models, the number of models that Quanchai is 3, and JAC and Fukang can match 1 chassis model.
In view of the official release of the new regulations on the blue brand situation, in the future, the new cars launched by various manufacturers need to meet the relevant regulations such as displacement, and the blue brand 2.5L power and displacement are less than 3.0L refrigerated vehicle power, which will become an important reference standard for all parties to compete in vehicle performance. Judging from the deployment of the chassis of each new car announced this time, the competition between all parties is also developing in a more in-depth direction.
epilogue
The 352nd batch of new car declaration and publicity is the first batch of product announcements issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology since 2022, coinciding with the recent official release of the new regulations for blue-brand light trucks, which makes the new car publicity be given a more special significance. How can car companies take the first step under the new regulations for blue-brand light trucks?
Jiangling accelerated the update of the Kaiyun series, JAC launched a new brand Ofilling, and engine manufacturers launched exclusive power for blue light trucks to strengthen market share. In 2022, what new actions will be made in the light truck market is still unknown, but one thing is certain about the current performance of all parties, that is, the wonderful will continue to be staged.