What can be used for 200,000 in 1986? You can buy five apartments in downtown Chengdu or buy a Santana, a status symbol.
In 1986, the Santana advertisement on the streets of Chengdu, which sold for more than 200,000 yuan at that time, was undoubtedly an astronomical number. Now it's common for us to buy a car for 200,000, but in 1986, 200,000 could buy five apartments in downtown Chengdu. At that time, a Santara was more fierce than the current Rolls-Royce, and it was simply a symbol of a successful person.
In 1983, Shanghai Volkswagen introduced Santana, which opened up the impression that the Volkswagen brand had been deeply rooted in the minds of Chinese for decades. At that time, Santana was not a high-end car, Volkswagen originally priced tens of thousands of dollars worldwide, the Chinese negotiated that it could not be less than 170,000, and finally sold more than 200,000 to dealers.
Santana is also a representative of a generation of god cars. When I learned to drive, I drove Santana. Remember when it was on an uphill slope. The coach told me to speed up and press the throttle, but at that time, the throttle was pressed to the end, and the speed still couldn't be added.
Now Santana is completely discontinued.
