Which is better, the three major Korean pieces and the three major domestic pieces? Although the Korean car in the country has gradually declined, but this is the result of multiple factors, if you jump out of the domestic environment, from a larger perspective to see the Korean car, the gap between the domestic car and the Korean car is still visible to the naked eye.
Global sales crush domestic cars
Although the annual domestic sales of Korean cars last year were only 790,000 units, hyundai Motor Group, as the world's fifth-largest automaker after the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Volkswagen Group, Toyota and General Motors Group, hyundai Motor Group's cumulative global sales reached 7.4 million units in 2018, ranking fifth among all automobile groups in the world. In contrast, Geely Automobile, the world's highest-selling domestic brand, sold a total of 1.45 million units in 2018, ranking 18th in the world in terms of sales. If you exclude domestic sales, none of the domestic brands can enter the top thirty.
Moreover, the heritage of Hyundai Group is far from being comparable to that of domestic cars. As of 2019, Hyundai Group's global cumulative sales have exceeded 100 million, and the cumulative sales volume of automobiles in the three major markets of North America, Europe and China alone has reached 92.49 million units, and domestic independent brands may take decades to catch up.
Has a complete three major pieces of research and development strength
In the eyes of many people, the technical strength of Korean cars is unremarkable, it seems that even some domestic cars are not as good, in fact, Korean cars do not pay attention to the Chinese market, and many heavy models have not been introduced into the country, causing many Chinese people to misunderstand. Among other things, the gearbox alone, there are many independent brands still using hyundai group gearboxes. And our own car brand, even a decent AT transmission is difficult to build.
Regarding the technical strength of Korean cars, these three sentences can be used as a reference:
1, automatic transmission has always been the biggest bottleneck and "pain point" of domestic automobiles, and Hyundai Group is one of the few car companies in the world with DCT, CVT, AT three gearbox independent research and development and production capabilities.
2, Hyundai Group is the "regular customer" of Ward's top ten engines, not only turbocharged engines, but also oil-electric hybrid, pure electricity, hydrogen energy power Chengdu has won the title of Ward's top ten engines, and independent brands have not yet been shortlisted for an engine.
3, Hyundai Group has begun to lay out the field of hydrogen energy, Hyundai NEXO, a hydrogenation endurance of more than 600km, has been officially mass production and sale.
Those Korean cars that are not sold in China
Here we only discuss the research and development strength of the three major pieces, the Koreans do not pay enough attention to the Chinese market, because the arrogance of the Koreans also makes them pay a price, but one yard to one yard, look at the overseas Korean cars to understand that the technical strength of Korean cars is indeed much stronger than domestic cars.
For example, this car - Hyundai IONIQ, many people talk about the oil-electric hybrid is two fields, in fact, Hyundai motor in the accumulation of hybrid technology is also very strong, foreign price of 2-30,000 US dollars of Hyundai IONIQ, benchmark Toyota Prius, comprehensive fuel consumption of 4.46L / 100km, but not sold in China.
For example, Hyundai's domestic SUV flagship is Shengda, but in the United States, the seven-seat SUV Palaisade with a length of nearly 5 meters is equipped with a 3.8LV6 engine + 8AT, even this interior luxury, can it be seen in domestic modern models?
Hyundai NEXO, an SUV for hydrogen fuel cells that can travel more than 600km with a single hydrogenation, is already sold in the United States and Europe.
Even small steel cannons have not been introduced into the country, and the modern VELOSTER N can break a hundred in less than 6 seconds, equipped with a 2.0L twin-scroll turbocharged engine.
Finally, we are not washing the ground for the arrogance of Korean cars, Koreans do not attach importance to the Chinese market, even if they lose China, they deserve it, but since they ask about the gap between the three major parts of Korean cars and the three major pieces of domestic cars, we must admit the facts. Seeing the gap, we are moving forward faster! Covering up the truth is not conducive to the progress of independent brands. South Korea's automobile industry started almost at the same time as us, why the gap is getting bigger and bigger, the reasons for this are worth reflecting on.