In the 1950s, the mainland automobile industry was just starting out, compared with foreign countries, the mainland automobile industry was 60 or 70 years behind others, so domestic cars encountered many difficulties in the early stage of development. Early independent brands had no technology, and the quality of the cars produced was poor and the quality was low, resulting in a bad impression of domestic cars. When it comes to domestic cars, I always think of things like "low quality, cheap price". However, independent brands have not stood still, after decades of catching up, today's domestic cars are unprecedented, Geely, Great Wall, Chery, Changan and other independent brands have also mastered the core technology, and have achieved good results in various fields. Judging from the sales data of the automobile market in recent years, the sales of domestic vehicles exceeded that of many joint venture brands.
In the sales data of 2021, the share of Korean cars in the domestic automobile market is less than 2%, while the market share of domestic cars accounts for more than 30%. Sales are the embodiment of strength, and many people see that the share of domestic cars exceeds that of Korean cars, which shows that domestic cars surpass Korean cars. Does the strength of domestic cars really surpass That of Korean cars? After the Korean series ranked in the world market, many people said that their faces were punched. The sales of Korean cars in the domestic market have indeed decreased significantly, but from 1.7 million in 2016 to more than 300,000 now, the influence of Korean cars in the domestic market is shrinking at a visible rate. However, in terms of the strength of car manufacturing, there is actually a big gap between domestic cars and Korean cars.
There are great similarities between the development history of Korean cars and domestic cars, and Korean cars initially studied the core technology by decomposing other people's engines. However, in the subsequent development process, Korean cars achieved "curve overtaking" and studied the technologies that many independent brands cannot surpass at present. Every year, Hyundai Motor invests a large amount of money in source technology companies such as Mobis and Paivoor to break the technology monopoly of Toyota and Volkswagen by producing auto parts and transmissions.
At present, Mobis has become the seventh largest auto parts supplier in the world, and its business scope is very extensive, and there are almost no auto parts products that are not related to this. Modern autonomous transmission brand Pyvotai was also selected as one of the world's top ten transmissions. Although the domestic reputation is not as good as Mobil and Aisin, the technical strength has been recognized by the industry, and many modern models are equipped with self-produced transmissions. Many domestic cars are now buying Aisin transmissions, which is much worse in this regard.
In terms of engine technology, Korean models also have strong strength, especially in the field of small displacement engines, Korean models have deep achievements, and small displacement engines of 1.4T and 1.6T have been rated as "top ten". The independent brand now has its own engine, which is very beautiful in terms of parameters, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in actual combat. In terms of overall car manufacturing strength, Korean cars are ahead of domestic cars. However, in terms of sales in China, domestic cars do surpass Korean cars. For domestic cars to surpass Korean cars, we should look at it rationally. At present, there is still some distance between domestic cars and Korean cars, but it is not completely unsurpassed. In addition, I believe that if you give a few years to a domestic car, you can ride on par with a Korean car.