【Car Dynamics】Take stock of today's (March 26, 2022) car circle, the freshest, most fun, most valuable car news news, and see what big car events happen today!
Car event one: the new Kodiak announced the price, launched next month
Recently, we learned from the sachines-Volkswagen Skoda official that it announced the price range of the new Kodiak, a total of 6 models, sold for 186,900 yuan - 243,900 yuan, and listed on April 8.
As a minor makeover, the new car as a whole continues the design of the current model, but there are some adjustments in the details, such as the redesigned front bracket, so that the entire front of the car looks more rounded, and the interior of the light cavity of the tail light group is adjusted. As for the power, the new car will be equipped with the third-generation EA888 series 2.0T turbocharged engine.
How far is Skoda from going out of business?
Automobile event two: Dongfeng Yueda Kia changed its name, and Dongfeng withdrew
Recently, according to our latest understanding, Dongfeng Yueda Kia has officially changed its name to Yueda Kia Company, effective March 22, 2022.
It is understood that the withdrawal of Dongfeng Motor is already a matter of certainty, its 25% of the shares have been transferred, the future development will be jointly decided by Kia Automobile and Jiangsu Yueda Group, according to the initial plan, the relevant person in charge of Kia Automobile said that it plans to announce the company's latest strategy at the Beijing Auto Show.
The premise is that the Beijing Auto Show will not be postponed.
Auto event three: Weilai's latest financial report, 2024 break-even
Previously, WEILAI Automobile officially disclosed the latest financial report, and the data showed that the total operating income in 2021 was 36.14 billion yuan, an increase of 122.3% year-on-year, of which the gross profit margin was 18.9%, and the operating loss reached 4.496 billion yuan.
According to WEILAI's official plan, it is expected to achieve breakeven throughout 2024. In addition, in 2021, WEILAI Automobile has delivered 91,429 new cars, with an annual sales volume of 100,000 vehicles is the basic condition for the company to enter the right track, and Weilai is at least one step away.
Gross profit allows, the model does not increase in price for the time being.
Auto Incident Four: Beijing Benz issued a recall involving Class C
Recently, Beijing Benz released its latest recall plan to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, including some C-class vehicles from March 26, 2021 to September 22, 2021, a total of 4628 vehicles.
As for the reason for the recall, due to software development deviations in some vehicles, the engine control unit memory may not be able to write the engine start data correctly, resulting in the newly started engine shutting down and not restarting, affecting driving safety.
The Beijing Benz EQC should also be recalled.
Automobile event five: Borgward stores suspended sales and completely bankrupt
Recently, according to our latest understanding from relevant channels, all stores of Borgward Automobile have suspended sales, including after-sales can not be guaranteed, and even the current Borgward Automobile has no property to enforce.
Although Borgward customer service said that it has not yet received a notice of bankruptcy from the company, in fact, it is already a fact that it exists in name only. The car brand that once went bankrupt in Germany also made a windfall in China, relying on the sale of new cars by fooling around, and finally could not escape the fate of bankruptcy.
Borgward went bankrupt, to be expected.
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