With the passage of another small holiday this year, last week ushered in a "breaking week", all kinds of breaking news, but in fact these so-called breaks are expected, just like everyone knows that they will braid, but the time is not so certain.
1. Acura announces delisting, is this not a matter of time?
If this is the one that surprised me the most in last week's breaking news, isn't that sooner or later?
On April 8, Acura officially announced that "from 2023 onwards, GUANGC Honda will no longer produce and sell existing products under the ACURA brand of GAC." At the same time, it was mentioned that "GAC Honda will continue to provide honorable services for GAC Acura car owners through GAC Acura special stores that have joined the electrified sales service network, as well as relevant channels of GAC Honda, and always protect the rights and interests of car owners." ”
To put it simply, GAC Acura has been delisted, and the follow-up service will be completed by some GAC Honda dealers.
Not to mention that there have been many reports that Acura has determined that delisting is only a matter of time, even if there is no such internal information leakage, look at acura sales and new product planning in recent years to know that delisting is only a matter of time, so there is no need to be surprised, after all, for the Chinese market, Acura has an NSX support table is enough.
2.3 Japanese brands fell sharply in March
Needless to say, when it comes to Japanese brands with declining sales, Mazda certainly can't hide from it, selling only 8608 new cars in March, down 54% year-on-year, and the cumulative sales volume in the entire first quarter was 35853 units, down 28.2% year-on-year.
At present, Mazda China's models on sale include Onksela, Artez, CX-8, CX-5, CX-4, CX-30/CX-30 EV and other models, but the only one that can barely go is Onksela, which sold 21,347 units in the first quarter, accounting for about 60% of the entire brand's sales in the first quarter.
So if it goes on like this, Mazda will also withdraw from the Chinese market?
In addition to Mazda, Nissan's sales decline is not surprising, after all, in addition to Xuanyi, at present, whether it is Dongfeng Nissan or Zhengzhou Nissan, there is no other volume model, after all, with the defeat of the three-cylinder Qijun, Nissan China's good days are also over.
According to data released by Nissan China, Nissan Motor China (passenger car/light commercial vehicle/vehicle imports) sold a total of 87,902 new vehicles in March 2022, down 32.6% year-on-year. In the first quarter, Nissan China sold 298,863 units, down 15.2% year-on-year, while the passenger car segment sold 242,931 units, down 16.9% year-on-year.
Among them, Dongfeng Nissan, which is the main sales support, only announced the sales data of Tianlai (11679 units), Xuanyi (30240 units) and Qashqai (15234 vehicles), and even so, the three cars also experienced sales declines to varying degrees.
If you have to ask a reason, that is, Nissan really does not pay enough attention to the Chinese market, not only is the technology outdated, but even tries to conquer Chinese consumers with a three-cylinder engine, and not paying attention to the market and not understanding the market will be the first crime of Nissan to continue to decline.
The only thing I didn't expect was that Honda actually fell by 33% in March.
According to the data, Honda's terminal car sales in China in March 2022 were 101,061 units, down 33.2% year-on-year. Among them, Guangqi Honda's terminal vehicle sales were 53,700 units, down 29.5% year-on-year, and Dongfeng Honda's terminal vehicle sales were 47,361 units, down 36.9% year-on-year.
Although nissan and Honda both attributed the decline in sales to the supply of parts under the influence of the epidemic, the problem is that other brands have also been affected, but still sales have increased year-on-year.
3. Niolai vehicle production stopped
On April 9, WEILAI announced on its APP that since March, due to the epidemic, the company's supply chain partners in Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have stopped production one after another and have not yet recovered. Affected by this, WEILAI's vehicle production has been suspended.
In simple terms, the small partner who should have picked up the car recently may have to delay the delivery.
4. Tesla's sudden recall, involving more than 120,000 vehicles
Last week, the relevant website published Tesla's recall information, showing that Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. decided to recall some imported and domestic Model 3 electric vehicles with production dates from January 11, 2019 to January 25, 2022, in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations on the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures for the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products, with a total of 127785 (including imported Models). 3 cars 34207 units, domestic Model 3 cars 93578 units).
The reason for the recall is that there may be minor manufacturing differences in the rear motor inverter power semiconductor components that could result in the vehicle not starting (when the vehicle is parked) and loss of driving power (while the vehicle is on the move).
Can't start well, at most click to open the online car software, but the loss of power during driving is very scary, after all, if this situation appears on the highway, the result is unimaginable.
For this part of the vehicle, Tesla will upgrade to vehicle upgrade control software through remote OTA, for vehicles that cannot be recalled through OTA, it will contact users through the service center to upgrade the motor control software for the vehicle, and will closely monitor the rear motor inverter of the vehicle, and replace the rear inverter with related failures in time for free.
Emmmmm...... It must be that the owner is using it in the wrong way.
5. Smart Genie #1 debut
This may be the product that can really compete with the Model 3 - Mercedes-Benz Smart Genie #1, this new model by Mercedes-Benz, unlike all the previous Smarts, has added more and more of the rounded design of the current Mercedes-Benz electric car, which looks cute and does not lose its sense of technology.
The length, width and height were 4270/1822/1636 mm, the wheelbase was 2750 mm, and the MINI COUNTRYMAN was almost the same, which had no problem with daily travel and loading.
In the early stage, only the rear-drive single motor version will be launched, with a maximum power of 200 kilowatts, a peak torque of 343 Nm, zero hundred acceleration of 6.7 seconds, and the Xiaopeng P7 single motor version is not much different, and its 66-degree ternary lithium battery pack can bring 560 km of endurance, from 5% to 80% The fastest time will be less than 30 minutes.
It should be reminded that this will also be the first Smart model manufactured by Geely, so it will definitely be sold in China, but because it comes from Mercedes-Benz, the price can never be the price of its own brand.
6. Chery OMODA 5 Chinese name - Ou Mengda
Let's put it this way, originally for Chery OMODA 5 car, personally still feel very good, the new "Art in motion" design concept, 4400/1830/1585mm size and 2630mm wheelbase, 1.6TGDI engine, 290N·m torque and 197Ps horsepower, the overall look will be a very good autonomous SUV model.
At least a lot better than many of the current autonomous compact SUV.
However, this Chinese name, it seems to have the smell of the Haval big dog, but to know that this kind of online name campaign has been played badly, the key is that your name is really not as good as the Haval dog.
I can say that I bought a Haval dog, which sounds a little interesting, but if you let me say that I bought a Cheri Omonda, I really can't imagine what kind of eyes my friends will look at me.
7. SAIC Audi Q6 price or 550,000 yuan start
Yes, the price of this thing has been guessed to be eight or nine, and it may really start at 550,000, at least 500,000, and is expected to be officially listed in the second half of this year.
As another new car of SAIC Audi, since the exposure of the declaration map in March, the attention of Q6 has continued to rise, but many of them suddenly have no Audi soul, and because they come from the MQB EVO platform, many people complain that this is a Tuang shell.
But also to see the Q6 good place, that is, the size is really big, you have to endure, the length, width and height are 5099/2014/1784mm, the wheelbase is 2980mm, positioning medium and large SUVs. As the Audi flagship SUV, the Q7 is 5067/1970/1731mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 2996mm, so as far as the entire Audi product line is concerned, the size of the Q6 may really become a reason for it to occupy a place in the Chinese market.
Finally, the length, width and height of the domestic BMW X5 are 5060/2004/1779mm, and the wheelbase is 3105mm, I have no intention of pouring cold water.
I'm going to grab the vegetables, or I'll exchange a pack of cigarettes for two or two meats with the aunt next door.
Next week, there should be no absence.