The era of "increasing the allocation without increasing the price" has passed, and the price of fuel vehicles has also increased dramatically!
Following a wide range of price increases by Mercedes-Benz in early April, BMW became the second luxury car brand in China to usher in a price increase.
On April 12, it was learned from BMW China's official website and dealers that BMW ushered in price increases in the Chinese market, involving the price and configuration adjustment of five models of BMW 3 Series, X3, X4 Series and Z4, with prices rising by 1600-11000 yuan.
BMW's price and configuration adjustment, BMW 3 Series long wheelbase version (from the production month in May): 325Li M sports suit and 325Li xDrive M sports suit to resume automatic parking assistance system, the price increased by 1600 yuan, the lowest increase; 330Li xDrive M sports night suit to restore mobile phone wireless charging and Wi-Fi hotspot, automatic parking assistance system Plus, BMW driving recorder, the price increased by 11,000 yuan, the largest increase.
In the Chinese market, Mercedes-Benz took the first step in price increases.
On April 6, Mercedes-Benz's official website showed that the imported C-class, imported E-class, S-class, domestic E-class, GLC long wheelbase version, as well as AMG and Maybach and other car series have been adjusted at a price, of which the CLA increase is the smallest, 3,000 yuan; the Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC Lishang edition has the largest increase, reaching 121,000 yuan.
Recently, foreign media reported that Dr. Nicolas Peter, director of finance and China affairs of the BMW Group, said that the price of bmw models sold in Germany and other parts of Europe will increase slightly by about 3% (about 3%).
It is understood that in the German market, the price of the BMW 3 Series has been raised by 1,000 euros to 39,350 euros; the BMW 5 Series is also 2,200 euros higher than the starting price announced at the beginning of the year, reaching 53,700 euros.
As for the reason for the price increase, some institutions said that it is due to the increase in the price of rhodium, palladium, steel and other automotive raw materials, due to the increase in raw material costs, BMW's overall manufacturing costs may increase by 1.2 billion US dollars.
In addition to the recent price increases of Mercedes-Benz and BMW, many new energy vehicles have also increased prices this year, such as Tesla, BYD, Chery, Weilai and other new energy vehicles in March have issued price increase announcements, involving a variety of models.
This morning, Weipai, a subsidiary of the Great Wall, announced a price adjustment of 5,000-12,000 yuan for the coffee series models, effective April 15, most of which are plug-in hybrid models.
According to incomplete statistics, nearly 30 car companies in the domestic market this year have adjusted the prices of more than 80 models, and it is expected that many brand car companies will increase prices in the later stage.