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Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

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In the first quarter of this year's light truck market survey, we learned that the light truck industry suffered from a decline in sales due to multiple complex factors. Although the main engine factory feels a certain pressure, in the long run, they are more optimistic about the future market of light trucks. This can be seen from the recent announcement of the 355th batch of new cars issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Then, in this batch of new car announcements, what are the highlights of the diesel light truck chassis declared by each manufacturer, please see the analysis report of the first commercial vehicle network.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

The light truck market is under pressure Jiangling accelerates the layout of new products

According to the statistics of the first commercial vehicle network, in the 355th batch of new car announcements, a total of 4 vehicle companies participated in the declaration, and a total of 19 diesel light truck chassis were declared. Among them, Jiangling Motors ranked first in the application list with 7 diesel light truck chassis (JX1043TSGD26, JX1044TGH26, JX1049T0H26, JX1044TGB26, JX1040TGB26, JX1040TCB26, JX1049TGB26), and Foton Motor ranked second (BJ1045V9ABA-32, BJ1044V8JAA-FS, BJ1045V9PBA-32). BJ1045V9JBA-32), China National Heavy Duty Truck 3 (CDW1044C331CFA, CDW1044C331DFA1, ZZ1048F17FB7), JAC Light Truck 2 (HFC1040RV4K1C1S, HFC1043P72K1C7S) followed.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines
Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

Overall, although the number of manufacturers participating in the declaration is limited, the number of diesel chassis declared still maintains a high level in recent batches, especially Jiangling Motors has declared 7 diesel chassis models this time, which is the largest number of declarations since the 15 models declared in the 352nd batch. On the one hand, it shows that Jiangling Motors is still optimistic about the future needs of the light truck market in the current market environment; on the other hand, its specific measures to accelerate its own product layout also reveals the sense of urgency of Jiangling Motors to strengthen its own product coverage. From the perspective of the appearance of the vehicle, these 7 chassis models are mostly new Jiangling Kaiyun, which further enhances the competitive advantage of Jiangling Motors in the light truck market.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines
Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

Compliance light truck transition period Small cards are cost-effective

Since the official implementation of the new regulations on light trucks in March this year, light truck manufacturers have fully shifted to the layout of compliant models, although it is still in the policy transition period, and some models with a total mass of more than 4.5 tons have been published, but the first commercial vehicle network will only pay attention to and statistics on the relevant chassis models that comply with the policies of the new blue brand regulations.

Specifically, among the 7 chassis models declared by Jiangling, JX1049TGB26 and JX1049T0H26 use a wide-body cab, and the number of permitted passengers is 3; JX1044TGH26 and JX1044TGB26 are medium-body cabs, and the number of permitted passengers is 3, JX1043TSGD26 Although it also uses a medium-body cab, but because it adopts a two-row seat model, the number of permitted passengers is 3+3; JX1040TCB26 The JX1040TGB26 is a narrow-body cab with 2 passengers.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

In addition, from the total quality of the declared models, only JX1043TSGD26, JX1044TGH26, JX1044TGH26 and JX1049T0H26 chassis reach 4495kg; the total mass of the remaining four chassis, JX1044TGB26 and JX1049TGB26, is 3940kg, and the total mass of JX1040TGB26 and JX1040TCB26 is 3790kg. However, in addition to the JX1043TSGD26 equipped with a displacement of 1999ml Yunnei D20TCIF11 engine, the rest of the chassis are matched with JX4D256H, JX493ZLQ6F, JX4D25B6H engines independently produced by Jiangling, and their displacement/output power is 2478ml/112kW, 2499ml/95kW, and 2478ml/107kW, respectively.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines
Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

Interestingly, in addition to Jiangling Motors, there are three models equipped with 1999ml engines in this announcement, namely the BJ1044V8JAA-FS declared by Foton Motor, the ZZ1048F17FB7 declared by China National Heavy Duty Truck, and the HFC1040RV4K1C1C1S chassis model declared by JAC Light Truck. Comparing the total mass of 4495kg declared by each of them, it is inevitable that people will make people elaborate. In the transition period of compliance, whether small light truck models with small displacement and strong carrying capacity have higher cost performance will win the favor of more users.

Regarding the load capacity, the diesel light truck chassis declared by Jiangling Motors and China National Heavy Duty Truck also has such a feature, that is, the combination of the number of leaf spring plates can be as many as more than ten kinds of choices, taking into account the different load needs of users; the tire specifications are mainly based on the tread width of 650mm and 700mm, which is a good response to the requirements of the new blue brand regulations.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

The common choice of small and medium-sized displacements in the cloud still dominates

What power system is equipped with the declared diesel light truck chassis has always been one of the focuses of market observers, and in the 355th batch of publicity, Jiangling Motors has undoubtedly won the crown of the most power brand with the largest number of model declarations and the highest independent power matching rate with the largest number of models declared.

However, after further investigation, it will be found that in the 355th batch of publicity, the four manufacturers involved in the declaration have launched at least one diesel light truck chassis equipped with a cloud engine. Of the three models declared by Sinotruk, even 2 are powered by Yunnei. It can be seen that although the engines independently produced by Jiangling are superior in the number of public announcements in this batch, on the extensiveness of adaptation, Yunnei Power still dominates.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

Looking at other models, Foton Motor has three models equipped with its own 4F25TC4 engine, with a displacement of 2499ml and an output of 116kW Sinotruk takes the Weichai WP2.3Q115E62 engine with a displacement of 2289ml as the core power, which can output a maximum power of 85kW, and the HFC1043P72K1C7S chassis with the appearance of the Zhizun edition declared by JAC is equipped with its own power HFC4DB3-2E engine, with a displacement of 2183ml and a power of 95kW.

On the whole, light truck brands tend to use their own unique powertrains, but considering user preferences and a more diverse combination of power, Cloud is still a partner they can't refuse.

Sales are declining, how can light truck manufacturers "save themselves"? | headlines

epilogue

Recently, the China Automobile Association released the march automotive industry sales data, light truck terminal sales unsurprisingly ushered in a decline, both a series of black swan events, but also structural, as well as market factors. However, after the interview and investigation of the terminal dealers, the market still generally has a positive attitude and is optimistic about the future market situation of light trucks.

The difficulties are short-lived after all, but it is obviously very necessary to take precautions, seize the transition period of the new blue brand regulations to do a good job in product layout, seize the outlet period of concentrated growth of market demand, and come up with more compliant products to attract users, which will become an important point of view for the recent announcement of new cars.

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