The crowded Beijing auto show has attracted nearly 600 Chinese and foreign brands. In the confrontation with foreign brands, the self-owned brand cars with their design and manufacturing levels significantly improved are the highlights of this auto show. “Chinese people’s own cars are beyond imaginationâ€. This is a heartfelt gesture from many visitors at the exhibition site. Chery, Geely and other local auto makers have become the focus of overseas media chases.
Due to the inherent deficiencies of local auto makers, past Beijing auto shows have always dominated foreign brands, and domestic manufacturers can only be dispersed in a small, inconspicuous corner. However, at the auto show, domestic manufacturers were proud: local manufacturers such as Beijing Auto, Dongfeng, Chang'an, Brilliance, and Great Wall and Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche and other luxury brands were on the lower floors in Hall 1, but the popularity was quite high; Chery and Toyota The area of ​​booths in Hall 6 is very close. FAW and SAIC are occupying the core positions in Halls 9 and 10 respectively.... The Auto Show Organizing Committee stated that the current auto show has occupied half of the booth space of domestic manufacturers and its own brand. The exhibitors are even closer to one-third.
At the exhibition site, the reporter saw that Chery A3, Fengyun II Coupe, and Tiggo 5 were the star models in Hall 6. One spectator could not help asking the staff: “Is this Chery's car? The grades and styles are completely different.†Also surprised are the many foreign media reporters. At the corner of the Chery booth, the interview team of the Austrian television station repeatedly asked questions, and the young overseas market owner of Chery responded freely with the camera and communicated with the reporter in English very smoothly.
Geely Automobile, which runs a separate exhibition area of ​​the Beijing Auto Show far away from Geely University, is also responding to overseas media interviews every day. Geely Public Relations Department Zhang Xiaodong told reporters: “Reuters, AFP, Singapore Lianhe Zaobao, Japan Daily News, and a U.S. automobile weekly have all been here, and the daily audience of the exhibition area has reached more than a thousand people.†With domestic reporters concerned about multinational cars The giants' new trends in China are different. Overseas media are more concerned about the growth of China's own brand strength. The British "Financial Times" has even specifically opened a Beijing auto show column.
This year's auto show own brand new car not only exceeds the number in the past, the quality of the upgrade is also highly appreciated by the audience. SAIC's newly promoted Roewe sedan has successfully inherited the Rover's new car of British temperament and entered the high-end car market at a relatively high starting point. FAW Hongqi HQ3, solemnly luxurious and implied passion, 4.3-liter V8 engine with zero to 100-km acceleration 7.3 seconds; the Brilliance M3 coupe that is scheduled to be put into operation next year is designed to be avant-garde and unrestrained and is considered to have the potential to challenge the strength of the Ma 6 coupe... In addition, the pretty and lively car of the Changan Automobile Benben, BYD's first domestic hardtop convertible structure Coupe Coupe F8, Great Wall Motor’s 7 new products entering the sedan market, Seamaster’s first self-developed concept sports car, the S1, has given the audience an eye-catching look at the new car R&D capabilities of independent brand manufacturers. Although there is still a certain gap between the exhibition design and craftsmanship of these participating models and foreign brands, it shows that China's national automobile industry is struggling to catch up with the huge potential contained.
Reporter Tu Lufang RJ033
Motor show hot up hotel prices
This reporter (Reporter Yang Hao) reporter learned from Ctrip.com that 1,500 Chinese and foreign companies from 20 countries and regions in the world gathered in Beijing, together with tens of thousands of media personnel, during the auto show around the Beijing Auto Show Complex. The prices of the star hotels showed a different rate of increase, some of the five-star hotels rose as high as 30%, but still booked hot. According to the staff of Ctrip.com Hotel Business Department, due to the large scale and long time of the international auto show, as early as half a month ago, guests began to book four or five stars near the China International Exhibition Center and the Agricultural Exhibition Center. The occupancy rate of the hotel during the exhibition reached 90%, and the booking of the surrounding three-star and budget hotels was also booming. RJ200
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