Rising prices of Japanese cars have limited supply

After the May Day holiday, discounted prices for most vehicles, including Honda, Nissan, and Toyota, quickly receded. The reporter learned from the major 4S shops in the city that after May 1st, most car brands adjusted the new car promotion program, and the prices of the three major Japanese brands’ models had rebounded significantly due to vehicle supply problems.

The reporter visited several authorized dealers in Guangfeng last week and discovered that the hot Highlander offers a discount of only RMB 13,000 from a discount of RMB 6,000 to the current discount of RMB 1,5000, and even the less expensive Yaris discount of RMB 13,000.

“Originally, manufacturers wanted to increase the sales volume of various models this month, but in the end the situation was not satisfactory. In the past one or two months, there has been no way to achieve the preferential rate for years ago.” A salesman at Guangfeng First Store was frustrated. The reporter told reporters that the recent enthusiasm of consumers to buy cars is not high. Compared with the same period of last year, the trading volume in the first half of May can only be described as a downturn. "The manufacturers do not have many vehicles, and it is even more difficult to amplify the concessions." It is reported that the impact of manufacturers' production capacity has recently affected the prices of Highlander and Yaris.

In addition to Guangfeng, FAW Toyota is affected by the supply of manufacturers, the discount is not too big, hot Corolla is reduced preferentially month by month, dealers have hit a big sales promotion, the recent become quite low-key. The reporters visited several Guanghan Honda's several 4S stores and learned that although the current Accord, Fengfan and other models still have the current car, but the cash profit is also reduced, the Accord maximum profit is only 10,000 yuan. Dealers said that it is estimated that parts of the parts affected by the earthquake in Japan will be in short supply, so the supply of cars will be reduced in the coming months, and the discount can only be reduced.

The Dongfeng Honda dealer also told reporters that in the first two months manufacturers have begun to "limited supply" of dealers across the country, Civic current discount has been less than 10,000 yuan, far less than the previous comprehensive discount of nearly 20,000 yuan . The Dongfeng Nissan model, which accounts for the sales advantage in the Guangzhou market, is still adequate, and the concessions for some of the hot models have also been readjusted after May Day, shrinking by several thousand dollars.

Some models need to wait for more than one month. In addition to rising prices, some of the hot Japanese models also need to wait a long time to mention the car. If Guangfeng’s Highlander had to wait for half a month, some models of Nissan’s Qijun would have to wait for a month or so, and there were only one or two cars in each store. The recent hot new sunshine, there is still no concessions, mentioning the car also need to wait about a month; New Fit Rangli only 3,000 to 4,000 yuan, a small amount of cars; front fan only 1.5L of the car in the shop.

A dealer told reporters that the recent purchase of Japanese models, the price will certainly be high, this trend may continue into the third quarter of this year. In addition, Guangzhou people like to use fuel-efficient cars, and the sales of Japanese models have also pulled the price of Japanese cars and the tight supply of goods.

In addition to the Japanese models, the reporter learned from the market that at present some of the new cars are also less cars. For example, Guangzhou Automobile Co., Ltd. has only a small number of cars available for sale. Some models need to be booked for approximately 1 month before they can pick up their cars. Volkswagen Passat also needs reservations. It takes more than one month to have cars available, and some cities even have dealers. The price of private car sales.

The head of the sales department of Guangfeng First Store told reporters: In May of this year, there was a peak of sales, and the market was also experiencing a situation where production and sales were not booming, causing distributors to worry about market sales in the second half of the year.