Coleroad

some of there designs are unusual. I think some seem to have more money than taste.

dseag2

Without a doubt.

Aron9000

Lots of dirty cars in that video too, cars that cost as much as a house that are just disgustingly dirty.

GS3Tek

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I spy a GLA coupe concept

ssmoked

imported cars in china costs 3x as much as their counterparts here. Only the ultra rich and govt officials can afford them.

Have you ever been to Beijing before? If so, you would understand why the cars are so dirty. Also there are no personably garages, everyone parks outside

mmarshall

Those days in China are gone. The country, as a whole is now arguably the world's fastest-growing auto market, especially with the rise of the Chinese middle-class....and, in that market, has an especially strong attachment to the Buick nameplate. The number of cars (and roads) in the country is growing so fast that the country, as a whole, is having a hard time adjusting to it, and many inexperienced drivers simply don't understand the dangers of careless driving. The accident and injury/death rate is skyrocketing, especially compared to many other countries....and the fact that the Chinese government doesn't demand as much safety equipment in new vehicles as ours does doesn't help either.

Beijing and Shanghai are arguably the world's two worst examples of big-city pollution....part of it from cars, part from industry and utilities. People routinely walk around with masks on their faces.

cino

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From my understanding, Chinese don't take care of their properties (possessions). Houses or cars or buildings, they let them root away. As me how I know.

ssmoked

i was referring to the imported cars in the video. Land Rover, Lambo, Tesla and the like which are imported carry a hefty duty tax. Most cases triple what it costs here. There is no way the middle class can afford them.

The middle class can only afford china made cars, which are subpar in every way. Also Buick, Ford, and some other brand (forgot some) are partnered with china manufactures and clones the cars with the name badge. Meaning they are not made by Buick and Ford and imported to china, whereas the Chinese manufactures the cars in china in partnership with those brands. Actually on any Ford or Buick car, it states "a china made Ford or Buick" next to the badge.

cities such as Shanghai and Beijing are attempting to curtail the amount of cars on the road. They do that by limiting the amount of tags being issued. You literally have to pay 100 yuan ($17) daily in a lottery system to buy a tag. After maybe months playing the lotto, the tag will cost another 90,000 yuan ($13,000) before you can purchase any car. Cheapest Chinese made car cost less than the tag. The demand to drive is much higher than what the infrastructures can handle

ssmoked

its not they don't take care of their properties, they are lacking garages to park in and china is very dirty. There are no single houses in china. Forget a garage for the car to sleep in. Everyone lives in condos and park in the streets.

RXSF

lol all those people got rich overnight so they never learned to get good taste. Its like those Chinese people who keep the name brand tags on the sleeves of their suits...

chromedome

Umm, racism much?

Anyway, most people in China live in condos or apartments, so that means cars are parked in underground parking spaces or outdoors. Only the super rich or farmers have standalone houses with space for garages.

The winter crap on most cars comes from a nasty mix of particulates from diesel and coal combustion, along with dirt from dump trucks and wind-blown dust from loess formations, northern deserts and the Tibetan plateau. Rain turns all that gunk into mud which gets splattered all over cars. Some local town governments love running road-spraying trucks to keep the dust down - that keeps dust from the air but the wet dirt gets sprayed everywhere by passing vehicles.

Summer means less gunk from burning coal but even more windblown dust from the deserts of the north and west, along with copious rain, so that means dirty cars again. That also means there's a car wash on every corner because most people can't wash their cars at home.

ssmoked

china produced more millionaires than anywhere else in the world. How is that overnight?

pman6

how the F did they get so rich? The people who drive them seem so stupid. where did they get the money? Did all the cheap things we manufacture over there pennies on the dollar.... get them that rich?

Someone please teach me their ways and give me a history lesson.



sounds like a living hell. I would never want to live in a place where I'm inhaling pollution 24/7

mmarshall

Simple. One thing that keeps prices down on vehicles sold in China is that their government (and, to an extent, their consumer tastes) does not force the addition of so much standard equipment. Vehicles sold in that country don't have to have anywhere near the amount of safety, emission, and convenience features that is the case here in the U.S. Fewer features, of course, usually means a lower price....that's why they can offer subcompacts and entry-level cars there that start at the U.S. equivalent of well under 10K.

ssmoked

but.... on most public roads you are lucky to go over 40 kph with NYC type traffic jams, and 65 kph is the speed limit on highway (Government camera enforced). At that type of speed, technically minimal safety features are needed.