Well if they have something kind of like size of smart car, and very very cheap...then I may consider.! I would drive it like I am on a scooter, so safety is not compromise in comparison.
It took Korean car a long time to obtain good reliability and credit, 10 years? When DaeWoo(sp?) started selling, the car may not be what you would want to buy too. So I guess it also will take Chinese cars a few years to obtain a decent market share.
China is a technology advanced country. They have a long history of car manufacturing. Their cars are very good these days. China is already the second/third largest car manufacturer and market in the world. If they want to export cars they need to pass all crash tests. So it is safe to buy them if available. Chinese are smarter than the Japs or Koreans. The first batch of Jap cars started to rust after one year. The Koreans started with unreliable cars. Look at how much they have improved. It took the Japs 30 years to gain meaningful market share. The Koreans took 20 years.The Chinese will take 10 years to take market share.
Chinese engineers are smart people. The Chinese people are passionate about cars. They know what a good car should look and drive like. We don't see why they can't make very good cars. The plan for China is to produce not only everyday commuter cars but also high-end luxury cars and performance cars that can rival all those German or Italian sports cars.
原帖由 peter236 於 2008-1-28 03:21 發表
China is a technology advanced country. They have a long history of car manufacturing. Their cars are very good these days. China is already the second/third largest car manufacturer and market in the ...
LOL! I strongly recommend you to go take a course in industrial management and quality control course before you come back and quote on these things. automobile is a complex piece of work which requires hundreds, if not thousands of parts like screws, bolts, nuts, etc. While china is certainly capable in making these fundamental parts, it is to one's dismay that they still cannot do so with high precision and most important of all, consistency. Quality control is about everything from management to logistics to outsourcing component quality and testings, etc. China is good as a manufacturing facility (under strict guidance and management control) but not from ground up.
You don't have to take my word for it. Just talk to someone whose managing a manufacturing facilities in mnd china and they will be able to tell you that....
cars completely designed and built in china? No thank you. I'll wait for a few more decades then. But then by then when that happens, I'll be fast approaching my grave already so why would I care by then ? (I'll be so old I'll take the transit thx)
發表於 2008-1-27 20:43
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