Comments on: Changhe destroys its polluting cars

By: Joest

Joest — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:22:25 +0000

Erik, I got up with 200 by dividing the 12 million RMB value by my own rough estimated price of an Ideal.
While the picture is just something I made up with a picture of an Ideal II from Autohome and a scrapyard picture fond on Google.

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:45:36 +0000

Joest speaks about 200 Changhe Ideal. He shows a photo (according my vision photoshopped) of a Changhe Ideal II.

By: dragin

dragin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:53:42 +0000

Following the onset of C-NCAP testing, all the small manufacturers are already nervous about their products vulnerability to failure. Barring big outside investments such as little Lifan recently attracted, consolidation will accelerate.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:32:58 +0000

Could this be the start of a consolidation of the auto makers in China?

By: dragin

dragin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:23:36 +0000

This government move looks like a first. It raises the questions of who will be next and who among these third tier manufacturers can endure it.