Comments on: Scrap car industry to get new standards. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/ Explaining the Chinese Car Industry and Chinese Cars Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: sean http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-52166 sean Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:35:16 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-52166 How mature is the scrap yard industry in China? The do-it-yourself scrapyards here in the US do quite well by allowing customers to bring tools into the yard and pull used parts off for use on their own vehicles. Sean How mature is the scrap yard industry in China?

The do-it-yourself scrapyards here in the US do quite well by allowing customers to bring tools into the yard and pull used parts off for use on their own vehicles.

Sean

]]> By: dragin http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-52026 dragin Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-52026 Hi Ash, Thanks for that clarification. I didn't know about it. Collectors, when they eventually grow in numbers, will undoubtedly beef about it. Hi Ash,
Thanks for that clarification. I didn’t know about it. Collectors, when they eventually grow in numbers, will undoubtedly beef about it.

]]> By: Ash http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-51995 Ash Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:23 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-51995 Dragin, China has an odd law, after 20 years your car is not road worthy. Obviously the cost of keeping a 20 year old car in storage is a lot for some folk especially in the city so they get scrapped - or rather retitled and sold on in the suburbs. This happened recently with taxis in various cities that had reached the end of their mandatory 8 year life cycle, but they were sold on from 2000rmb to 15,000rmb depending on the state. Search CCT for the visit to the 2nd hand car market article, there were a few trashed taxis for sale in that article! Dragin,

China has an odd law, after 20 years your car is not road worthy.

Obviously the cost of keeping a 20 year old car in storage is a lot for some folk especially in the city so they get scrapped - or rather retitled and sold on in the suburbs. This happened recently with taxis in various cities that had reached the end of their mandatory 8 year life cycle, but they were sold on from 2000rmb to 15,000rmb depending on the state.

Search CCT for the visit to the 2nd hand car market article, there were a few trashed taxis for sale in that article!

]]> By: dragin http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-51991 dragin Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/07/01/scrap-car-industry-to-get-new-standards/#comment-51991 "......end of life vehicles are fixed, their bodywork repaired and then they are resold in other areas or counties to unsuspecting buyers." This sounds like the respectable and profitable business of used car sales. I think of "End of life vehicles" as those that are completely beyond fixing in terms of age and condition. In order to keep a good public image these new carmakers need to show that they care about the the final resting place of their products. They contain gallons of hazardous fluids among other hazardous wastes. To do any less would antagonize the environmentally-minded folk. Nowadays that's bad for business. Oh, and while we're on the topic, there are probably some meticulous folks out there who are lovingly garaging their early Chery, or Brilliance, model. No doubt these will bring top dollar 30 years from now. “……end of life vehicles are fixed, their bodywork repaired and then they are resold in other areas or counties to unsuspecting buyers.”
This sounds like the respectable and profitable business of used car sales. I think of “End of life vehicles” as those that are completely beyond fixing in terms of age and condition.
In order to keep a good public image these new carmakers need to show that they care about the the final resting place of their products. They contain gallons of hazardous fluids among other hazardous wastes. To do any less would antagonize the environmentally-minded folk. Nowadays that’s bad for business.
Oh, and while we’re on the topic, there are probably some meticulous folks out there who are lovingly garaging their early Chery, or Brilliance, model. No doubt these will bring top dollar 30 years from now.

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