Auto expert Podshchekoldin: Western auto companies are trying to catch up with China, but this is impossible

Chinese cars have already surpassed Western ones in technology, and local residents have switched en masse to domestic brands. Alexey Podshchekoldin, president of the Russian Automobile Dealers Association (ROAD), told Rossiyskaya Gazeta about this.

“When you go to car dealerships in China, the displays of even such brands as Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen look much more modest in terms of technology compared to the Chinese. By the way, about ten years ago I saw a lot of Chinese driving imported cars, but now they are increasingly driving their own. So such a story took place, a reversal. But almost all the big automakers definitely participate in auto shows in the Middle Kingdom, because China is the number one market. So the Beijing Motor Show will be the largest,” the expert noted.

According to him, Western auto companies will not be able to catch up with China. China produces 30 million cars annually, while for Western brands this figure is ten times less – about three million cars. Competing with such a giant is an impossible task.

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