China Becomes World’s Largest Car Exporter: Bad News for the Japanese?

The world will change. And it’s true that you need to take a quick trip to Shanghai to realize it more clearly.

So why do I say Shanghai? The Chinese motor show closed its doors today because quite simply. And it’s true that my colleagues from Le Figaro told us that visitors to this show lined up 1,000 manufacturers on the starting blocks with 150 new models, most of which, it’s true, are electric.

So today I am telling you about it. for what As much as Japanese and South Korean manufacturers have succeeded in imposing their brand, be it Toyota, Nissan or Kia, long ago it was unimaginable for a European citizen to drive a car made in China.

I quote (analysts and experts in the automotive sector): “You travel carefree in a Japanese elevator. Do you appear with the same peace of mind in a Chinese elevator?”

Naturally, people said no long ago. But this incident is nothing but a bad joke. Today is a bad memory.

Again, for a very simple reason: The latest figures this week show that China will soon become the world’s largest exporter of cars. China is also overtaking Germany and trying to dethrone Japan, which is still the world’s leading car exporter, but not for long, according to its experts. So because of what? Read more in the Economic Chronicle above.