Under the epidemic, a number of car companies shut down production, dealers postponed business (with a donation form)

Foreword: Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, which is already the first day of the working day according to usual.

But no one could have imagined that this sudden outbreak of the new coronavirus, a lot of car companies and dealers of the "Spring Festival program" all disrupted. At the critical moment of the national war against pneumonia, the automobile industry has also suffered.

With the continued impact of the epidemic, the General Office of the State Council announced on the 27th on the extension of the 2020 Spring Festival holiday notice, extending the 2020 Spring Festival holiday to February 2 (the ninth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar), February 3 (Monday) from normal work.

To this end, a number of car companies and dealers have already postponed business production and adjusted business hours.

Several car companies have suspended production and postponed resumption of work

Toyota: plans to start work after February 10

January 29, Toyota Group also announced that its factories in the northern part of Tianjin and southern Guangdong Province will not start work before February 10 to deal with the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus pneumonia.

In response to the outbreak, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said he would like to express his deepest condolences to those who have passed away after contracting the new coronavirus pneumonia. At the same time, he expressed his sincere greetings to the patients who are battling the virus, and expressed his highest respect to the health care workers and other staff who are working day and night on the front lines of the fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia.

Car Review understands that no decision has been made on the exact timing of the restart, but if the restart is prolonged, it may have some impact on the company's capacity and performance. On top of that, as the plant shutdown after China's Lunar New Year holiday coincided with transportation blockades in some cities, Toyota has said to the public that they are evaluating the status of parts supply in China.

Honda: Starting date postponed to Feb. 9

Honda also said on Jan. 28 that the company will postpone the reopening date of its two motorcycle manufacturing factories in China's Tianjin city and Taicang city in Jiangsu province to Feb. 9, the company said. As initially planned, Honda's two-wheeled operations were to go on vacation in late January, the start of the Chinese New Year, and restart operations in early February.

The restart date for the integrated headquarters of the two-wheel business in Shanghai has also been pushed back to Feb. 10, as Honda delayed the restart of its manufacturing base in a nearby area after the Chinese government decided to extend the Lunar New Year holiday due to the expanding infection of a new type of pneumonia, and the city of Shanghai notified local businesses of the extended shutdown.

Honda, which has three automobile manufacturing plants in Wuhan, has not yet decided on a final course for a Feb. 3 restart after the end of the Lunar New Year holiday.

Renault: Production scheduled to resume Feb. 10

Renault's Wuhan plant is also scheduled to resume production on Feb. 10, a Renault spokesman said recently, noting that their China site will resume work in tandem with partner Dongfeng Motor.

Changan Auchan: Production to resume after Feb. 10

Changan Auchan's various production bases and projects will resume work on Feb. 10 in principle, with staff resuming work from Feb. 3 (Monday) to Feb. 7 (Friday) at their workplaces, and then focusing on Feb. 10 at their workplaces.

Ford: Plans to resume production on Feb. 10

Ford also plans to resume production at its joint venture partner Changan Automobile's plants in China on Feb. 10, with production bases in Chongqing and Hangzhou responding to the local government's call for a delay in the Lunar New Year holiday to deal with the expansion and spread of the new pneumonia outbreak.

Delayed start for 4S stores? Some have duty arrangements

How has the sudden outbreak affected auto dealers? How has it changed from previous years? What measures are being taken at the stores?

First of all, in order to respond to the requirements of the policy, dealers in many places have generally postponed the opening hours of 4S stores. Car Review interviewed Lei Xing Xing, Yongda, Aojitong and other automobile groups and dealers, all said that in accordance with the requirements of the General Office of the State Council, has issued a notice to postpone the business hours of the 4S stores to February 3rd.

One of them, Hebei Shijiazhuang Li Xingxing Mercedes-Benz 4S store a responsible person told "car review": "the sudden epidemic on the car market is certainly a big impact, because the car consumption belongs to the bulk commodity trading, the actual transaction can only be completed offline, the user is not suitable to go out, so see the car, pick up the car have been affected by a number of impacts.

Compared with previous years, the most intuitive change is the sales volume; however, during the Spring Festival the store has been arranged for duty personnel on duty, and the workplace and the relevant vehicles have been regularly disinfected, consumers can also be through the online service platform to consult after-sales service matters."

The BMW 4S store in the North Second Ring Automobile Park, on the other hand, said that staff members were safely on duty in batches from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9 to ensure that basic services could be carried out. In February 10 (the first seventeen days of the first month) from the official business, during this period after-sales accident and rescue hotline is still open 24 hours.

An Audi 4S store in the West Third Ring Road said it would close for the Spring Festival and extend its business to February 2 (the ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar), during which it would no longer arrange for the relevant staff on duty, and would formally open for business on February 3rd.

An SAIC-Volkswagen 7-star dealership in the North Second Ring Road has taken more detailed measures to extend its Spring Festival holiday to Feb. 2, with staff on duty during the holiday, and officially open for business on Feb. 3, the company said.

Bei Erhuan Auto Park, a Geely 4S store, said Mr. Wang, "There is not much intention, first of all, the first to understand is that all employees have not been in contact with Wuhan to visit their families, we have decided to delay the work time."

Shijiazhuang, a Haval 4S store also issued a notice today: work hours delayed until the first ten (February 3 normal work). During this period need to maintain the user, will provide a delay of 1 month of service, special circumstances can be booked to register the delayed maintenance, during this period the vehicle enjoys the warranty policy is not affected.

And in the next survey of this store is more interesting, due to the current special environment, I contacted through WeChat to Shijiazhuang, a JAC 4S store chairman Zhang, in the author threw out the survey question, he answered the first sentence is just down from the live broadcast, which let the author ate a surprise.

However, in his next answer, but represents the status quo of most dealers.

Webcasting has become a new trend in marketing

Mr. Zhang introduced: "At present, everyone's attention is focused on the prevention and control of the epidemic, at present, basically no customer request to enter the store to see the car, the customer demand for car purchases in the face of the epidemic is suppressed.

But customer demand for vehicles still exists, like our new JAC A5 coupe is still in the market volume period, customer attention than before there is an increase in our Ruifeng MPV?series of models, the beginning of each year is the peak of the purchase of cars.

Currently from the attention, the epidemic is expected to be lifted, the car market will have a small peak, the state of sales in the first quarter is mainly to see the epidemic prevention and control posture, such as in February can be lifted, then the March sales can be balanced out the sales of the first quarter.

From JAC's point of view, it is still expected that the year-on-year growth will not decline, and our stores are now focusing on the epidemic prevention and control situation, on the basis of good store prevention and control, and at the same time as the traditional publicity and WeChat attraction, we have carried out a full-fledged video marketing campaign based on the Racer video platform.

At present, the customer amount of the corresponding degree, participation and interactivity are 2-3 times higher than usual, and we avoid going out for customers, in the experimental development of the palm showroom sales, at present, the customer's participation is higher, mainly consulting the configuration of the vehicle, pricing policy and other consulting classes, because we are accustomed to the scene to see the car to order a car for a period of time through these ways to produce the actual delivery of the car sales is also a good way to make a good deal. The way to produce the actual delivery of the car sales still need some time and some technical means.

Overall, according to the government's requirements to implement the prevention and control of the epidemic, through the video platform to collect customers, for the lifting of the epidemic after the rapid volume, is our current work measures, the official business time is also placed on February 3 after."

The latest news, Hebei Province, the administrative area of the enterprise resumption of work resumption time no earlier than February 9, 2020 24:00 hours. It can be seen that the official opening hours of the 4S stores will also be postponed.

Written in the end:

As of now, the automotive industry-related companies, parts suppliers and travel service companies in the downturn of the car market environment, still offer sincerity, or funding or donations of medical supplies or provide travel services, highlighting the social responsibility of a company should be responsible for the social responsibility and bear.

In times of crisis, there is no point in how much money is needed, the power is not divided into small and large, the core is to work together, ****k hard times. Here, to all in the "front" fighting health care workers to say a "cheer", synchronized also to all the "escort" to pay sincere tribute!

Note: The automotive industry has donated more than 600 million yuan, if there is any omission, welcome to leave a message in the comments section!

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