With First Car, a New Life in China

NY Times ^ | 4/23/2008 | KEITH BRADSHER

[steelboy]

J. D. Power & Associates calculates that four-fifths of all new cars sold in China are bought by people who have never bought a car before — not even a used car. That number has remained at that level for each of the last four years. By contrast, less than a tenth of new cars in the United States are purchased by people who have never bought a new car before, and fewer than 1 percent of all new cars are sold to people who have never bought a new or used car before.

[oyez]

Be pancaked in one of these.

[Fresh Wind]

Their cars might fold up like a foil balloon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Swzbt76wBM&NR=1

But their SUV is much safer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWy_fASSiQ&feature=related

[gridlock]

Population control on 4 wheels...

[utherdoul]

do I get the girl with the car? because if that’s the case I’m buying chinese from now on.

[Dr. Sivana]

She comes with the car if you have a high-level trusted position in a high-tech firm or U.S. military site, provided that you let her visit you in your office.

[utherdoul]

well I work at radioshack so I know their sales at least a day in advance. Think she’d dig that?

[JimRed]

Automobile ownership leads to freedom of travel; that is a frightening prospect to commie states.

[Dr. Sivana]

Automobile ownership leads to freedom of travel; that is a frightening prospect to commie states.

Ahh, but with the new built-in GPS, there can be autmomated tracking of the comradeship. Heck, they could build the cars to shut down or explode if they go where they are not supposed to.

[Dr. Sivana]

well I work at radioshack so I know their sales at least a day in advance. Think she’d dig that?

No, you might have to settle for a slightly less cultured Malaysian with a less chic wardrobe.

[oyez]

..do I get the girl with the car?

Knowing the PRC, she's probably an option.