On August 5, Chrysler China Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chrysler China) released a message that the price of some products and spare parts will be lowered from now on, and the average price of spare parts will be reduced by 20%.
The price cuts include 145 products including headlights, exterior mirrors, starters, etc., and the price reduction is 20%. Meanwhile, the price of the flagship Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is lowered by RMB 65,000. Grand Cherokee 5.7 The price of L flagship version is lowered by 45,000 yuan.
Li Pumin, a spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission’s investigation of the Chrysler and Hubei Provincial Price Bureau on Audi is nearing completion. It has been found that the two companies do have monopolistic behavior and will be subject to corresponding penalties in the near future. Whether there is a monopolistic behavior for Mercedes-Benz is currently under investigation and evidence collection.
Li Pumin said that the National Development and Reform Commission has completed the investigation into the implementation of the monopoly case of auto parts and bearings for 12 Japanese companies, and will impose penalties according to law. For the list of 12 companies, Li Pumin said that specific results and further information will be released in the near future.
It is understood that since the entry into force of the Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, China's anti-monopoly has begun to be carried out in various industries. From 2011 to now, the relevant state departments have been conducting anti-monopoly investigations for the automobile industry for three years, exceeding the investigation time of other fields for half a year. In response to the NDRC's anti-monopoly investigation, a number of car companies have made an official response.
As early as the end of June, Mercedes-Benz released a message saying that the price of the basic maintenance package will be lowered from July 1st, and the average price reduction will reach 30%. On August 3, Beijing Mercedes-Benz Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. announced that it will adjust the price of some repair parts from September 1. Mercedes-Benz said that the price adjustment will cover all Mercedes-Benz models, including more than 10,000 accessories. Among them, the windshield price reduction of 29%, the steering power pump price reduction of 24%, the radiator price decreased by 16%. Mercedes-Benz said that through this adjustment, the price of some repair parts was lowered by an average of 15%.
In addition to Jaguar Land Rover China on July 25, the price of the manufacturers of the three models has been greatly adjusted, including the Land Rover Range Rover extended version of the 5.0L model, the maximum price drop reached 300,000 yuan.
FAW-Volkswagen Audi also announced on July 26 that it will cut the price of original parts of domestic models. Through this price adjustment, Audi's “zero ratio” will be reduced, and the “zero ratio” of the Audi A6L (the ratio of the price of all the spare parts of the vehicle to the total price of the vehicle) will be reduced from 411% to 291%. The cost paid by users during use and maintenance will be greatly reduced.
Volunteers in the automotive industry said that although some brands have lowered the price of some models, the zero ratio of other models is still not low. The international zero ratio is usually 2 to 1 or 3 to 1. In turn, it is speculated that the price cuts of multinational brands in the future may be more likely to be in the spare parts rather than the price of the whole vehicle.

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