It was just mentioned last month that Chery Commercial Vehicle’s old QQsport version was renamed United Alpha and officially entered the Pakistan market. Although Pakistan has a population of 200 million, its economic development is restricted by geographical and resource conditions. The quantity is incomparable with that of a large country in South Asia next door, let alone compared with China, which is the largest passenger car production and sales country, but the name “Pakistan Railway” is not for nothing. No matter what, it will support it. Therefore, QQsport is introduced to Local assembly (SKD parts have been officially started this month, indicating that the local assembly line has been completed) meets the consumption level of Pakistan Railways. What I never thought was that this time I was really beaten. Commercial vehicles have just completed the local assembly line. , Chery quickly followed up, and even started planning the SUV series to enter the Pakistani market. Overall, Chery’s product lineup basically has to go around except for cars.
From the latest bidding information, we can see the “2021 Pakistan T19FL1 Right Rudder/T1D Right Rudder Model Welding Production Line Project”, but this time it is not transported to Pakistan in the form of loose parts for local assembly. In fact, there is another bid for Chery Wuhu 24 in the same period. The T19FL1 right rudder welding line bidding is equivalent to saying that this is a line specially made for the right rudder market, which means that Chery is not only targeting the Pakistan market, otherwise there is no need to get a separate right rudder welding line. Pakistan’s sales potential is currently not enough to support the demand for new openings, and it is obviously for the South Asian market to make decisions.
Basically the entire South Asia was once a colony of the British East India Company. It was basically the right rudder design adopted according to the ideas of the British Commonwealth. Except for Pakistan and India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the Cayman Islands are all right-handed. The rudder market, and many of them are densely populated areas, even Indonesia and Thailand are right rudder, so the right rudder market has a huge population potential. Chery deliberately made a right rudder welding line, which is obviously not solely for the Pakistan market.
The T19FL1 is the new Tiggo 5x currently sold in China, and the price is one of its advantages. In addition, Chery actually plans to have the T1D at the same time, that is, the Tiggo 8Plus, which is a right-hand drive version. The price of the Tiggo 5x is moderate and understandable. The Tiggo 8Plus The price is not low, why not Tiggo 8 but Tiggo 8Plus? It can also be seen from this detail that Chery’s goal is not limited to the Pakistan market, but with the aid of Pakistan’s project to promote the entire range of right-hand drive models, including other models, which will be gradually improved. Of course, there is an additional sentence here. South Asia, I am afraid it will be renamed, overseas markets are generally included in the Pro series, the new Tiggo 5x may be renamed Tiggo 4Pro in South Asia, Tiggo 8Plus needless to say, naturally called Tiggo 8Pro version.
As mentioned earlier, in addition to Tiggo 5x and Tiggo 8Plus, Chery should have plans for the expansion of right rudder models. As expected, the follow-up information mentioned that the right rudder welding line has reserved T1E right rudder solution, which is now on sale. For the new Tiggo 7, pay attention to one detail. The right rudder models are all the latest versions and are included in the Pro series. Except for the Tiggo 5x which is more suitable for Pakistan’s affordability, the other two models are actually developed. The purpose of the right rudder is obviously another picture. It is not easy to draw a conclusion on which market is in the picture. It may be another populous country-Bangladesh. The reason is simple. The current per capita GDP of Bangladesh surpassed India last year. This is also a piece to be developed. Huge market.
Since the welding line has only started bidding, the official export time is still unclear. It is expected that corresponding news will be disclosed within the year.