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Chapter 1369 Consumers are beginning to wake up

Nakata Satoshi stopped talking and his brows were suddenly furrowed tightly.

Yes, not only did Satoshi Nakata listen to what Gu Mingjun said, but he also immediately realized the seriousness of the problem: Gu Mingjun was right. If Huateng Group was still not satisfied after gaining such a big advantage, and continued to compete with its "friendly competitors" in a misaligned manner, how should the Oil Otter respond in the face of such powerful product power from its competitors?

Looking at the frowning Nakata Satoshi, Tani Mingjun added: "And this is just the Excelle. Since the Excelle has started to upgrade, what about the Sylphy? Will they do the same?"

Upon hearing this, Nakata Satoshi frowned even more.

  Yes, since Huateng Automobile will do this on compact cars, who can guarantee that they will not do the same in the mid-size car market?

If Huateng Group uses B+ class cars or C- class cars to compete with similar products on the market, what will the oil-stealing Otter do? How should it respond?

Speaking of which, the wheelbase of Camry, the company's flagship product in the mid-size sedan market, is only 2770mm.

"Tani-kun, I understand what you mean." Nakata Satoshi finally realized that the situation was no longer in his power to bargain, and took a deep breath. "You win, I will do my best to get what you want from the headquarters."

Gu Mingjun also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile: "Then I will wait for your good news."

After a slight pause, Gu Mingjun said to Nakata Satoshi seriously: "Mr. Nakata, it's not that I won or you won. Everything we did was actually to safeguard the common interests of both of us."

Nakata Satoshi was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly.

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The same news, since the northern oil-stealing otters know it, then the major "friendly competitors" will definitely know it as well.

Faced with Huateng Automobile's sudden move, everyone was a little confused: What should we do? Should we follow or not?

  In fact, the current compact models of major manufacturers have been sold for several years, and the next generation of models of major manufacturers have also been developed. However, in order to maximize profits, enterprises naturally want to squeeze out the value of current models as much as possible, and they are still thinking about upgrading in a few years. The approach of Huateng Group can be said to have caught them off guard:

Let's upgrade with Huateng Group. I feel that the value of the current models has not been squeezed out and maximized, and I am losing money;

But it seems that it is impossible not to upgrade together. Faced with the powerful product strength demonstrated by the new Excelle in the application materials, combined with the current Excelle's unstoppable performance in the market, everyone would feel uncertain if they did not upgrade together.

Faced with the imminent pressure, the oil-stealing otter finally reacted faster.

In less than a week, Oil Thief finally made a decision: to introduce the second-generation THS hybrid system into the country, and to ensure that under the same configuration, the price of the hybrid version of Corolla would not be more than 2 yuan higher than the fuel version.

In order to test consumers' attitudes, Northern Oil Thief stated online that "according to internal sources", it would introduce the THS hybrid system into China, and in order to give back to consumers, the hybrid version of Corolla would only be no more than 2 yuan more expensive than the fuel version.

In the imagination of many people, such a result should be welcomed by cheers, and consumers will cheer and welcome the hybrid Corolla. However, when they went to major forums to understand consumers' attitudes and looked at the reactions of netizens, they were dumbfounded...

"What era is it now? Hybrid cars are still more expensive than the fuel-powered versions of the same car series? I don't understand what the top executives of the Otter Stealer are thinking."

"That's right! I can only accept that the hybrid model is the same price as the automatic model, and I absolutely cannot spend more money... 2 yuan, how much gas can I put in?" It's not that no one defended the Oil Otter: "You can't say that. Everyone knows that the Oil Otter's THS system is the most advanced and fuel-efficient hybrid system in the world today. Such an advanced system can be obtained by spending an extra 2 yuan. What else do you have to complain about?"

But as soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a lot of criticism from netizens...

"The guy above, are you taking advantage of the Oil Stealer, or are you an employee of the Oil Stealer? I admit that the Oil Stealer's THS system is really good, but I won't tell you how much more gas I can get from the extra 2 yuan. I'm asking you, how many kilometers do I have to drive to save the yuan?"

"Although Huateng Group's hybrid system is a little inferior, it seems that Huateng Group still treats us as its own people."

"The above person, you are out of date. The hybrid system of Huateng Group is not good only because the previous engine of Huateng Group was not good. Huateng Group has tested it themselves. After replacing the new Kirin hybrid engine, the fuel consumption of the hybrid Excelle and the hybrid Prius is less than 0.5 liters per 100 kilometers. If anyone is good at math, please help me calculate how much more distance I can travel with this 0.5 yuan price difference?"

"The person above, you can't just count the 2 yuan difference. Don't forget that the price of Excelle itself is cheaper than Corolla."

"Speaking of the Kirin engine, brothers, does anyone know when the Excelle equipped with the Kirin engine will be launched on the market?"

"I don't know, but it should be soon. The 4S stores here have already started clearing out their inventory. The hybrid Excelle is 3000 cheaper than before. The price is almost catching up with the manual transmission of the same configuration... Brothers, the hybrid Excelle is almost the same price as the manual Excelle. Can you believe this?"

"Oh my god! This world is so crazy, even mice are becoming bridesmaids for cats!!"

"Ahhh... It's so cheap! I'm going crazy. Brothers, tell me, should I buy it now or wait for the new models to come out?"

"It's up to you, but there are rumors that the Excelle will be replaced. The new Excelle will maintain a similar price to the current Excelle, and the wheelbase will be 2680mm, which is a quasi-B-class sedan. You can decide for yourself."

"What? A wheelbase of 2680mm? The wheelbase of the Peugeot 408, which is about to be launched, seems to be only 2700mm?"

"I'm crazy! I'm really going crazy! What on earth does Huateng Group want to do?"

"I am a little curious. If the wheelbase of the new Excelle is really 2680mm, how should the Peugeot 2700 with a wheelbase of 408mm be priced?"

"I can only say that Huateng Group still treats us as compatriots."

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  Looking at the comments from netizens online, major "friendly competitors" are going crazy: Chinese consumers seem to be getting harder and harder to fool, and their demands are getting higher and higher. What should they do?

I really miss the wonderful life I had in the past when I could just lie down and wait for money to fall from the sky.

(End of this chapter)