Under the epidemic, do you have the money to buy a car just after returning to work?

At the beginning of the new year in 22, a sudden COVID-19 epidemic completely disrupted everyone's life. The Spring Festival holiday, which should have been a family dinner and sightseeing, has also turned into going out less and staying indoors. In addition to the prolonged return to work, it also has a great impact on people's travel. Because the epidemic is transmitted by droplets at close range, public travel is not conducive to epidemic control and also increases the risk of infection. Therefore, as a car owner, it is natural to choose to drive during the epidemic.

However, for car-free families, daily travel after returning to work has also become a thorny issue. Should we go by bus, subway or on foot? Let's take a look at these two screenshots of WeChat chat first:

We pay attention to a "carpooling group" initiated by the people before. Because the company is located about 4 kilometers away from the house, many car-free families choose to carpool with car owners who drive themselves every day. Because the destinations are roughly the same, this mode of travel has also been popular. However, during the recent epidemic, it seems that this mode of travel has also been greatly restricted. The reason is very simple. During this time, contact with people will increase the risk of virus infection. Therefore, car owners are reluctant to accept passengers in order to avoid risks. Therefore, passengers without cars have to choose public transportation.

in addition, there are several car-free families in the group of hundreds of people discussing the problem of car purchase. As Beijing is a city with restricted purchases, the proportion of car purchase indicators issued each year is relatively low, so the lack of car purchase indicators has become a very headache for everyone. However, from this incident, it also revealed a problem. For most families, it is really just needed to travel by car. Presumably, those families who hold money and hold the standard will also "shoot" in time after the epidemic.

# Will the epidemic arouse the desire to buy a car?

The COVID-19 epidemic can't help but remind people of the SARS in 23. Let's not talk about the seriousness for the time being, but talk about several outstanding economic impacts after the SARS.

First of all, after SARS, the performance of the insurance industry increased significantly. According to the data, the total assets of China insurance companies reached 912.284 billion yuan from the end of 23 to the beginning of 24, an increase of 262.877 billion yuan over the beginning of 23, reaching 41.45%.

In addition, the SARS epidemic in that year also gave birth to the development of e-commerce industry. In May 23, Taobao, a subsidiary of Alibaba, was officially launched, and Alipay, a third-party payment platform, was launched in October. By the end of 23, the transaction volume of Taobao reached 4 million yuan. Although it seems that this figure is hard to impress people at present, 17 years ago, e-commerce was still blank, and the real economy was the main body.

finally, there is the automobile industry. In 23, China sold 4,39,8 vehicles, up 34.21% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of cars was 1,971,6, a year-on-year increase of 75.28%. It may not seem intuitive through such data, but it has to be said that the epidemic will really make car-free families pay more attention to it and their desire to buy is much higher than before. Although the epidemic will make it difficult to sell cars offline, it will also stimulate the rise of another field. After all, the Internet will be the cleanest and safest trading channel at present, so online car buying will be respected.

# Online car purchase is becoming more and more formal

According to the current news, many car companies have joined the online car sales, such as BYD, BAIC New Energy, Chery New Energy, GAC New Energy, BMW, SAIC Volkswagen, etc., and the new force car manufacturers will not give up this opportunity. Brands such as Weilai, Weimar and Tucki have started to broadcast live, and even Tesla has officially settled in bilibili.

Maybe for a car, most consumers can't accept online ordering now, because it has become an inherent idea to look at and pick up the car in the store. In addition, many brands of online shopping malls were not reliable before, and they could not arouse everyone's desire to buy a car online. However, after the outbreak, in order to reduce the risk of communication, online car purchase has a better development space, which can also be said to accelerate the development of automobile e-commerce.

# The listing of new cars will also arouse the desire to buy.

A year's plan lies in the spring. Many car companies had planned to bring new cars in February and March, including many key models, such as Land Rover Discovery Sport Edition, brand-new Tiggo 7, Fista Pure Power, Lexus LM, Jetta VS7, etc. However, the sudden epidemic has also disrupted the work schedule of car companies, so it is impossible to hold an offline conference if they insist on listing.

It's not difficult to tell which new cars are on the market in February, but if the epidemic continues to be serious in March, many new cars will be on the market. In fact, the current difficulties are not very urgent for car companies, but they can do more work for new cars. These heavy models are likely to be delayed until the epidemic, so if all new cars are clustered together, the desire to buy cars will be stronger.

# Written at the end

Because the epidemic has a strong ability to spread, people will pay more attention to traffic problems, and choosing public transportation means taking more risks, but there may not be much for car-free families at present. As for whether the automobile industry that many people are worried about is experiencing a continuous decline in sales due to the epidemic, I think it is only short-lived. With the gradual optimization of automobile e-commerce and the gradual resumption of work, coupled with the listing of heavy models in the future, the sales problem will naturally not be troubled for a long time. After all, private cars are still a "protective suit" in the face of the epidemic, and passing the epidemic will also deepen the desire of many families to buy cars. With the gradual decline of the epidemic, the first demand of car-free families will continue to increase.

(Some pictures are from the Internet?

This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.