According to the country's new model classification standard, starting from 2005, China's auto industry model classification classification enabled new classifications. This classification is the first major reform of China's automobile industry in the statistical classification of vehicles, and is also to meet the needs of international integration after entering the WTO, and has far-reaching implications for the future development of the automobile industry. How is the classification of each model in the new classification, and what is the difference and connection with the old classification? Here will make a more in-depth interpretation of the reader.
Passenger cars in the new category cover cars, minibuses and light passenger cars with no more than 9 seats
In the new classification of automobile models, the passenger car is defined in terms of its design and technical characteristics mainly for the carriage of passengers and their carry-on baggage and/or temporary goods, including the driver's seat. Up to no more than 9 seats, it can also tow a trailer.
Compared with the old classification, passenger cars cover passenger cars, minivans and light passenger cars with no more than 9 seats, while trucks and more than 9 passenger cars do not belong to passenger cars. There is a special case, such as Jinbei Haishi, which has more than 9 cars of the same length and 9 cars or less. However, in actual statistics, these models are classified as commercial vehicles.
In the new classification, passenger cars are subdivided into basic passenger cars, multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs), sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and crossover passenger cars. It is based on the current stage of China's auto industry. The characteristics of development are divided by distinction.
The concept of a basic passenger car is equivalent to that of an old car, but it is different from a car in terms of statistics. This distinction is mainly reflected in the exclusion of certain non-sedan cars such as GL8, Odyssey, and Cherokee from the old standard cars. In addition to the basic passenger car, the “quasi-car†formerly belonged to light passenger cars was included in the statistics of basic passenger cars. As the production and sales volume of these special models is not very large, it has little effect on the analysis of the market development trend of basic passenger vehicles.
The mulity purpose vehicle (MPV) belongs to the foreign title introduced by the industry in recent years. It is a combination of the functions of a sedan, a wagon, and a van. Each seat in the vehicle can be adjusted and has a variety of combinations. The front seats can be rotated 180 degrees. In recent years, China’s automobile industry has developed rapidly. The model has been produced by more enterprises, such as Shanghai GM’s GL8, Dongfeng Liuzhou’s popularity and Jianghuai’s Ruifeng, among which similar products produced by some companies may also be included in actual statistics. Multi-purpose vehicle statistics. The model was partially included in the old standards for car statistics, and was partially included in the statistics of light buses.
Sports utility vehicle (SUV), which originated in the United States, can carry people and carry goods. It has a wide range of driving and the driving mode should be four-wheel drive. In recent years, China's light off-road vehicles and sports utility vehicles modified on the basis of pickups have developed rapidly, but they are not necessarily four-wheel drive in terms of driving methods. The industry generally puts together these types of products when analyzing the market. This new classification reform will be unified into these types of sports utility vehicle (SUV) category, so our country's product range is wider than abroad. At the same time, in order to facilitate the understanding of the development of China's automobiles, we have divided them into four-wheel drive sports and two-drive sports utility vehicles according to different driving methods under the sports utility vehicle (SUV). Such models include Changfeng Cheetah, Beijing Jeep Cherokee, Great Wall Sev, Zhengzhou Nissan Paladin and others. In the old classification, except that some Cherokee was included in the sedan, the others were included in the light passenger car.
Cross-type passenger vehicles refer to other passenger vehicles that cannot be included in the above three categories. This part of the model mainly refers to the minibuses in the old category. In the future, newly introduced models that do not belong to the three categories mentioned above are also included in the statistics of crossover passenger vehicles.
The above four types of vehicles were further subdivided according to the door, displacement, gearbox type and fuel type.
Commercial vehicles in the new category separate truck and bus chassis
In the new classification of automobile models, a commercial vehicle is defined in such a way that the commercial vehicle is a vehicle for carrying people and goods in terms of design and technical characteristics, and can pull a trailer. Relative to the old classification, commercial vehicles include all trucks and more than 9 passenger cars. In the old category, the chassis for vehicle take-out was included in the vehicle statistics. In the new category, the chassis was listed separately, which were bus non-complete vehicles (bus chassis) and truck non-integrated vehicles (wagon chassis). Commercial vehicles are classified into five categories: passenger cars, trucks, semi-trailer tractors, non-completed passenger vehicles and non-integrated trucks.
The meaning of buses in the new classification is smaller than that of buses in the old classification. The main reason is that 9 passengers and less are listed as passenger cars, and the chassis is listed separately as non-complete vehicles.
In the subdivision of passenger cars, the classification is based on the length of the vehicle body, its use, and the type of fuel. Since the length of the car body is subdivided according to the number of meters, the statistical information is more detailed, and the passenger cars of each use can be classified according to the classification criteria for large, medium and light passenger cars in the old classification, which is conducive to the market segmentation. Analysis.
A truck is a commercial vehicle designed and equipped primarily for the carriage of goods. It can be used for towing or trailering. Similar to the newly classified passenger cars, the meaning of the new classified trucks is also smaller than that of the trucks in the old classification. The corresponding relationship is the old classified trucks = trucks in the new category + semi-trailer tractors + truck non-complete vehicles.
The breakdown of trucks is broken down by total quality, use, and fuel type.
Semi-trailer tractors are commercial vehicles equipped with special devices for hauling semi-trailers.
After China's accession to the WTO, the volume of port traffic has increased, providing opportunities for the development of semitrailer tractors. In recent years, this model has developed rapidly. In the old classification, semi-trailer tractors were included in the statistics for trucks and were not listed separately; they were listed separately in the new classification as a large category of commercial vehicles.
For semi-trailer tractors, the vehicle classification is based on the quality of the semi-trailer in a running state, plus the sum of the maximum vertical static load that the semi-trailer transmits to the tractor and the maximum design load of the tractor itself.
Bus Non-Complete Vehicles and Trucks Non-integrated vehicles refer to the passenger car chassis and the truck chassis, respectively. Non-integrated passenger vehicles are subdivided according to length, and non-integrated trucks are subdivided according to the total mass.