Despite the growth of imported cars is much higher than the growth of China-made cars, but by the Japanese earthquake, in the second quarter to reduce the supply of imported cars will face the risk of causing car dealer store.

    "The Japanese earthquake of this emergency supply of imported Chinese car market impact of the end of the third quarter, the fastest will disappear, so will be affected by this reduction of imported cars into the supply of three, which undoubtedly will bring this year's overall auto market more uncertainty. "imports from China Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. Marketing Manager, said the king kept the second quarter will be a watershed in import auto market, dealers of imported brands will face profitability problems.

    City interview with reporters in Asia found that some imported vehicles currently out of stock of the phenomenon has emerged in the sub-city cars Court, half the hall empty, without the previous vehicle emissions-intensive event.

    A Japanese brand dealer told reporters that since April has been imported cars, especially SUV sharp decline in the supply, has no car can be sold to the embarrassing situation.

    Asia City, said deputy general manager of Jing-Hui Yan, along with the impact of the earthquake in Japan, the current Asian market purchase volume of imported cars remained at the lowest level, giving rise to the terminal transaction prices.

    It is understood the fare increase sub-city models of imported cars has risen to more than 40% of the total, 46.7% have been imported car dealers began to take the initiative to store vehicles to cope with the possible sale of merchandise.

    A Japanese imported car dealer told reporters that, now store a number of cars, back in early April, some dealers already have orders to manufacturers, to prepare in advance a large number of hot-selling models in order to prepare for contingencies.

    However, the reporter found that some less affected by the earthquake in Japan's imported car brand did not show greater price volatility, still in accordance with the reservation contract for the car, but reserves are more adequate, but the dealer ahead of emerging market shocks do good deal of preparation.

    Wang kept that although first-tier cities such as Beijing will likely appear out of the phenomenon, but the second and third tier cities will become the growth bonus car imports area.

    It is understood in major cities this year, along with the introduction of "car limit" policy, multinational companies have sinking reseller channel to accelerate in China, the second and third tier cities layout.

    Industry data show that China imported car brand in the first quarter reached 195,000, an increase of 40.9%. Concern is with the beginning of this year was widely predicted that the industry will exceed 1 million imported vehicles different mark, the king kept forecast in the second quarter on the card are expected in the 190,000 or so, the year 2011, the amount on the card will remain in the "2010 annual report of China's import auto market, "predicted 80 million.