The Beijing Auto Show is regular and the Chengdu Auto Show is ahead of schedule. The Chinese auto market is about to restart!

From 0:00 on April 8, Wuhan City has lifted the control measures on the Lihan-Huli channel and resumed external traffic in an orderly manner. On this day, 76 days have passed since Wuhan closed its railway stations, airports, long-distance passenger terminals and other exit routes on January 23. 76 days and nights of dormancy, a full 1284 hours of waiting. Wuhan, which has pressed the "pause button", is slowly recovering.

As the main battlefield for epidemic prevention and control in China, the "unblocking" of Wuhan marks a major stage victory in the "Wuhan Defense War" for epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, it also marks that China, which has been restrained by the virus, is unwinding and is about to rejuvenate.

The 2020 Beijing Auto Show, which was announced to be postponed earlier, was scheduled to be held before Wuhan was "unblocked". On April 3, the official Weibo of the organizer of the Beijing International Auto Show issued a statement stating that the 2020 (16th) Beijing International Auto Show (AUTO? CHINA? 2020) originally scheduled to be held in Beijing in April 2020 will be postponed. It will be held at the new and old exhibition halls of the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing from September 26 to October 5, 2020. The domestic and foreign parts and new energy vehicle exhibition areas located in the old hall of the China International Exhibition Center will be held in September 2020. From September 28th to September 30th.

Beijing Auto Show, together with Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu Auto Shows, are known as the four major A-class auto shows in China. Among them, Beijing Auto Show and Shanghai Auto Show are held every other year and are currently the two largest auto shows in China. Official information shows that more than 1,200 car companies participated in the Beijing Auto Show in 2018, displaying 1,022 vehicles. At the 18th Shanghai Auto Show held in 2019, car companies exhibited nearly 1,500 complete vehicles, including 129 world premiere models.

With the regularity of the Beijing Auto Show, from a time perspective, it has caught up with a sales peak in the fourth quarter. In addition, most of the models released at the Beijing Auto Show are heavyweight models. It is actually better to release at the end of September than at the end of September. The probability of success for launching a new car in April is much higher. At the same time, there is still nearly half a year before the opening of the Beijing Auto Show. Each manufacturer can safely plan for the auto show in the second half of the year. Especially under the influence of the epidemic, all car companies are suffering. The Beijing Auto Show will definitely allow car companies to seize the opportunity. , fully demonstrate your work achievements in 2020.

Chengdu Auto Show moved ahead of schedule

While the Beijing Auto Show was announced to be regular, on April 3, according to the official WeChat account of the Chengdu International Auto Show, it was originally scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 2020. The "23rd Chengdu International Automobile Exhibition" held on the 6th will be rescheduled to be held at the Western China International Expo City from July 24 to August 2, 2020. This means that this year’s Chengdu International Auto Show will be held nearly a month ahead of schedule.

Prior to this, the 2020 Geneva Auto Show originally planned to be held in March this year has been forced to cancel; the North American Auto Show (the Detroit Auto Show) originally scheduled to be held in June and the Auto Show originally scheduled to be held at the end of September The Paris Auto Show was also canceled due to the epidemic. The 2020 New York Auto Show, originally scheduled for April, will be postponed to August.

Given the ongoing epidemic and the limitations of online launches, it is not difficult to imagine that many brands will postpone the launch of blockbuster new cars of the year to the second half of the year. After all, after the epidemic is completely defeated, the consumer market is expected to usher in a wave of rebound. In the past, July and August were the traditional off-season for the auto market, and neither brands nor car companies made too many moves during this period.

This year's special circumstances may cause car companies to break with tradition and make full use of the off-season time in July and August. "The off-season is not slow" may become a landscape of this year's auto market. It can be expected that after the epidemic is under control, the car market in the second half of the year will be extremely lively from midsummer to the end of the year, the off-season spanning July and August, the "Golden September and Silver Ten" and year-end sales.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.