Smoothly does it: Vehicle dynamics development in China is still evolving. An expert panel assesses the current challenges and likely future developments

摘要

More cars are now sold in China than in any other country in the world (although the USA still leads the way in terms of the value of vehicles sold). In fact, it's thought that more cars were sold there in 2012 than in the whole of the EU. But China is not a mature market in vehicle dynamics terms. Customer requirements, although becoming clearer, are also less defined than in more mature car markets. Local OEMs lack the brand identity, expressed through their vehicles' driving characteristics, that we've come to take for granted in the West. Many chassis tuning projects are still led by western companies such as Lotus, MIRA, Porsche, Magna or Prodrive due to a paucity of local expertise.