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China's auto dealers push back against extreme price pressure from carmakers

By MLex Staff ( July 4, 2025, 06:06 GMT | Insight) -- China’s car dealers are pushing back against “involution-style” price wars among automakers, as relentless discounts squeeze margins from steelmakers to showrooms and pose risks to the country's entire automotive ecosystem. Four major dealer associations in China's affluent Yangtze River Delta region have issued a joint petition to automakers demanding an end to practices they claim are pushing dealerships toward financial collapse. This echoes similar complaints from upstream suppliers such as steel manufacturers, who have criticized automakers for eroding their profitability.China’s car dealers are pushing back against “involution-style” price wars among automakers, as relentless discounts squeeze margins from steelmakers to showrooms and pose risks to the country's entire automotive ecosystem....

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