Second-hand car evaluation national standard issued

Recently, the official website of the National Committee for Standardization issued the "Technical Code for the Evaluation and Assessment of Used Vehicles" (hereinafter referred to as "the Code"), and the standard number is GB/T30323-2013. The "Code" will be formally implemented on June 1, 2014, and the vehicle's technical status will be divided into five levels based on the final score of the assessment.

The "Specification" refers to the relevant Japanese standards, and quantified scores are specified for each part of the test. The evaluation results will quantify the vehicle's technical status through the final score. Taking into account the ease of identification for the majority of consumers, the "Specification" classifies the vehicle's technical status into five levels based on the final score of the assessment. A Class 1 car is an excellent vehicle, and a Class 5 car is a sign of a major accident, which is commonly known as an accident car. Consumers can see it at a glance.

Luo Lei, deputy secretary-general of the China Automobile Dealers Association, believes that the promulgation and implementation of the "Regulations" will be of great significance to address the symmetry of used car market information and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. The domestic used car market will also usher in the implementation of the "Code"." Transparent era.

In recent years, the domestic used car market has developed rapidly. In first-tier cities such as Beijing, the trading volume of used cars has been higher than that of new cars. According to statistics from the China Automobile Dealers Association, from January to November last year, a total of 4,696,600 used cars were traded nationwide, an increase of 8.39% year-on-year. In 2013, the volume of used car trade in the country exceeded the 5 million mark for the first time. However, at the same time, there are problems such as the standard blank, the disconnection between the vehicle evaluation price and the transaction price, and the fraudulent identification report, which restricts the healthy development of the used car market. Most used car dealers will desperately drive down the owner's car price when they acquire a car. This causes both the car seller and the car owner to worry about losing out on the used car market.

Previously, in response to the lack of traditional second-hand car market appraisal standards, auto branded used cars have introduced their own used car certification standards and developed more than 200 inspection items in vehicle evaluation. However, the branded used car certification business mainly focuses on this brand model, and there is no uniform standard between the companies.

Luo Lei said that although the used car market in China is already on the eve of explosive development, compared with the new car market, the development is still lagging behind. In particular, the trading information is asymmetric and opaque, and the actual condition is concealed intentionally. The behavior of the company has happened from time to time, which has harmed the interests of consumers, and has also dampened consumers' enthusiasm for second-hand car consumption to some extent.

"The uniform expression of the used car identification and evaluation results is equivalent to the 'Putonghua' of the used car circulation industry, which will help the circulation of used cars among various companies, different brands, and different regions," said Luo Lei.

In addition, for used car evaluation of the first national standard after the formal implementation of the car price problem, a number of used car experts and dealers in an interview with the Beijing Commercial Daily reporter said that the price of used cars will not be affected in the short term, and In the long run, with the development and standardization of the domestic used car market, the decline in the price of used cars is an inevitable trend.

Zou Qiang, general manager of Beijing Zhuo Jiexing's used car company, believes that although the introduction of the “Guidelines” can guide the trade in used cars to a certain extent, it is not a mandatory standard and is only a reference, so there may be a shortage of used car dealerships. Take the "code" to evaluate used cars.