In Thailand, Southeast Asia, where the share of Japanese cars is about 90%, a Chinese manufacturer that has newly entered the market announced a new plug-in hybrid vehicle at the car show from the 1st, and will compete with Japanese manufacturers in the future. Is likely to be fierce.
Thailand is the largest automobile industry base in Southeast Asia, and about 30 brands from China, Europe, etc., including Japan, which has a 90% share, will exhibit at the automobile show starting on the 1st.
At the venue near the capital Bangkok, the exhibition was opened to the press on the 30th, and China's "Great Wall Motor", which has newly entered the Thai market, announced a new plug-in hybrid vehicle.
The manufacturer plans to make its factory in Thailand an export base to various places, and at the venue, a model that has just begun to be sold at a low price as an electric vehicle was also exhibited and attracted attention.
On the other hand, among Japanese manufacturers, Toyota Motors and Mitsubishi Motors exhibited pickup trucks and SUVs = multipurpose sports cars that are popular locally.
At a press conference, President Eichi Koito of Mitsubishi Motors Thailand said, "Because of the emergence of competing manufacturers, Japanese manufacturers are striving to be selected by adding new technology to their experience. I will do it. "