Chinese consumer complaints show widespread padding of car sales: Analysis

Exclusive-Chinese Consumer Complaints Show Widespread Padding of Car ...

Exclusive: Chinese consumer complaints show widespread padding of car sales

A tactic used by Chinese automakers and dealers to inflate car sales has grown increasingly common in recent years in response to a bruising price war in the world's largest auto market, a Reuters analysis of consumer complaints has found.

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Chinese Consumer Complaints Reveal Padding Of Car Sales Figures

A growing number of consumer complaints in China have exposed a widespread tactic among automakers and dealers to inflate car sales in response to an intensifying price war in the world’s largest auto market.