Domestic Chinese brands accounted for 1 per cent of car recalls in China last year, a tiny proportion that potentially signals under-reporting of quality and safety issues by the country’s auto industry.
Chinese automakers’ share of total recalls in 2016 was the lowest recorded, according to government figures, and particularly low compared with domestic brands’ market share in China, where last year 41 per cent of autos sold were homegrown brands.
Analysts and industry executives said the low share of domestic brand recalls in the world’s biggest car market was unlikely to be due to higher vehicle quality, and more probably the result of having an inside track in fending off pressure from consumers and government quality inspectors.