Did Saipa make Pride more expensive? / Who should be held accountable?
According to Tejarat News, Yahya Al-Ishaq, the Minister of Commerce of the Construction Government, recently stated in an interview: The final price of Pride is 50 million, not 150 million.
The former head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said in an interview: “Automakers sell 50 million cars for 150 million and laugh at people’s beards and do not bite.”
After the publication of this interview, Saipa Communication and International Affairs Center explained: The last Pride car was sold by Saipa in February 1998 with a final price of 385 million rials. Therefore, since February 1998, this car has been priced in the open market by intermediaries and brokers, and the prices attributed to it have nothing to do with Saipa Automotive Group (The world of cars).
These days, all kinds of Pride models are bought and sold in the market, in the price range of 150 to 187 million Tomans.
In the first five months of the 13th administration, Pride grew by 23.3%, with the highest returns and higher than other durable goods, housing, gold, dollars and coins.
Saipa continues to produce some Vantepride models, the price of which is at least 18 million Tomans away from the market.
Did Saipa make Pride more expensive?
Morteza Mostafavi, an automotive expert, told Tejarat News: “The main reason for the increase.” Car Prices In the rising market The price of the dollar Is. Of course, macro-policies also affect price fluctuations.
He added: “When the import of cars is prohibited, the carmaker does not produce products, it also has problems in producing other products, and on the other hand, the movement of dealers in the car market continues, one can expect any price increase.” In this situation, there is a flow in which people seek their own interests.
The car expert further explained: The Minister of Economy must be responsible for these conditions. Because a significant part of price tensions in the country’s car market is due to currency fluctuations. The Ministry of Economy and the Economic Management Authority allow brokers to move in the market due to their lack of planning. This factor caused tension in the market.
Mostafavi said: he is in charge of controlling the market of the economy and he should be responsible for why he is not able to control the market. Production of Pride stopped. Under these circumstances, the purchasing power of the people also decreased. The dealer realized the profit margin of this car and started buying and selling Pride at a higher price.
Some time ago, Emad Jafari, an expert in the car market, told Tejaratnews: “Now the power is in the hands of car manufacturers and they are influencing the market as they wish.”
According to him, in a market that is exclusively owned by state-owned automakers, they do whatever they want to the customer. In fact, automakers are also using prices to reduce supply by leveraging supply, and by using the brokers they have in the market, they are keeping the trend up.
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