[🇧🇩] Automobile Industry of Bangladesh including parts

[Saif]

EVs, locally assembled cars steal the show

Locally assembled cars and the range of electric vehicles (EVs) offered by Mercedes-Benz were the main attraction during the 17th Dhaka Motor Show at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center on Friday.

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EVs, locally assembled cars steal the show

A model poses for photographs with a Mercedes-Benz car at Dhaka Motor Show at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center. Photo: Collected

Locally assembled cars and the range of electric vehicles (EVs) offered by Mercedes-Benz were the main attraction during the 17th Dhaka Motor Show at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center on Friday.
The show, which ran from May 23-25, was organised by CEMS-Global.

Rancon Motors was showcasing Malaysian brand Proton's X70 model, which is assembled in Rancon's hi-tech industrial park, while Meghna Automobiles Ltd (MAL) was displaying two cars under South Korean brand Kia, the 1,500cc Seltos and 1,600cc Cerato.

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[Saif]

Global car brands 'Jaecoo' and 'Omoda' arrive in Bangladesh

Three new models of cars from the brands ‘Jaecoo’ and ‘Omoda’ have been launched in Bangladesh: JAECOO J7, OMODA C5, and OMODA E5. According to a press release, Asian MotorSpeX Limited, the official distributor of these cars, unveiled them at the recently held 17th Dhaka Motor Show 2024.

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Global car brands 'Jaecoo' and 'Omoda' arrive in Bangladesh

Three new models of cars from the brands 'Jaecoo' and 'Omoda' have been launched in Bangladesh: JAECOO J7, OMODA C5, and OMODA E5. According to a press release, Asian MotorSpeX Limited, the official distributor of these cars, unveiled them at the recently held 17th Dhaka Motor Show 2024.

JAECOO J7

The JAECOO J7 is an AWD off-road SUV featuring seven different driving modes. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in eight seconds. Other features include steel chassis, ADAS safety systems, 19-inch aluminum alloy wheels, and a panoramic sunroof.

The interior is equipped with smart AI voice assistance, 50 W air-cooled wireless charging, dual-zone automatic AC with climate control, among other features. The dimensions of the car are 4500 mm in length, 1865 mm in width, and 1680 mm in height.

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[Bilal9]

Meghna Automobiles Ltd (MAL) was displaying two cars under South Korean brand Kia, the 1,500cc Seltos and 1,600cc Cerato.

Meghna Automobiles has a "screwdriver operation" in Northern Dhaka suburbs (probably Konabari or Gazipur proper) where they assemble the Kia Seltos and Cerato models from Indian-made engines, complete suspension assemblies, body panels and other major sub-assemblies.

This is highly unsatisfactory - because most of the value-addition (I'd say close to 90% or more) is being made in India, when ideally anything sold here should have at least 50% labor-value-addition or more. Screwing things together does not help a workforce learn anything like engine or suspension assembly or building sheetmetal body panels from scratch.

The Lax attitude of the Bangladeshi customs people are to blame because they allowed this (I'm sure bribes and corruption were involved).

You cannot get away with this in a country like India - they won't allow this sort of thing in a million years.

What the Bangladesh govt. should do is what they did for cellphone mfg. - tax the hell out of imported large vehicle assemblies (sheetmetal quarter panels, bonnets etc.) or major engine sub-assemblies for cars and ease-off on taxation for more discrete imported parts like engine parts. Which would essentially force companies like Meghna to set up engine-assembly and body-stamping operations. That is what we need.

 

[Bilal9]

Global car brands 'Jaecoo' and 'Omoda' arrive in Bangladesh

Three new models of cars from the brands ‘Jaecoo’ and ‘Omoda’ have been launched in Bangladesh: JAECOO J7, OMODA C5, and OMODA E5. According to a press release, Asian MotorSpeX Limited, the official distributor of these cars, unveiled them at the recently held 17th Dhaka Motor Show 2024.

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Global car brands 'Jaecoo' and 'Omoda' arrive in Bangladesh

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Jaecoo and Omoda are sub-brands of Chery cars from China. As such quality should not be too bad. For myself - Chinese cars are still a bit of a question mark. More sold on major global brands.

 

[Saif]

Jaecoo and Omoda are sub-brands of Chery cars from China. As such quality should not be too bad. For myself - Chinese cars are still a bit of a question mark. More sold on major global brands.

Bangladesh has been importing Japanese cars since its independence but Japan hasn't established car manufacturing plants in Bangladesh so far. The Govt. should open the local automobile market for China and restrict Japanese cars in the market. This way we would be able to draw huge Chinese investments in our automobile sector. What do you say?