MTL - My Years As a Car Dealer-Chapter 221 : Cadillac ATS-L at Auction (3)
Chapter 0221: Auction (3) Cadillac ATS-L
Because the car source of the Volkswagen R36 is too scarce, most of the car dealers onlookers have not seen it, let alone know anything about it.
However, this veteran car dealer is very knowledgeable, and he explained the relevant knowledge to his apprentice next to him on the spot.
I saw the car dealer facing the open hood, pointed a small flashlight in his hand somewhere, lowered his voice and said: "At first glance, there is no problem except for a thin layer of dust, but you look inside the cabin. Are those greasy stains?
There must be places where oil seeps. The most common type of German car is oil seepage from the vacuum pump, but there are exceptions. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a lift test, especially for this kind of performance model, which is prone to frequent floor oil. Lift the chassis to check the impact. Traces, gearbox unloading traces, oil leakage traces are all necessary. "
The young apprentice didn't know if he understood it or not, but he couldn't stop nodding, and suddenly asked in confusion, "Are we still bidding?"
"Auction for a hammer, keep your voice down, others have heard it." The words were clearly said for this sake, but the little apprentice didn't understand it. The angry old car dealer slapped the apprentice on the head and cursed in a low voice. With a groan of elm wood, "If it's just the vacuum pump leaking oil, it can be done within five hundred dollars, or even less than five hundred dollars. If there are other places where oil seeps and leaks caused by the impact, it will be a big trouble. Now this situation And there is no way to do the rack-lifting test, who dares to take this risk, thinks that there is too much labor and capital?"
Zhang Chen nodded secretly, very much in favor of the old car dealer's style of seeking stability.
That's right, they don't have a car dealer system, and they don't have master-level used car identification skills. They can only find problems through some clues. If they can't lift the frame for inspection, they must be stable to prevent the car from being discovered after buying it back. A major accident can ultimately avoid being deceived or getting an eye. First release https://https://
While Zhang Chen praised the old car dealer, he was also a little fortunate and a little proud. He had the skills of a car dealer, and he understood all the situation of this Volkswagen R36 in less than a second. They knew what they knew, and they I also know what I don't know, and this has established an invincible position.
Zhang Chen listened to the nearby car dealers excitedly discussing how much they could win. He slowly squeezed out of the crowd, but he thought that the car that Lai Wuyun brought back was not easy. Killing a lot of car dealers, what does he want to do?
The driver of the car in the distance is still unloading the car, and Lai Wu over there has already started the auction.
There was no way to continue watching the car, Zhang Chen simply squeezed into the crowd to see the auction.
Unexpectedly, Lai Wu actually required every car dealer who participated in the auction to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan. Of course, Zhang Chen understood what he meant. Car dealers who offended him in this way were excluded.
Lai Wu was still standing on the high steps. A white car was parked in front of him, surrounded by eager car dealers, waiting for the official start of the auction.
Lai Wu's expression was still so proud. His high head and the corners of his mouth made many car dealers want to slap him, but he didn't have the guts. After all, hitting someone was illegal. Besides, he wanted to buy a car from him, so he couldn't afford to offend him.
Zhang Chen has already passed the master-level used car appraisal skills to know that this is a 2014 25T comfortable Cadillac ATS-L.
Cadillac is a high-end sedan brand under the Bald Eagle General Motors. When it comes to high-end sedan brands, the first impression in the minds of Chinese people is BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi, but not many people think of Cadillac.
Because BBA belongs to the first-tier high-end car brand.
Lexus, Cadillac and Volvo are second-tier high-end sedan brands.
Infiniti, Acura, and DS are even worse than Cadillac and belong to the third-tier high-end sedan brands.
Unlike the first-tier brands that sell tens of thousands of vehicles a month, Cadillac's sales can't be compared with them. However, through precise control of the market, Cadillac ATS-L, as an Internet celebrity car, is one of the Cadillac brands. There is a clear stream, and the attention received is much better than that of the brothers and sisters in the same sect.
When the Cadillac ATS-L hit the market, it was fighting the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class, as well as the Audi A4L.
Today, BMW three series, Mercedes-Benz C-class and Audi A4L are still alive and well. Sadly, Cadillac ATS-L has been discontinued and will be replaced by xt4 in the future.
The Cadillac ATS-L in front of it has sharp lines, a stylish appearance, and a low-lying model. It has been carefully designed by engineers to maintain a certain roundness, which makes the image of the whole car more elegant, stretched, and absolutely seductive, which is in line with its Internet celebrity. The temperament and appearance of the car, anyone who encounters it on the road will take a second look.
In particular, its air intake grille is very wide. Under the embellishment of the small grille inside the middle grille, the overall look is very three-dimensional and dynamic.
The most attractive is the bold and unique vertical lighting design on both sides, which is obviously different from other Cadillac tear-eye headlights, and the recognition is very high, allowing laymen to recognize the identity of Cadillac ATS-L at a glance.
In terms of interior, the central control piano paint panel enhances the texture of the entire car interior, and a large number of soft materials are wrapped, which is also in line with the positioning of high-end cars.
All Cadillac ATS-L series come standard with Bose audio. For riders who have high requirements for music, it is definitely a pleasure to sit in a very comfortable seat in the car and listen to music.
In terms of configuration, Cadillac also has advantages. Take the lowest configuration as an example, there are active noise reduction, multi-function steering wheel, cruise control, knee airbags, head airbags, tire pressure monitoring, body stability system and so on. There is also an active closed air intake grille, which can be automatically closed during high-speed driving, so as to achieve the goal of reducing fuel consumption, which is also rare in the same level, especially in the Japanese models of the same level. Do not think.
In addition to good looks, comfortable sitting, and good sound, Cadillac is gradually moving towards a sporty style.
In fact, it cannot be said that the Cadillac ATS-L has changed the style of the Cadillac House sofa and forcibly changed its image, because people have an inextricable relationship with sports.
Everyone knows that BMW has Mpower, Mercedes has AMG, Audi has RS, and actually Cadillac has a "V" sports department.
This V, Cadillac's own note is Victory victory, Velocity speed, Vanquishment conquest.
This V division, established in 2004, produced the first mass-produced V8 engine.
Made the CTS-V, the first performance car that Cadillac is proud of. This is an old American-style sofa that looks like a 15-year-old car and the dealer's refurbishment technology is not up to standard. In fact, it is a 5.7 The L big V8 is a terrifying steel cannon that can break 100 in five seconds.
The Cadillac ATS-L in front of me also has a super performance version called ATS-V.
ATS-V is a model that can convince the sturdy BMW M3 to kneel down and call Dad. Except for the new Panamera and Alfa Romeo four-leaf clover, there is no one afraid of anyone on the track.
This sports gene has also been passed on to ordinary models.
The Cadillac ATS-L is equipped with a 2.0T engine, which is divided into two versions with high power and low power.
The high-power 28T is 279 horsepower, and the low-power 25T is 230 horsepower. It is just a little wrong in horsepower. Under the same configuration, the price of the car differs by 30,000 Chinese dollars.
In fact, the only difference between 25T and 28T is the computer program. There is a little trick to flash the ECU, and the 25T will change to 28T immediately, which increases the horsepower and saves 30,000 Chinese dollars, which is wonderful.
Matched with the 2014 Cadillac ATS-L2.0T engine is a 6-speed manual gearbox, the gearbox model is GM6T70.
It is this **** gearbox that causes the Cadillac ATS-L to have a strong sense of frustration at low speeds.
Compared with the BMW 328i with only 240 horsepower, because BMW's god-like 8AT gearbox is very powerful, when the horsepower is at a disadvantage, the acceleration performance is better than that of the ordinary version of the ATS (not to mention the abuse of the ATS-L).
The BMW 328i finally defeated the normal version of ATS on the track in the Nürburgring, avenging its big brother BMW M3, but the gap was not too big, only 0.7 seconds behind.
Therefore, by virtue of the self-contained advertising effect of Cadillac, a luxury brand in the bald eagle country, and the luxurious and atmospheric design of the model itself, as well as the excellent sports performance and comfort configuration of Cadillac ATS-L, the standard 8 airbags and Bose audio have been well received by everyone. Unanimously praised and favored by the market, it has become a generation of Internet celebrity models.
Of course, the Cadillac ATS-L also has shortcomings and common problems, and they also have a lot of them.
Cadillac ATS-L has always been complained about the central control screen. It inherits the many faults of the electronic system of American cars. It is easy to crash. . In addition, it is all touch buttons. It is easy for novices to touch the wrong things. The only advantage is that it is not easy to break compared to mechanical buttons.
All the plastic keys in the car are made of piano paint, which is good-looking but easy to stick to fingerprints. Virgos, cleanliness patients, and obsessive-compulsive patients must always keep wet wipes, and the abnormal noise is very serious after a long time, and the crunching is really annoying. I have to say that Audi and Lexus have done a good job, and the workmanship and materials are very solid.
Compared with a sports car, there is no shift paddle, and there is no S gear on the gear lever. If you want to adjust it, you can only choose the sports mode in the computer. .
The biggest problem of the 2014 Cadillac ATS-L comes from the shaking, abnormal noise, dragging, stuttering, and high fuel consumption caused by its 6-speed manual transmission. There are almost no men who drive less than eleven. I want to experience the speed a little bit. With passion, it takes fifteen or more.
Cadillac ATS-L is a second-tier high-end sedan brand in China, but its maintenance is the first-tier price. The cost is on par with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi.
Fortunately, the failure rate of Cadillac ATS-L is regarded as a model in Cadillac models. It is relatively solid and not easy to break. Otherwise, it is really not worth it just for its Internet celebrity status.
Zhang Chen waited for a long time, but Lai Wu still did not announce the official start of the auction. After a while, Chen Haojie, the owner of Jinxin Motors, came and announced the start.
Lai Wu and Chen Haojie stood side by side on the high steps, looking down at the car dealers under the stage.
"Okay, this 2014 28T comfortable Cadillac ATS-L has a starting price of 100,000 Chinese dollars, please start bidding." Lai Wu shouted loudly to announce the official start of the auction, and then glanced up with his nostrils up. over the crowd.
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"One hundred thousand?" This price is not too high!
There was a restlessness in the crowd. The car dealers thought they were getting a great deal, but they forgot that the Cadillac ATS-L is the fastest rear-wheel drive car of around 200,000 yuan. , there are so many car dealers who can't stop wanting to buy, and the final price will never be 100,000.
There was no auction sign, no order, and no same way of increasing prices.
In order to get this Cadillac ATS-L, the crowd quickly became a mess.
Many car dealers shouted in a mess: "I will pay 110,000."
"I'll pay 110,200."
"I'll pay 120,000."
"I paid 120,000 and received 200."
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In the end, the price of this Cadillac ATS-L reached 180,000 yuan, and the enthusiasm of car dealers to scramble to bid slightly decreased. New 81 Chinese website updates the fastest computer: https://
Zhang Chen has a car dealer system and knows that this Cadillac ATS-L was licensed in December 2017. The new car landed in the early 300,000s and now has a mileage of nearly 20,000 kilometers. The current reference price for second-hand car sales is around 200,000. In the case of Cadillac, the price of the car that the car dealer receives should fluctuate by 10% to 15%.
The car dealers on the scene have fired up to 180,000. Zhang Chen estimates that the car dealers bidding for the auction either have special channels to sell goods, or they are newbies who do not understand the market and are impulsive, waiting to work in vain, unless they meet someone who is better than him. buyers, otherwise they won't make much money.
"180,000, is there anything higher than 180,000?" Lai Wu shouted excitedly, and after waiting for a while and found that the crowd did not respond, he then pointed to a young car dealer, "Congratulations on this Handsome guy, please come to the stage and come to our President Chen for the handover procedures."
Before Lai Wu finished speaking, a young car dealer was squeezed out of the crowd. With a smile on his face, he gestured to Lai Wu with his arms raised, and then trotted to the stage.
The young car dealer happily followed Chen Haojie into the Jinxin garage behind him. Standing in the crowd, Zhang Chen suddenly heard a very weak voice behind him: "This car is four wrong, and Xiao Liu who bought the car is going to be planted."
Suddenly another person responded in a low tone: "Don't talk nonsense~www.novelbuddy.com~ We just need to know, don't offend Chen Haojie."
"Huh?" Zhang Chen didn't look back, but he was depressingly thinking, why did the car dealer say that the size of the Cadillac ATS-L is wrong?
In the used car industry, the four codes of a car refer to the vehicle information generally composed of four sets of codes on the vehicle, specifically the engine vin code (lower left corner of the windshield), engine number (nameplate), body number ( on the body floor), the second engine number (stamp number).
Saying that the size of the car is wrong means that the size of the car has been ground and the size has been changed, which proves that there is a problem with the origin of the car, or that the engine has been replaced.
"The master-class used car identification system did not indicate that the engine has been replaced!" Zhang Chen was depressed for a long time, and once again used the master-class used car identification system to test the Cadillac ATS-L independently. Finally, he knew that the engine had not been replaced, but obviously It is 25T, and Lai Wu deliberately said it was 28T, just to pass the low allocation as the high allocation and finally raise the price, otherwise the current transaction price should be reduced by tens of thousands.
The watch of the last Volkswagen R36 was adjusted. This Cadillac ATS-L used low power to pretend to be high power. Some of the other models have more or less problems. Zhang Chen despised Lai Wu and Chen Haojie even more. , has no interest in this auction.
Zhang Chen didn't want to waste time here, and he didn't want to expose Lai Wu and Chen Haojie's deceptive tricks in the past, because he didn't want people to doubt how he knew the vehicle information, and he didn't want to expose the secrets of his car dealer system.
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