While many have a preconceived idea that cars made in China are of questionable quality, Volvo is saying that those days are long gone. The Swedish automaker, which has facilities in China, claims that cars built in the country are now at a higher quality than those manufactured in Europe.
This is according to Volvo Cars senior vice-president of design, Robin Page, in an interview with Go Auto. He also quelled concerns about Volvo using China as a secondary production foothold, where it has assets in Chengdu, Daqing and Zhangjaikou, with another coming up in Luqiao.
“What we’re finding is that the quality of the cars are actually better in China than they are in Europe. Everyone was worried about quality, but as soon as they started the quality was even higher on score than in Europe,” he said.
“To be honest with you, if you talk to the (European) manufacturing guys they’ve put so much automation into the system, you haven’t got that manual adjust,” he continued, noting that Chinese manufacturing operations aim for tighter tolerances and that having less automation allows for fine adjustments during the production process.
“They’ve got more people on it, less automation, which actually gives you that ability to get tighter on the tolerances … and make finer adjustments. It’s not a massive difference but if you do scores-to-scores and averages, China’s pretty damn good, so we’re not so worried about that now,” Page ended.
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There is difference between
China workers guided by European technology and assembling European cars.
And
CHINA workers guided by China technology assembling China cars.
Huge difference. The chinese workers are good. But they dont have the expertise to make great cars. But combine it with European technology and guidance then u can make a great car.
But are they greater than our P1 workers? Our P1 workers are so great that our previous PM has pledge not to let it sink
https://paultan.org/2018/02/05/proton-will-not-be-allowed-to-sink-najib-tun-razak/
But sapoterz say he was in delusion…ooooh
Definately volvo on ketum. Recently I bought a powerbank from china to charge my phone. Until I found out my phone is starting to charge the powerbank :p
XC60 World COTY 2018^^
Chinese parts are still not reliable
Malaysia OEM parts are even worst and less reliable than chinese parts like Perodua .
Even most Japanese and German parts ( make in (Spain, Hungary , yugo , Mexico ,France, South Africa , Taiwan, Indonesia, vietnam , Thailand and South korea ) are still less reliable and expensive too compare to china making making the original parts.
U bought rm2 powerbank?
I think you cucuk the wrong hole. You must cucuk the one that provide output not the other way round and cucuk the one that taking input.
Make sure you got the hole right buddy. Don’t simply cucuk, you might be thrown in jail for no reason…
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maybe usb-c allows for 2-way charging ?
To be honest, it’s even better than our local cars
Yup. Deswai proton got a Chinese CEO
This is just a marketing scheme… Manufactures go for automation to reduce variation in production. Human factor has a lot to consider and it is almost impossible to ensure the product produce is at the same level of tolerance even when 2 car sets were made by the same person. Honestly I think this is just a preparation to brainwash Malaysian to accept product from China as they are planning to get parts from China and only minimum amount of parts are produce locally
Agree. Never hear before less automation, and more manual labour for car production produces end result is better. Manufacturers spend a lot more money to automate plants. Why do that when manual labour better?
Not so. Automation mainly is to cut cost, as machines don’t take long breaks and don’t demand a raise every year. Case in point: the Nissan GT-R engines are all hand made by takumi master mechanics. This allows for the finer tolerances required.
I disagree. There is a reason why handmade items (handbags, cars, even food) are more expensive and people are buying them. Rolls Royce are handmade. Are you saying their quality is bad?
Chinese precisions..
This is what we wanna hear about. Well done.
yea but shouldnt the price drop due to lower costs
you’re the only one who said lower cost.. no where in the article did it mention that.. it was about better quality manufacturing in china.. now lowering costs..
For your information, manufacturing cost does not define selling price. Market price is normally fixed on ‘the value that the customer is willing to pay.’
A handphone selling for RM1,000 may just cost RM500 to manufacture.
bla bla bla,,u could say anything to ampu ur geely boss! quality maybe better than p2 cars but RV didnt!! ooo waii!
Why so sour? If u dont like its RV dont buy la, no one even asked u to
Really?! Not a lot of credibility coming from Volvo though. The XC90 T8 has been and is still being plagued by an exceptionally high rate of hybrid, electrical and air suspension failures. These on cars that are less than one year old. Do a simple google and you will be shocked. Same thing with XC90 T8’s in Malaysia. I know cos I have one that spends more time in the workshop under warranty than in my porch!
U shud have waited for Boyue. P1 workers are exceptional skill workers that ensure zero defects
U sure u got 1 in ur house anot? I felt the hot wind blowing lei
Volvo, Geely > all
How about tumbuk cvt3 for Proton that are assembled in China? Is it of better quality and/or more reliable than tumbuk cvt3 that are assembled in Europe? Just asking.
Better than any jepunis CVT
u guys are funny. If automation is because of quality, why highly priced swiss watches are not automation? Since automation so fuking precise, why not let them do the work? Why need manual labor to put all in place, fine tune and do adjustment? Automation is not about quality, is about cost cutting. Please don tell me robot can do better welding than qualified welder.