Beijing 2010: 90% of Buicks in China bought for cold hard cash
 

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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Beijing area Buick dealer - Click above for high res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Over the course of the 20th century, the so-called "developed world" changed faster than at any time in recorded history, but not all parts of the world changed at the same pace. Late in the century some regions attempted to catch up, most notably China and India. In the process of doing so, they didn't follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and cultural differences have meant that some things have been a bit different - including automotive retailing.<br />
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During our visit to China for the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/beijing-motor-show/">Beijing Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/buick/">Buick</a> offered to take us on a visit to a local dealership to see how things are done a bit differently. At first glance, the Buick dealer we visited on the northwest outer reaches of Beijing didn't appear radically different from what you might encounter in the United States. A somewhat small showroom (at least compared to some of the larger American stores we've seen) contained eight cars, including each of the market's currently available models. Read on to see how things diverged.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/">Beijing Buick dealer</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/#2927143"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/beijing-dealer-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/#2927142"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/beijing-dealer-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/#2927141"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/beijing-dealer-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/#2927140"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/beijing-dealer-1280-04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-buick-dealer/#2927139"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/beijing-dealer-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><em><strong><small >Photos by Sam Abuelsamid / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.</small></strong></em></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/beijing-2010-90-of-buicks-in-china-bought-for-cold-hard-cash/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Beijing 2010: 90% of Buicks in China bought for cold hard cash</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/beijing-2010-90-of-buicks-in-china-bought-for-cold-hard-cash/">Beijing 2010: 90% of Buicks in China bought for cold hard cash</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/beijing-2010-90-of-buicks-in-china-bought-for-cold-hard-cash/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19453397/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/26/beijing-2010-90-of-buicks-in-china-bought-for-cold-hard-cash/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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