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Pickups, which range from flat vans to SUVs, have long been popular in North America; even in the third season of Amazon car show The Grand Tour, there is a special test for three brands of pickups; it can pull goods to the gallop and hilly forest on the farm. You can also take a family with motorboats to the suburbs for a holiday when needed. Apart from North America, the regions with the greatest demand for pickups are Thailand and Malaysia in Southeast Asia, as well as the Middle East.

In the traditional sense of our country, pickups are classified as commercial models carrying goods. In the domestic second-and third-tier cities, pickups are unable to walk on the main roads within a specified period of time. In Beijing, pick-up trucks can only be driven outside the Fifth Ring Road. In Shanghai pick-up trucks (trucks), regardless of whether they are from other places or Shanghai, the traffic is not restricted from 20:00 to 7: 00 a.m. at other times (except for a truck pass), and there are no traffic restrictions outside Central. Shenzhen, on the other hand, is completely prohibited from using some sections of the road. Minivans are prohibited from driving on some sections from 7 am to 20:00 every day. This will undoubtedly cause inconvenience to many business or corporate users.

According to the latest news, starting from 2018, pickup trucks will completely get rid of the definition of operating commercial vehicles and become multi-purpose vehicles, that is, people can sit in the front row and goods can be placed in the back row.

The announcement on the implementation of the fifth stage motor vehicle emission standards (the announcement) gives a clear definition of pickups: multi-purpose trucks, which refer to the structure with long-headed body and cab, with less than 5 passengers, the height of the rear box fence is less than 1500mm, and the total mass is less than 3500KG. At present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has also issued an article about the pilot project to liberalize the restrictions on pickup trucks entering cities. Pickup trucks in the pilot areas no longer need to be spouted, and the pilot provinces have been able to enter the city normally.

In view of this, the major manufacturers display pickup models in the Shanghai auto show; the domestic manufacturer Great Wall brings the latest Great Wall gun series pickup trucks; they are business passenger pickup trucks; urban logistics EV pickup trucks; cross-country hard pickups. Commercial vehicle brand Jiangling brings Yu Hu 9 and Yu Hu EV models. There are also domestic medium-and low-end pickup models such as the Yellow Sea N3. Among the foreign manufacturers, Ford has not only brought the familiar F150 model, but also released its own low-end pickup RANGER. There are also JEEP gladiators from the United States, which are high-end models with professional off-road performance.

The announcement of these models all reflects the phenomenon of subdivision in China's automobile market. Consumers not only pursue a certain demand for passenger space, but also have the performance of the model no less than that of professional off-road vehicles, which greatly meets the needs of some forestry, mining and water conservancy infrastructure users. Considering the brand background, vehicle performance, policy advantages and other factors, I believe that many pickup truck enthusiasts will be as excited about this good news as editors. In fact, those who are familiar with overseas auto shows all know that pickup trucks are also one of the key models in many overseas auto shows. It is believed that with the further opening up of the pickup market, more excellent pickups will appear in future auto shows.

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