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Under the influence of the current environment, the increase in car prices has become a consensus in the industry. however, recently, some consumers have reflected to the media that they were temporarily asked to increase 80, 000 when booking a Ferrari, no more money, no delivery, and confiscation of 500000 deposit if they did not pay the final payment. subsequently, the incident sparked a heated discussion on the Internet, while the Nanjing Municipal Supervisory Bureau also intervened in the investigation.

On March 4 last year, Mr. Wu, a consumer from Changzhou, ordered a luxury car worth 3.54 million yuan at a Ferrari 4S store in Nanjing, signed a contract and paid a deposit of 500000 yuan, according to Litchi News. When Mr. Wu went to the store to pick up his car on May 24 this year, the salesperson asked Mr. Wu to sign a supplementary agreement for the purchase of the car with an additional price of 80, 000 yuan, otherwise the 4S store would terminate the contract, dispose of the car and confiscate 500000 of the deposit. As for the reasons for the extra price increase, the person in charge of the 4S store said that the price of Ferrari had increased due to the cost of production and transportation. Mr. Wu said that the car purchase contract had been signed before, so it was impossible for the 4S store to ask for a price increase.

In addition to Mr. Wu, some consumers in Nanjing also encountered a similar situation when picking up their cars in this 4S store. In May last year, Ms. Zhou's cousin in Nanjing also ordered a Ferrari sports car in this 4S store at a contract price of 3.7 million yuan. At that time, she paid a deposit of 700000 yuan. When she came to the 4S store to pick up the car a few days ago, she was also asked to increase the price. The 4S store proposed that the car should be increased by an extra 80, 000 yuan. Due to helplessness, they had no choice but to compromise and signed under the supplementary agreement on the price increase.

After that, the 4S store salesperson took the initiative to contact the car owner and explain the price increase of 80,000 yuan. Ferrari's Chinese customer service staff responded that the price adjustment was due to the rise in global prices of raw materials, energy and logistics, and the overall status of the industrial chain. Ferrari decided to adjust the price of its products, involving all customers whose orders were not delivered by all stores in the country, and about the price increase. Ferrari also has relevant provisions in the contract that allow price adjustment.

Article 8 of the Automobile sales contract signed between dealers and consumers shows that in the event of product configuration and scale adjustment, technology upgrading, personalized configuration upgrade or other changes, the seller has the right to make a price increase of no more than 5% according to the manufacturer's corresponding price. in response, several consumers said that Ferrari's explanation for the price increase had nothing to do with this clause. It is too far-fetched to ask consumers to increase their prices for this reason. In addition, the 4S store did not explicitly inform consumers of this clause when buying a car before.

At this time, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Supervision has been involved in the investigation. The Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Supervision said that the 5% increase mentioned in the contract requires the consent of the buyers, but the dealers did not explicitly inform the buyers that from the perspective of the Price Law, dealers use their favorable conditions to force consumers to sign supplementary contracts, which is unfair to consumers. In addition, if dealers do commit price violations, they can also file a case for investigation. At present, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Supervision is investigating the incident.

Due to the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic, the shortage of spare parts and the rising price of raw materials, the car companies have no choice but to take measures to ease the cost pressure by raising prices. According to the incomplete statistics concerned by the automobile industry, since the beginning of this year, nearly 50 new energy models from more than 20 automobile companies, including BYD, Xiaopeng Automobile, ideal Automobile and Nahan Automobile, have announced price increases, under the general environment of rising raw material prices in the automobile industry. The increase in vehicle prices has become a common phenomenon in the automobile industry, but the automobile industry is concerned that car companies should communicate clearly with consumers when raising prices to avoid causing disputes and unnecessary trouble. At present, the automobile industry is still in an environment of shortage of raw materials, but the price increase does not affect market sales. Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the all-China Federation of passengers, has previously said that the price increase will have little impact on the sales of new energy vehicles in the second quarter.

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