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On November 21, in response to the sudden closure of many BMW 4S stores in Fuzhou Zhongbao, Fujian Xingdebao and other BMW stores, the Fujian Provincial Consumer Council (hereinafter referred to as the "Consumer Council") named and reminded them to guard against the risk of sudden closure of 4S stores.

The Consumer Council pointed out that many BMW 4S stores, such as Fuzhou Zhongbao and Fujian Xingdebao, were empty, resulting in many car owners facing difficulties such as no cars to pick up after ordering, unable to retrieve auto parts, and inability to carry out after-sales service. this situation has aroused widespread concern and strong dissatisfaction. In this regard, the Consumer Council reminded consumers to pay attention to the risk of sudden closure of 4S stores.

In September, media reported that the capital chain of Xiamen Zhongbao, an established BMW 4S store in Xiamen, was broken due to poor management, and many car owners' vehicle certificates were held in the bank, resulting in the non-delivery of new cars, causing a large number of complaints. More surprisingly, at the end of October, employees of Zhongbao in Xiamen broadcast live to ask for wages in the store, and the incident sparked a heated discussion on the Internet. According to previous online videos, rights workers posted a slogan saying "Xiamen Zhongbao also withdrew from hard-earned money, regardless of employees" on the exhibition car, saying that they had been in arrears for several months and no one negotiated with them.

In addition, Tianyan check information shows that on September 4, Xiamen Zhongbao Automobile Co., Ltd. added an equity freeze information, the amount of equity is 4.68 million yuan, and the enforcement court is the Qingdao Intermediate people's Court of Shandong Province. Then, on September 10, Xiamen Zhongbao Automobile Co., Ltd. added a new filing information. The Fuzhou Cangshan Branch of the Bank of China Co., Ltd. sued Xiamen Zhongbao to the Fuzhou Cangshan District people's Court because of the "financial loan contract dispute."

In this regard, Xiamen Zhongbao issued a "company notice" on October 21. The circular points out that Xiamen Zhongbao is facing extremely severe operational difficulties because BMW cancelled its distribution authorization to Xiamen Zhongbao in September, and Xiamen Zhongbao's business is faced with major challenges in many aspects. Xiamen Zhongbao can not resume normal production and operation in the short term because of tight capital flow, changes in the market environment and other factors.

It is understood that Xiamen Zhongbao is Singapore G.A. The distributor of the group, which is one of the top five agents of BMW in China, covers Beijing, Harbin, Xiamen, Fuzhou and so on. In September this year, due to G.A. BMW announced a relationship with Singapore G.A. For reasons such as the broken capital chain caused by the group's poor management, inability to redeem certificates to customers and overdue payments to BMW and its affiliated companies. The group terminated the contract. Affected by this, G.A. The group's subsidiary Fujian Xingdebao, Zhongbao's Xiamen Zhongbao Automobile Co., Ltd., and Fuzhou Zhongbao Automobile sales and Service Company have capital breaks.

Behind the run of many BMW 4S stores in Fujian is a portrayal of the great pressure on the current traditional car brand 4S stores. As new energy vehicles gradually replace traditional fuel vehicles, the market share of fuel vehicles continues to decline, while the penetration of new energy vehicles is getting higher and higher. in this context, the traditional car brand 4S stores are facing more pressure than ever before. In the future, with the continuous change and reshaping of the automobile market, the auto sales industry is bound to experience a big reshuffle, which also means that more 4S stores will face the crisis of being out of business in the future, especially the 4S stores and dealers with fragile capital chains.

The above-mentioned Consumer Council recommends that regulatory departments strengthen supervision, take timely measures for 4S stores with problems such as broken capital chain and poor management, and severely crack down on violations of laws and regulations and severely punish them. At the same time, the Consumer Council reminds consumers to be vigilant when purchasing vehicles and related services, pay attention to the terms of the contract, pay attention to the setting of conditions of service, liability for breach of contract, unsubscribe rules and other important provisions, and keep the relevant consumption vouchers, and should actively and timely safeguard their legitimate rights and interests through legal channels in case of disputes. In the face of the sudden closure of 4S stores, we should remain calm and rational and actively take measures to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

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