In Rural China, A Bumper Crop Of New Car Owners

From Los Angeles Times:

Like everybody else in his farming village, Zhan Changchun used to get around on a bicycle. This month, the 29-year-old walked into a local dealership, pulled out $7,300 in cash from his leather satchel and drove away with the family’s first car: a seven-seat micro-minivan that’s jointly produced by China’s Wuling and General Motors.

The Zhans drained their life savings and borrowed from relatives, bold moves in a slowing economy.

But they couldn’t resist a slew of government incentives: a 50% sales tax reduction, elimination of hundreds of dollars in road maintenance fees, plus the biggest of them all, a 10% rebate for rural residents buying vehicles with engines smaller than 1.3 liters.

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