It’s weird to me that the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6, and Benz E Series are priced much cheaper than their foreign original version.
The gap can be 1/3 – BMW 5 Series will cost ~$60k (maybe 8% dealer discount) vs slightly above $40k in China.
They don’t look exactly the same, but the China version will be even “longer” / “larger”.
This is weird again as I would assume bigger cars cost more – e.g. BMW 5 Series is bigger than BMW 3 Series.
I can only assume that the components used in China version are different from the original version, thus cost is lower.
But still, it’s hard to imagine a good things is priced lower in China vs abroad.
Typically, a “real good thing” can be priced higher in China due to large population base and thus is short in supply.
Update
China’s BMW 525Li is weaker than German BMW 520i.
Audi’s and Benz’s is similar performance across China and German.