A look at the Chinese car enthusiast scene with Drive...

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First video has interviews with SEMA's Tony Sun from the SEMA's China Office.
2nd video is a more in depth look with less interviews and a "almost" review of a Bentley.

I throughly enjoyed watching these videos because you get to see a blossoming car enthusiast economy and what they are spending their money on.
Unfortunately most of these enthusiasts are really wealthy and there aren't too many lower-middle class people doing DIY upgrades.
They are long videos and I enjoyed both, but if you can only watch one, I would suggest the first video for those with attention spans longer than 1 min.
The second video is a bit more flashy and shiny.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJYpKdIj6AM[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6RhDMaRasw[/youtube]

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Pretty interesting stuff. I went to SEMA last year and Tianjin (Beijings little brother) this year.

SEMA was full of Chinese and Taiwanese companies selling all kinds of accessories very impressive how far into the aftermarket China has ventured.

I did not see any 'tuner' cars in Tianjin but I did see some nice cars. One of my staff has a newer 330 BMW, it cost him $60k US after all the tax. My Jaguar in Tianjin would be over $300,000 USD, the new F-type that I dream about every night would be 400k in China.