From the 80s and earlier, cars are considered a luxury, and motorsport is an alien term to most of the Chinese population. Chinese cars are just there for exhibition, with its reliability inferior to the Japanese, American and German counterparts.
From the 90s and on, the Chinese automotive industry was dominated by Geely, if there is any domestic sales. Geely once had an era in which they sold zero cars in an entire year and when they had a premiere party, only one person came.
Now what is Geely doing? Oh, just cooperating with Volvo and winning World Touring Car Championships.
From the 90s to now the Chinese car's quality has multiplied for a large amount of times. From having no one buying domestic cars to winning motorsports championships, it sure is a long way.
Any ideas of what the future of the Chinese automotive industry will look like?
(Yes, I know, the masses might still use outdated models)