瑪莎拉蒂在中國召回2萬餘進口車

ItAlian luxury car maker Maserati is recalling nearly 21,000 cars in China over a design defect that could increase the risk of a collision.

近日，意大利豪華汽車製造商瑪莎拉蒂因設計缺陷可能增加碰撞風險的原因，在中國召回了近21000輛汽車。

The affected vehicles include the Quattroporte and Ghibli models made between March 2013 and December 2015, state-owned media said.

據官方媒體介紹稱，受影響的車輛包括2013年3月至2015年12月期間生產的總裁系列和吉卜力系列。

China's quality watchdog claims a design problem with the floor mat and accelerator could lead to the pedal getting stuck in the working position. Maserati will replace the pedals.

中國質檢總局表示，駕駛員側地毯和油門的設計問題可能會導致腳踏板卡在工作位置上。因此瑪莎拉蒂將更換踏板。

Luxury car brands have seen sales suffer in China in recent years due to the slowing economy and a government crackdown on corruption and overt displays of wealth.

豪華汽車品牌近幾年在中國的銷售由於經濟放緩和政府反腐、限制炫富而受到影響。

However, firms like Maserati are now looking to online retailing as a new source of growth. China is the world's biggest e-commerce market with nearly 700 million internet users.

然而，像瑪莎拉蒂這樣的公司正在尋找網上零售以作爲新的銷售增長來源。中國是世界上最大的電子商務市場，擁有近7億互聯網用戶。

Maserati launched its flagship store on Alibaba's online shopping site Tmall last week, listing 100 of its new SUV Levantes for advance sale. They reportedly sold out in 18 seconds. The car is due to officially launch in China in July.

瑪莎拉蒂上週在阿里巴巴的網上購物網站淘寶商城推出旗艦店，預售100輛全新SUV Levante。據報道，這些車在18秒內就售罄。這款車將於今年七月在中國正式推出。