Car dealers throw in freebies to pull buyers

Car dealers are starting to offer aggressive deals in an effort to halt a decline in sales, brought about largely by Auto China 2010 and an increasing stockpile.

Wang Ye, sales manager of Subaru in Yayuncun auto market, said the May Day holidays should have been a peak for sales, but many potential customers were drawn to the show, which ended on Sunday and drew 785,000 people in its 10 days.

"Since the show opened, customers coming to see our cars have dropped by at least 30 percent," Wang said.