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All it needs is the large steam exhaust stack on top to house the antennae and sensors. Maybe a large central fog light and a steam whistle to warn people in its path.
What a grille. The car reminds me of the Lexus LM, it is nice. I am fascinated by the Chinese luxury minivans. Also, I would love to see more videos about Hongqi cars such as the retro-styled L series cars such as the L5, L7, or L9 if you can obtain one to review. They have a great classic style and are inspired by the classic Hongqi cars of the Cold War era. It would also be interesting to see more China-only cars from foreign companies, especially sedans such as those from American companies.
Compared to German, American, and JP car companies yeah they are new, but most of these companies in China had been building cars for 30+ years, if not 60 - 70 years, so not that new I'd say.
It's because they license technology and refuse it. They don't even make their own microchips. Sometimes, it's outright theft of intellectual property. Most of the companies are owned by the CCP even though they give the appearance of bring private. Definitely not what they appear to be.
@@fgeiger41 what you said was not true at all. China takes up at least 40% of the chip manufacturing because most of the chips are still sub 28nm which China is capable of. Starting from last year China can make 7nm chips but with low yield, and they can already make 14nm chips easily using DUV lithogrphy. Also by number China's private company is by far the dominated force in technology sectors, in contrast of what you were led to believe by the lying media. You can reply and spread as much false info as you want, but in the end only time will tell how disgusting those media are spreading all the false info over the years to fit their hidden agenda.
@Coanzu is 100% true and there are people that live in China that have attested to it. Sorry. You can also look at the story about general motors giving them technology to replicate. As a matter of fact any story about manufacturers that have set up shop in China.
@@fgeiger41 "people in China have attested it" lol what a cheap line, as cheap as ppl in USA have attested that the earth is flat XD. actually it doesn't even compare because these "people in China" is made up, or you can provide some name, occupation, when they did that etc. Also you don't seem to understand much about the auto industry at all. General Motors doesn't need to "give" any technology at all, because in car building there isn't any barrier of capability to apply the technology at all, but the IP barrier, meaning many countries in the world is capable of building any parts of a good car, but most of those are registered by some old legacy auto makers in the past so they can't sell those parts in countries even if they spend the money and time to build it, nor make it a profitable business, so most small countries just charge taxes or invite legacy auto makers to build factories locally to support the local economy. This is why now China dominates at EVs because the IP barrier hasn't been built yet and they are the ones that's building a good portion of it now.
Finally a channel dedicated to the Chinese auto market! I'd really love to see a video about the Roewe 750, a car based off the British Rover 75, and outlived it by over a decade.
at this point I'm just waiting for the chinese auto industry to break out of its homeland and take over the world. I mean for the price, this is an insanely good value car, would buy it anytime
I like your videos and watch all of them. I have one point of feedback though, I often find the intro (and sometimes music) to be kinda loud compared to your narration. A smaller dynamic range would be nice and make the videos easier to listen to. Thanks!
Thank you for watching our videos, and thank you for your feedback! We hear you, and we agree that audio has been a lingering issue for us. We have just started using some new software, so we're really hoping that will improve the viewing experience in the future!
@@Wheelsboy thank you very much, and I was going to suggest the same. I have some hearing issues and I'd love a volume more "uniform". Thank you very much for your great videos! 👏👏👏
I hope to see more of this kind of car exported. Here in Southeast Asia, the market is dominated by the Toyota Alphard, Vellfire, Kia Carnival and occasional Nissan Elgrand. The prices have become rediculous, with jumps of 20-35% in a generation. Even with the import tax, if those cars made it out of China, they'd clean house.
the import tax is what makes them so expensive that bumps them up. it'd be an expensive chinese car., h2 is a bit like that too though and cheaper. but it all depends on which se-asia country you're in, if you can buy a hiace/commuter for private use etc... anyway just get a mux, fortuner or something.
a friend removed the rear seats and moved the second row further back, leg room is insane, its like siting in a limousine. Only downside, his 5m+ car is now a 4 seater
The design definitely splits opinions, but I think it's fairly well executed. It looks like a mini Lexus LM in a good way, nothing looks tacky & every side of the car compliments each other. I'd take this over Toyota's new Voxy any day design wise.
Nah I wouldn't say it's ugly, more like quirky, at least to us outside of Asia. Hate to admit it, but the giant grille actually looks good on this, unlike the kidney grill of BMW
I love the interiors of those MPVs. Definetly not as cool as a large sedan from the outside but definetly looks more comfortable on the inside. I imagine what a Maybach MPV would be like. Also, keep doing the offbeat chinese only stuff. Very cool. Even better if it's now an electric SUV that soon will be sold globally.
after having my own kid, those big MPV or minivan for North America friends start making sense to me. However, most of them are too dull. I would love to see more cool looking MPVs in the market
Yeah, I actually like it a lot too. The squared off body that I have never seen on any van in America gives this van a kind of aggressive and sort of sporty look, I love it and it's so unique compared to any van I have ever seen
Whatever makes you happy, man! We reviewed the Alphard, and while I think it's a bit hideous, I cannot deny that it's a fantastic way to get from point A to point B in comfort.
@@Wheelsboy guys...stop being jealous and accept the fact that this very very good design. The grill has to be attractive, since all vans are bread box shapes. The rest of the vehicle has too many clean lines and is as bread boxy boring as it can get. There should be a contrast. Learn to accept facts..the Chinese automobile and engineering scene is super-hot as a result of decades of hard work.
It has everything that Forthing 4 U-Tour Yacht has, except for one thing.. The lion (or any other mythical creature from Chinese mythology) light on the ground when you open the doors.. I want people in Romania to see this car and truly tremble in front of the Thanos M8! 😂 Come to think of it, do you ship cars in Eastern Europe, like România?
You might want to clip a half second off the beginning of the video where you're standing still waiting on action. In other news, this looks like a fridge on castors. Nice interior though.
Grand Master Trumpchi…oh my. The styling is…uh…not my taste, but it’s nice to see that Americans aren’t the only ones who define their value by the size of their…grille. It reminds me of something you’d see on the front end of a Navigator 20 years ago.
I think that the Trumpchi is ahead in this competition (the ugliest). Very Very original but at the same time, hideous. Edit: This design has grown on me
@@larsradtke4097 Don't forget the Zeekr 009. But they do not use the same base. Trumpchi is a division of GAC, Voyah is a division of Dongfeng, Maxus is a division of SAIC, and Zeekr is a division of Geely, so these are all separate Chinese auto conglomerates.
I think they should lean into the "Trump-chi" brand and build a large orange MPC that's very loud and boastful, but underpowered while using as much gas as possible.
@@Wheelsboy Ah. I figured it was more of a case of "Let's spell it close to English" Like with the old Chinese brand Gaoden, who branded their cars "Golden" Because it was close.
It's sad to see that only china seems to be listening to their customers. Lexus does a good job but aside from that many others just follow along with the crowd.
it seems the car was designed by a professional than the owner of the company or some other top brass came and drew that disproportionate grill... what a shame.
