NEW Lotus Eletre: Lotus Made An SUV!? | 4K 

Lotus or Chinese Geely? China are slowly hollowing out western companies and jobs. They cannot get traction with their own brands so they use western brands against us. This hollowing out will eventually empty out every single sector as they move all industries in house to China. Lotus knowledge will be sucked out and moved to China. The staff in the UK will be used and tossed aside. By buying a Chinese car, unlike any other purchase, you are directly supporting a Chinese Communist Party owned company. All car companies in China are directly or indirectly owned by the CCP. You are supporting CCP design, technology, and engineering. China are a self proclaimed enemy of western democracy and free people, that may sound like hyperbole but it is manifestly true. They are a communist/totalitarian regime. Partnership is not a part of their thinking process. It is the cover they use to slowly dismember western economies. They do not want partnership they want control and ownership. This is and will increasingly bleed in to political control and eventually erosion of western freedoms. China simply cannot allow freedom of thought or speech, it is not only antithetical but an existential threat to their regime. They need to extinguish freedom in as many places as possible. It is an innate need for all empires/civilisations to spread their model. We are walking ourselves in to totalitarian control. If you think it seems too far fetched then you need to think deeper and harder. If you think this process will be benign, you are wrong. China will slowly tighten their grip on democracy, it is already starting to happen, they constantly require other nations to limit their speech. On the current course, in the not too distant future, your government will be controlled by China, directly or indirectly, you will not be allowed to change your government, and your government will impose every single decision handed down by China. You will not be able to protest or question these decisions. You and your children will grow up without any freedom for the rest of your/their lives. As one example China forcibly sterilised and aborted their own women in the 80's, dragged them in to horrific surgeries, now the Uyghurs are being subjected to the same treatment.

Yea his reviews are great and I think his greatest strengths is his delivery. Autotrader did an awesome job getting him!

This is not a car

On this occasion, I think Mat Watson did a better job, but Mat didn't say it was made in China, let alone Wuhan. However, Rory has certainly established himself as one of the very best reviewers, and I now watch and enjoy most of his reviews. He is also one of the most, if not the most, insightful reviewers. He's surprisingly practical and he's not a brand snob. He still understands that most people struggle to buy new cars, which most reviwers seem to have forgotten. So, yeah, I appreciate him very much.

@Dutch Berry while using an iPhone 😂

Same here. Honestly, sports car manufacturers have the *most* reason to make SUV's. It's difficult to make a profit in their usual segment and this is too good an opportunity for them to miss out on.

Lotus does not make sports cars anymore. Knock Knock. They make a sporty heavy GT now. After few years this will be replaced with a sporty crossover coupe.

@@tahsin28 All cars are heavier... safety regs aplies to all production cars and all manufacturers have to adhere to markets. You adapt or die, better off being a realist than holding on to idealism.

@@epicon6 pppp

@@epicon6 in pp

Yeah idk which ev i would take over this .. looks perfect

The interior is underrated. Seriously one of the best I've seen.

Me too. The most gorgeous EV right now!

Just what I always wanted, dreamed of buying from......Lotus

Ahaha Lotus pricing is worst. Worst. Caterhams are priced more fairly

Starts at 100k according to another channel

I imagine that for people cross-shopping in this category of vehicle, "competitive pricing" will hardly enter into their buying considerations ....

@@UnderWarranty fuck that would rather get a Porsche Macan

@@UnderWarranty too much £70k

That was a Vauxhall with Lotus engineering though. This is a ground-up brand new Lotus. Monumental difference.

also Cortina

Lotus Cortina only available as 2 door I think gt came 2 & 4 door

@@markwilliamson9027 correct.rog.

@@jamesengland7461 Ford Cortina with Lotus engine.

For a hundred grand+ it should look good.

The day Tesla doesn’t have an advantage with their charging network the day they die lol the only benefit of teslas is how many chargers there are

Tesla has a shit waiting list of 2 years. Order an iX50 and waiting time is 8 months. That's what my dad has done!

@@marantamil459 I love the IX, and the interior probably blows Tesla out of the water. Hope your dad enjoys the new car :-)

@@TD1237 Cheers dude! I can't wait to see it in flesh.

copied what homework? I'm Confused with that second bit

Chinese doing Chinese tingz 🤣🤣🤣

@@yeetusdelete0 Copy from Hungarian dictionary

yeah very famous city

Before I read the title I thought it was a new Urus

@@benjimc1 Chinese copy of it...

I still prefer this to the urus because of interior and front

Thats an accurate description…a urus and ionic baby

British marque built in China, what could go wrong?

Honda????

A bit too much like urus

As long as the Maserati Grecale isn't made in Wuhan, it'd probably be the one to get my money. Other than that, this Eletre is the best looking SUV I've seen to date, and has the best looking interior of any sporty SUV.

@@nigel.w I haven't bought anything made in China this year!

@@danielsellers8707 Keep it up!

This is gonna replace my W222. Never liked that weird egg looking EQS. This is an electric car done right.

It looks fairly 'dainty' in comparison with the BMW equivalent.

The cost of living is making people go into different businesses anyways, but my problem is that the rate at which money gets finished on little purchases is so surprising

How do you do it please

Because I've tried severally but seems not working

That's what I was thinking. The cars is enormous in size, only 4 seats, will weigh a few tonnes, and a tiny boot. EVs really are a step forward??

Too damn expensive. More expensive than any others in its class.

It's around £100K.

@@louisemann3306 ...before options, so more like 130k, but still very competitive.

@@nigel.w well, people buy the plaid and i prefer the looks of this car even the interior and having buttons instead of just 1 screen is a plus too

If you really want something you can get it.

Lotus was still active when it was bought. TVR has been shut for about a decade now. Not sure it could be revived.

@@EndeavorsDnB Russians brought the company, and made a car a few years back.

@@EndeavorsDnB "TVR Griffin" it was called.

@@leehenry5764 yes thats correct 👌

Why? Are you planning to race it?

More than two tonnes.

@@nigel.w do you know how much 1 ton is? Do you know the avg weight of cars n trucks?

@@justdoinit2378 2 tonnes is around 1900-2000 kg which is good for a suv usually sport suvs are around 2400 or 2500 kg maybe more like the x6m is 2400 kg

@@justdoinit2378 I do! Do you? And, just to note that ton and tonne (metric) are not the same, and that there are short (US) tons and long (UK/Imperial) tons.

Weight is more than two tonnes.

It's called the Elise

@@ToiletGrenade Same with how the Cayenne saved Porsche.

Ironically Wuhan is not a mass production factory town. The only way they could make it profitable is high end expensive manufacturing from a new facility. Which is exactly what Geely Lotus is doing. $100K price tag to match.

Same 🥵🥵

Looks more Alfa Romeo clone to me.

It's a stock standard Chinese car with a lotus badge slapped on and costs more because of it. Just buy a Chinese suv, it's the same thing and will cost you less

​@@supaahflyy agreed

Tesla lol

Well, you should be happy that a company you seem to like might survive because of this? I don’t understand the fury, maybe some mild discontent haha

Excellent aerodynamic design, carbon fiber kit, carbon ceramic brake disc, if you know what the performance of a car on the same platform but does not use these expensive materials（zeeker 001）, you won't say that.

Lotus is *owned* by them but remain largely independent in a "Lotus Group". The same applies to Volvo and Polestar. Geely is directly involved with Lync and Co and other Chinese brands (and is grouped with Proton and Smart). Plus, I believe it was a British guy that designed this car, so any 'copying' is all on Lotus' team (not that I'd call this copying but I do see the similarities).