wheel_of_steel

I went and had a looksee at the new 'ZX auto Grandtiger' the other day.



$18 grand can get you into a two wheel drive single cab, which is about the market price for a five year old jap ute. I took a diesel around the block. The ride is actually quite good, the handling is about par for a vehicle of this type. The engine is ludicrous though, the turbo is so big that you are left floundering at low revs, and then you get a sudden hit of boost at about 2700 rpm. This is an engine that redlines at 4500 rpm. The hit of power would be enough to bin the vehicle if you came on boost halfway through a corner. Anyway, I brought my camera along as well...



























And inside...



























...china



There were just 25 miles on this vehicle.

turbosocks

factory rust? LOL nicceee

Stocker

Nevermind that the hoses are all crap. I was curious about the low prices of chinese motorbikes available in the USA. The general internet concensus is that they're a kit bike. If you don't mind replacing ALL the rubber parts on the thing it's just fine!







China, as previously stated.

187sks

Wow, turrble.



I still think in ten years they'll have it sorted out though.

Tibbi

Hate to say this, especially here, but there was a time when Hyundai didn't produce the highest quality products either.

I recall the Excel having horrible ratings on a number of build issues. The first cheap Japanese import struggled from the same issues. Market saturation will lead itself to improved overall quality.

Stocker

You assume. If they can stay in business selling products like that, why bother to make it more expensive by making it better?

Tibbi

Very simple, by following the Hyundai trend. If you can sell 150,000 cars the first year they go on sale, improve quality and within a few years compete with the biggest dogs in the market. No one is going to be sated simply selling a few cats here an there, the goal is always saturation.

Stocker

No. The point of the company could very well have been to get a bigass loan and then skim off the top, live high on the hog for a while until the company crashes because the cars suck, and then ghost. You cannot speak for the unknown goals of an unknown third party.

Tibbi

I think thats an especially far fetched assumption but I see the point.



Is that better?