big bad jeremy...

[incisor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6528087.stm

[B92 8NW]

"...suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes." LOL:D, that line is absolutely classic!!

I'm paying a visit to their site to check this car out.

[Phoenix]

It's a pretty funny article. He walks in, buys it, drives it across the road and smashes it up with a slwedgehammer in view of the showroom. and then drives it away saying that the styling had been improved :lol2: :lol2:

[B92 8NW]

:eek::eek:The entire car only costs 2,500 GBP!!!!!!! They ought to sell them out here. I suspect it would be very economical too! ...according to the specifications it has more kW to the tonne than a Tdi Disco/Fender.

[EchiDna]

I guess he will not be attending the Malaysian GP anytime soon....it could get ugly!

He may be right and that it is the worst car in England, but the national car company is a huge source of pride in malaysia... I'm not surprised that it will be taken as a direct insult to the country (rather than the car). Someday J.C. is gonna go too far - he gets soooo close to the line so often...

the kelisa is tiny, it has no soul... but it's cheap! I've seen families of 6 crammed into one at 110km/h on the North-South highway between Singapore and KL - true disposable motoring, but still better than some of the crap coming out of China (20 year old technology Rover clones) and India... just wait till they hit aussie shores

[ladas]

I drove one recently on a visit to Bangi, Nr. KL - and they are absolutely horrid.

When the AC cut it it felt like you were going backwards.

[redrover3]

64.2 mpg ain't bad.
Tony

[Defender=1st]

Thats a Bloody funny write up they must hate him

[Quiggers]

Thanks Inc.

Jeremy now has another country after his arrssee.
After his, err, 'visit' to redneck USA and the dramas in the deep south, now the Malays are after him.

He'll have a field day when he gets a hold of some of the cars being made in China. $3600US for a (new) Chery QQ, he could buy a hundred of them and push all out the back of an Antonov transport plane, that'd be fun!

GQ

[B92 8NW]

Thanks Inc.

Jeremy now has another country after his arrssee.
After his, err, 'visit' to redneck USA and the dramas in the deep south, now the Malays are after him.

He'll have a field day when he gets a hold of some of the cars being made in China. $3600US for a (new) Chery QQ, he could buy a hundred of them and push all out the back of an Antonov transport plane, that'd be fun!

GQ

OMG http://www.cheryglobal.com/qq_%20Specifications%20.htm

Now that China have discovered cars [ie. for personal use, one that everyone can afford (Volkwagen?!)], I guess we are going to see some diabolical models emerge... I wonder what the crash safety is like on the Chery QQ? Oh no! another 600 million cars on the road! Think of the demand for fuel and the global price!!!! Arghhh:eek:

[Michael2]

For those who wonder what "souless" looks like.
About as inspiring as a Camry.

http://www.verdictoncars.com/cars/250/perodua/kelisa.jpg

[EchiDna]

The Chery QQ is available in Singapore now... man that thing is tiny...

my wife and I sat in one for a joke at a dealer and our shoulders were touching the windows on the outside and each other in the middle - no kidding. Can you imagine actually trying to DRIVE with your shoulder rubbing against the glass on one side and your passenger on the other?

for reference - I'm 5 foot 10, my wife is 5 foot nothing and we are both average builds... side impact protection does not exist.

[p38arover]

When I drive a County, my shoulder rubs against the door.

Ron

[haggisbasher]

hey guys...it does one thing better than the Commodore here tho.....

Size155/65R13 73H
Spare tyreFull size
Wheel rim5J×13

hmmm...still wouldn't get one tho!

[incisor]

When I drive a County, my shoulder rubs against the door.

Ron

start calling you "Jack" should we?

[Quiggers]

The 'soulless' car looks curiously like a mid 90s Nissan Micra, with a different grille.... for about $4000US in China, can't expect too much...

Rego prices in Beijing, Shanghai and other big cities are half as much again, annually, apparently...


I read a story a while ago about the road death toll in China, over 300,000 dead every year on their roads, struth!

I'll have my tiny China car with a bicycle bullbar...

GQ

[EchiDna]

I'll have my tiny China car with a bicycle bullbar...

GQ

you only need to drive for 30 minutes and you can get a bicycle mounted on the front of your car by natural means anyway... :)

300,000 / 1,200,000,000 = not very many!

[HangOver]

Clarkson, top bloke.
what I really like about him is he always gives jap crap a bashing when there's a landy on the set.