Thread: Chery Jaguar Lang Rover

if you had to drive any car, who would you want to build it. him or him ???

This is my Great wall ute
purchased new in 2005 march. Yaroslavl oblast , Russian federation.

this photo is a mild -19 deg ( we were having a BBQ) and that is my son sleeping in the pram, out side to get some air.

Purchased for 12750 USD and sold in 2008 Feb for 15600 USD with 97 000 klms on the clock.
apart from chewing out batteries in my first winter ( my fault) I broke 2 sets of front shocks, 3 windscreen wiper motors and a window washer pump. All arguably my fault because I abused them and small water pumps do not like Ice.

1 brake drum was replaced , out of round at its second service

a ford or Mazda B200 ute was 17000 usd at the time and were selling for around 10000 when i sold my Great wall.

sort of says it all really

I'm sure JLR will insist on the vehicles being built to its normal quality standards, just as other companies do in their various plants aaround the world. Plants have to compete internally in these companies for the right to make vehicles or the order goes to another plant in the same company.
Someone I know had a cooking product made in China and the company told him they could make it to virtually any quality level, it just depended on how much he wanted to pay, which depended on how much he could sell it for in his home market.

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A friend of mine who is in the "diesel business" and has been working on a project for 15 years with Isuzu engines being the number one choice , has now switched to this company.

Factory Tour


You would not believe what he's paying for one unit and the quality is in there too

I've asked him to drop one off at my place

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I'm sure JLR will insist on the vehicles being built to its normal quality standards, just as other companies do in their various plants aaround the world. Plants have to compete internally in these companies for the right to make vehicles or the order goes to another plant in the same company.
Someone I know had a cooking product made in China and the company told him they could make it to virtually any quality level, it just depended on how much he wanted to pay, which depended on how much he could sell it for in his home market.

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I keep hearing this, yet I also keep hearing about companies having no end of troubles with QC and are starting to leave China to return to previous place of manufacture. Smaller industry like Surfboards went from Tailand (Cobra factory) to china where even the biggest players could not get QC and now back to Tailand. I also heard Cataplier have had issues and are trying to get more going back in USA, along with other USA brands.

IMO they have a we can get it done attiutude and you cant knock them for that. Problem is at what cost? saving face is typical of eastern culture. If there is a problem, keeping production rolling is priority over sorting it. There are so many facets of production that the above can be a problem anywhere along the line and very hard to change.

That 2005 GW looks kinda like an early 90's Hilux DC before they got the McDonalds syndrome fat and overstuffed.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

That 2005 GW looks kinda like an early 90's Hilux DC before the got the McDonalds syndrome fat and overstuffed.

And a Chevy Silverado at the back.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

That 2005 GW looks kinda like an early 90's Hilux DC before the got the McDonalds syndrome fat and overstuffed.

Good spotting it is a hilux, when Toyota changed to the slab-sided shape. they built a new factory. The old factory kept production going. motor Kia 2.2. interior came from VW in Germany. BW m21 box. the great thing for Toyota owners was that they would go to GW for there parts at a ¼ of the price.

our right hand drive hiluxs come from Thailand. Every one else got there’s from china