Thread: A Hilux Clone??

I wonder whether it has a hi tech CA SET player like the Ssangyong

I wouldn't go near any chinese car ATM. There are many stories about how they have spectacularly failed ENCAP tests with a number rating no more than 1 star (do a google search for it). The chinese response.... well they have just anounced that Renaults are now a banned import due to "safety concerns". Coincidently, these "banned" vehicles rate very high in both ENCAP and ANCAP tests.

i know these well, i got a new D3 in russia for 17K usd, Kia 2.2 motor pushrod, ( you doint really want overhead cams in the cold) M21 GB. interia all came from germany. at that time thay were making 15000 vehicles a month, 2 & 4 door utes 2 & 4 wheel drive as well as an extended long tray back version. and then there is there SUV called the hover. they had a very good reputation and we had a very good run out of her, and that was in some very extreme climate and conditions. many parts were interchangeable with Toyota as they are a major parts supplier ( hence the new road though Laos into thailand for any one who drives a right hand drive hilux Jeep BMW etc etc) they are also sold in Italy and spain i believe. the finish was as good as any thing Jap in fact the only problem was a bit of bubbling in the canopy.

now in moscow 17K for a new GWM D3 or 24K for a toyota hilux, talking to the locals it was a no brainer get the GWM.

but then that was a couple of models and years ago.

VW is there major single share holder with the government and private taking up the rest

Originally Posted by Armadillo

I wouldn't go near any chinese car ATM. There are many stories about how they have spectacularly failed ENCAP tests with a number rating no more than 1 star (do a google search for it). The chinese response.... well they have just anounced that Renaults are now a banned import due to "safety concerns". Coincidently, these "banned" vehicles rate very high in both ENCAP and ANCAP tests.

there are off the top of my head 4 manufactures of utes or hilux clones in china. i know that one of them failed so bad that it was even taken off the Russian market. there is a polfric amount of small car manufactures like Cherrie that make suicidal cans but they do not get to see much light out side of china. its a local market thing, would you buy a 1 start nissan mica for 5000 or a 3 star for 10 000. you may say you would only buy the 3 star but if the one star was on the market here they would sell and in large numbers.

the production safety test failing cars for the home market, along with state backed cigarette consumption and several clandestine initiatives, is a key component of their population control strategy.

The looks are based on the Isuzu utes. The cheaper one is a TF Rodeo and the other one is an RA Rodeo
I've seen pictures of chinese copies of various Isuzu 4wds so I'd say these are able to be brought in as they don't have to comply with passenger vehicle ADRs (being utes) whereas the Frontera copies would.

TF (aka SA220)


RA (aka V240)

I'd buy one if the dealer filled the loadspace with Peking Duck as a sweetener.

If they're anything like the Jap imports of the 60s, the best thing about them is the laughs you get from the translation in the user manual.