The Coolest Chinese Pick Up Truck
Dandong Shu Guang are making some cool looking vehicles, trendy SUV’s and this funky pick up truck. The ‘Da Chai Shen’ which pretty much translates as ‘Big Diesel God’ looks good both internally and externally.
The brochure we have for the Big Diesel God says that the pick up truck comes with European styling and quality driving as well as being a modern classic. On paper, the Da Chai Shen really talks the talk, but can it walk the walk?
Under the hood the truck comes with either a 2.2L Toyota supplied diesel engine that gives out a top speed of 130kph, if that doesnt work for you, there is the option of a 3.2L engine from FAW (First Automotive Works) but that only gives out a top speed of 120kph, but we’re sure that people who buy these trucks don’t buy them for their top speeds but rather their carrying capacity, which by the way, isn’t written in the trucks brochure. This truck is only available as a 5 speed manual, there is no automatic option. Also, the truck only offers 4×2 perhaps in the future 4×4 will be made available.
The Da Chai Shen is available as a crew cab which can sit 5 people comfortably in the supplied cream leather seats. The quality of the central consoles is rather good for a truck of its price, the design itself is rather quite amazing – its nothing like what we would have expected from a Chinese pick up truck design. The stereo system appears to be rather hi-tech, much like the Roewe central console
The quality of the cars cabin is really, really very good. Did we already mention that?
The brochure says the Dai Chai Shen ‘really saves oil’ – apparently this truck costs $0.036 per km to run, which sounds pretty good. Shu Guang also offer the option of adding a turbo, which would add an extra 12 horses to the total number of horses available.
Want to know how much this pick up truck is? Well, the leather interior pick up we looked at is 62,000rmb, thats $8,101USD – perhaps one of the best bargains on the road.
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A Chevy ext and Toyota int?!? A pretty good combo when you think about it.
A 4 door crew cab with leather int for $8K USD?!? Wow! Get some original styling and the quality right, it would sell like hot cakes in the US!
Article didn’t say that it looked like a Chevy did it?
I think he meant his personal views on the cars looks.
Bring it>>
Original Styling? This thing is about as original as it gets!
I too think the nose looks like a GM (S10), but the crewcab body is clearly Fudi or Isuzu based.
While I’d also wonder if it can walk the walk, I wonder even more about whether it can crash the crash?
Have never seen any C-NCAP tests on these ubiquitous in China, body types.
Its a Chevy clone jajaja European style… yeah, of course…
Perhaps the reason why people have the impression that Chinese vehicles are copies because the did so in the past, and it will take a while to get that idea out of people’s heads. I mean, when other countries do it, it’s not frowned upon. Even GM, Ford, and Chrysler “borrow” designs from other car companies. There’s just so many ways a vehicle can look.
>>>> Have never seen any C-NCAP tests on these ubiquitous in China, body types.
Probably because its not mandatory and a company has to pay for the testing out its own pockets.
These guys aren’t aiming for mega sales ala Nissan, Toyota etc – just enough to break even and get on that magical export carpet.
>Perhaps the reason why people have the impression that Chinese vehicles are copies because the did so in the past, and it will take a while to get that idea out of people’s heads. I mean, when other countries do it, it’s not frowned upon. Even GM, Ford, and Chrysler “borrow” designs from other car companies. There’s just so many ways a vehicle can look.
Cleaned up that URL for you.
Besides the lights on top, I don’t see other similarites besides the ones you’d see on any other trucks. It’s a different look. Granted, they may have copied that design feature. My point is that while other countries vehicles are not looked at as critically, Chinese vehicles tend to be criticized automatically.
Thanks for cleaning up the link, I pasted it but I guess the software didn’t like the url. I’m not here to discredit Chinese manufacturers, I just like originality. I do believe the larger manufacturers are on the right track.
somestime orginality dose not count or matter much when it comes to satifying the customers and giving them what they want, of course most chinese designers don’t lack creativity and orginality as such but rather they come under a lot of pressure from their bosses to copy foreign designs and since not many people in China has the money to buy the genuine ones, copying is the only thing that make sense, i think it is the same with pirated dvd and other cosummer products. i also think the situation will change when the average chinese became richer and wealthier and more willing to spend on a genuine and legitimate products
Some people don’t like other people always saying that the Chinese just rip off designs and call them their own. Other people don’t like some people looking blindly or making excuses. Just saying!
are you kidding me????
you people are unbelievable!!! this truck is CLEARLY a knockoff of the Chevy Colorado! Every exterior photo I have seen of this is from a colorado. As an American Auto Worker, this truck AND a lot of you people defending it make me sick!
Yeah man, I hear ya. Good thing the markets for these two vehicles are mutually exclusive.
I wonder what would happen if they tried to market it in a place the Colorado is marketed?
I have no problem looking at the design. They may look similar or very different. What is scary to other nationalities is that they cannot accept the fact that the Chinese technology is growing, improving or even coming out better. What looked sad is that there are still ugly racists that are still existing that can only afford to descriminate the good work of other nationalities.I’m ashame we love so much our own american products. So selfish that even similarity of work makes us offended. Come on! Let the Chinese do their own. They’re doing good!
Doing their own? in this particular case I dont think so! that is a Chevy…
no i dont think the badge says its a Chevy…oh u mean u think its a chevy ‘inspired’ copy? So to what honour do we owe your professional analysis? what kind of an expert are you? perhaps ur a judge? oh wait, most judges aren’t all the ignorant. sorry. Thank god for Chevy bringing us yet another gas gazzler so we can sink beneath the waves quicker, oh i forgot, THIS ISNT A CHEVY, just as well.
the whole truck is a miky mouse
the cab is from a older issuzu pick up ( also used in the honda passport, gonow pick up and mexican chevy luv )
we know were that headlights come from chevy colorado
the cuestion si why all chinnese trcuk used the older isuzu truck body?
I saw this and another truck in the same manufactures booth at the last Shanghai Auto show…….first thought that popped into my head was that’s a Chevy……..the other truck looked like a Mazda. Next booth over was the car that looked like a Smart !
The way they build some of these vehicles is similar to the methods the Chinese use to manufacture motorcycles…..shared parts, frame, shared engines, shared technology that’s why the body panels and cabs look similar, left over Toyota or Isuzu truck parts…..they just change the nose. Saves a fortune on mold and stamping costs. Not much different from Western manufactures sharing platforms…..Opel-Buick-Holden, Chrysler-Merc… etc etc.
Given time it will change as volumes increase I guess…..the Chinese market is totally unique in that it has grown fom nothing to something in less than 25 years and there are plenty of players who can afford to step ito the market place because of the shared technology, stampings and components.
The business opportunities it creates are enormous-you can moan, groan and complain or you can get get involved and take advantage of the opportunity.
Nick,
The interiors on all of their models are exactly the same!