Comments on: Lifan 520i Tested by UK Magazine, Auto Express

By: Michael 1963

Michael 1963 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:24:31 +0000

FROM ITALY:
Io personalmente non ho nulla contro le auto cinesi. Mi reputo un grande appassionato di auto ed anche abbastanza competente e benchè sia in possesso attualmente di una Jaguar, che uso come auto personale, e di altre 3 auto europee che usiamo in famiglia, non disdegno la possibilità di poter acquistare un giorno una vettura cinese. La cosa che però detesto, e pertanto non potrei mai acquistare, sono i cosiddetti “cloni”, ossia quelle auto scopiazzate più o meno malamente dalla produzione europea e prodotte in Cina con nomi fantasiosi. Vanno bene le cinesi, purchè abbiano uno stile proprio, anche se ancora poco fantasioso, ma con una propria personalità, come ad esempio la Great Wall “Hoover”, che pur non brillando per originalità, ha una propria dignità stilistica e tecnica.

By: dogtucker

dogtucker — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:10:01 +0000

The point is who the hell would buy ona, at 8.5 UK pounds there are other and far better options than this peice of crap. I suppose Brits generally have enough brain power left to help them make a better choice?

By: Mr Schwartz

Mr Schwartz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:27:05 +0000

Gotta have them DUBS! yeah right 16 or 17’s and call it a day. Be pretty decent for the price.

By: jackson liu

jackson liu — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:58:52 +0000

yeah
plus 20″ rims, an ugly bodykit, two or three wings and some neon lights…
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LSD?? to get really high..?
hahahaha =)

By: Mr Schwartz

Mr Schwartz — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:24:24 +0000

How to fix the 520: add the new 1.8 litre, 6 forward gears, LSD, brakes from the 620, remove 2 doors, lower by 4cm, better tires, only make it in black.

By: jackson liu

jackson liu — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:42:04 +0000

never mind
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>> But the sporty sounding engine is at odds with the soft and supple ride. Add in the over-light steering and it is clear the 520i is more at home cruising the motorway than blasting down back roads.

By: jackson liu

jackson liu — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:08:00 +0000

The ZX doesn’t have Citroen’s hydropneumatic suspension, right??
They’ve killed it on the BX, as I remember, correct?
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Because if it does, than this must be a pain in the ass for maintenance…
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Anyway.. the ZX had one of the best handlings of it’s time… if they managed to keep the suspension tuning similar to the ZX’s, this shouldn’t be a bad car, if combined to mini’s good 1.6 !

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:05:42 +0000

Lifan 520 series is developed by TJ Innova of Shanghai. TJ Innova used the ZX platform for several cars: they designed the JMStar models (later Shanghai Maple) on this platform too. Citroën has tried to infringe Maple, but we never heart of it again.

By: larson

larson — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:45:15 +0000

Those £3500 paid their trip!

By: JOHNSON

JOHNSON — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:33:36 +0000

UK is notorious for taxes on taxes….the extra 3500 could all be tax…lol

By: bob

bob — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:28:34 +0000

Auto Express is not nick named Auto DISTRESS for no reason, they always manage to cock things up, make cars up in photoshop and then call it a ‘world exclusive’

Auto DISTRESS is probably the worst magazine you could possibly buy.

By: Harry

Harry — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:35:32 +0000

That £8500 figure might be a guess as to what the car will sell for if it were to be imported to the UK. Who knows, maybe Lifan is already planning this ;). For whatever reason, cars in Britain sell for inflated prices (e.g., a car that sells for $20,000 in the US might go for £15,000 in the UK.