No doubt those that will read this article and link to it will make the usual Chinese car jokes “Will it come with lead paint?” “Will it fold up like a Cola can in a crash?” but just for a moment take in the lines of Geely GT. Note the lack of a Geely badge, which may hint at a potential upmarket brand from Geely, the way that the big Japanese brands made separate brands (Infiniti, Lexus, etc) back in the 90’s.
This GT alone, should go some way in persuading the naysayers that believe Geely is not ‘serious‘ about making cars. The cars that they’ve shown off at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show are by far their best yet. For more on the Geely GT check out our previous article on the Geely GT
Wow, a very good looking car. It looks very luxorious and sporty. I’m sure if it would be for sale in Europe many people would consider to buy it, because it’s a great design, looks very sporty and luxorious. I would prefer it to a Mercedes, it’s far more good looking. If they put a big V8 engine in it, than it will be a bomb. Great design, congratulations Geely…….
Holy, it’s real! They should put that FAW 6L V12 in it to make it a truly Chinese car.
The first Chinese car I would buy, if it has a proven reliability and is price around $20K.
If you are the Real_I_Hate_china guy
Then I like the geely gt and it impressed me
If you are an imposer .. I hate the car
thats about $5k more than a hyundai…well done
LOL at the title. Looks good, but not that good. It’s a step forward for the Chinese car industry though. Unique design.
I remember being out with a certain Mr. Ash not so long ago and saying Geely were one to watch.
ye I will clap for Geely when I really see it in production.
Holy alloy wheels, Batman!
It’s your new car!
Pretty good specimen for a Chinese Concept car - this one has Brake Calipers!
Now put this in production Geely… show Chery’s who’s boss.
Nice car but absolutely ridiculous headline. I enjoy reading this website but headlines with this nationalistic fervor inappropriately placed sure is out of place. If the car’s good, the pictures will do the talking, not some poorly thought out contrived comparison. The Jag is a 4 door saloon so if you want to make a comparison, something like a Maserati GT or some other sports car would be much more appropriate.
Calm down Rob,
A quantum leap in the right direction away from the Fengyin (batmobile)shown at Beijing 2006.
Why would Geely want to introduce an ‘upmarket’ brand for this car, Geely means nothing to the west….so Geely’s upmarket brand will mean nothing. May as well put the investment into making the Geely brand a brand. As for the car, I agree….the next Batmobile!!
Sorry IHC
But the link you just gave us showed nothing except for the quote from China car times and pictures of the GT, it does not say that it was designed in Korea or anything. Show us other concrete evidence.
Looks nice but looks a bit too similar to (er, a copy of) the Alfa Romeo Competizione 8C for my liking.
oh i see that’s why you went from autoblog to this site with evidence like single line comment from a commentator to a Beijing autoshow coverage on your threebird just to convince people that korean made this .
rofl. what next ?
“who cares……” oh maybe someone does alot that he had to rush to find all the sources to make a claim.
Its only a matter of time before Geely becomes into something similar to Hyundai..they are on the right track…
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Ok IHC.
This is probably the first time I PARTIALLY agree with you but on the other hand I can pull off some example of multi-billions company that is still struggle to make decent products and compete globally. Sorry I know I know I am not supposed to drag the third party in but I am using it as an example (Ash if you think it’s not appropriate then delete it please).
Tata motors is part of the conglomerate Tata group there, a multi-billions group being established for more than 60 years and yet still struggle to compete on global arena and still struggling to sell off some units in African countries notably South Africa, if i am not wrong last year it only exported a modest of about 50k units. And its latest breakthrough is the world’s cheapest car. Now that does not look like a money fight to me.
> Mememe
Tata is a bad example since Tata wasn’t serious about making an assault on passenger car market until now.
Once Tata got serious about the passenger car market, you see them buying up Jaguar/Land Rover and doing Nano, which is only possible if you have lots of cash which Tata does.
Yes, Chinese car makers don’t have the big bucks and the only way to showcase their potential is by copying someone else’s design which reduces the development cost considerably..and when you see a QQ3, you would describe it to another person as- “looks exactly like the Matiz or Spark”..which gives the other person an idea that it would look very cool and nice…i believe that the only way to build brand image is by offering cars similar to the world-famous ones and then after a point, start making your own ones..and lets not forget that China is in the top 3 of the largest automotive markets in the world..I have never heard (correct me if i’m wrong) of Honda tying up with a local brand to make cars for that particular market…shows the potential and opportunities that lie ahead for China and other international brands..
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i believe that the only way to build brand image is by offering cars similar to the world-famous ones and then after a point, start making your own ones.
Tata became world-famous instantly with Nano. And everyone praised Tata for being so original and inventive, in spite of Nano being the cheapest car in the world.
> and lets not forget that China is in the top 3 of the largest automotive markets in the world.
There are too many global giants doing business in China for China’s own brands to grow. Basically, Chinese communist party made the mistake of openning up the Chinese market before Chinese brands were ready to compete with global giants. This wasn’t the case with Japan and Korea, where their respective governments opened up their market only after their local brands became world players and could compete head to head with foreigh brands.
> I have never heard (correct me if i’m wrong) of Honda tying up with a local brand to make cars for that particular market…shows the potential and opportunities that lie ahead for China and other international brands..
Chinese government requires foreign companies to come up with Chinese-sounding brand to mask their foreignness.
I don’t know if i should agree or disagree with you here.
anyway just a little update here: China’s now the second largest market but third largest producer.
Geely vice president Frank Zhao said the GT will head into production within the next 18 months, can someone confirm this ?
Nice looking car. If it goes into production then the only thing limiting it will be a decent engine. In China that won’t matter so much but outside the mainland it could.
i don’t know nothing about chinese cars. i was watching the closing ceremony of the olympic games and decide to go “virtualy” deeper and “discover” china. and i found this site. and on top of that this car.
i’ll buy it anydayyyyyyyyy I REPEAT ANYDAY!!!!!!!!!
come this is MORE THAN GOOD LOOKING CAR!!!!!
once again after this olympic games i am not surprise anymore of THE GREAT CHNA!!!!