Comments on: Fudi produce ugliest vehicle in 2010 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/ Explaining the Chinese Car Industry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:35 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Head Honcho http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-210133 Head Honcho Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:57:29 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-210133 I drove the Chery A3. Was slightly better but not that great. Hard to believe some of the design flaws for model for china. Did you notice that they have to put pedal extensions on the break pedal? It is too high for most Chinese girls with small feet. There foot goes right under it. Any other models you can think of? I drove the Chery A3. Was slightly better but not that great. Hard to believe some of the design flaws for model for china. Did you notice that they have to put pedal extensions on the break pedal? It is too high for most Chinese girls with small feet. There foot goes right under it. Any other models you can think of?

]]> By: CCT http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-210086 CCT Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:40:10 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-210086 Chery A3 hatch, go drive one. Chery A3 hatch, go drive one.

]]> By: Head Honcho http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-210073 Head Honcho Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:39:00 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-210073 Ed I neve said the cool bear was aimed at over 45. I just said that is what it turned out to be in the US. In the US the market is different. Buick is for old people only. No one else would touch it other than Tiger Woods to gets paid Millions to do so. Same with the original Scion XB which the Cool Bear is a copy of. They thought young people would like it but very little did. I grew up in the US and now live in China. I would hve to say I don't see it as being very cool. The factory below mine bought one 2 months ago and he already sold it. It was in the shop for warranty repair every other day. I am curious what brand Chinese cars are really something comparable to a foreign brand car. I would love to go test drive something that is really worth while. Are any of the cheap ones comparable to a Honda Fit or toyota Yaris? There must be something that someone put some effort into trying to make it drive like it isnt from the 70's. Ed I neve said the cool bear was aimed at over 45. I just said that is what it turned out to be in the US. In the US the market is different. Buick is for old people only. No one else would touch it other than Tiger Woods to gets paid Millions to do so. Same with the original Scion XB which the Cool Bear is a copy of. They thought young people would like it but very little did. I grew up in the US and now live in China. I would hve to say I don’t see it as being very cool. The factory below mine bought one 2 months ago and he already sold it. It was in the shop for warranty repair every other day. I am curious what brand Chinese cars are really something comparable to a foreign brand car. I would love to go test drive something that is really worth while. Are any of the cheap ones comparable to a Honda Fit or toyota Yaris? There must be something that someone put some effort into trying to make it drive like it isnt from the 70′s.

]]> By: Ed http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-210016 Ed Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:39:39 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-210016 the Cool Bear IS cool, and it isn't aimed at consumers over 45, nor is it aimed for the U.S. market. In China, most car buyers nowadays are quite young, so it doesn't matter what percentage of car owners in the U.S. are over 45. the Cool Bear IS cool, and it isn’t aimed at consumers over 45, nor is it aimed for the U.S. market. In China, most car buyers nowadays are quite young, so it doesn’t matter what percentage of car owners in the U.S. are over 45.

]]> By: Joe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209916 Joe Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:45:06 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209916 It's not that bad. Has some personality. I kinda dig the front end. Don't get me started on the Cool Bear. It’s not that bad. Has some personality. I kinda dig the front end.

Don’t get me started on the Cool Bear.

]]> By: Head Honcho http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209910 Head Honcho Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:07:29 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209910 No it isn't cool. 90% of the ownders in the US are over 45. It was suppose to be a brand for young people and it turned out to be the new Buick in the US. In the US you have to be over 60 to own a Buick. No it isn’t cool. 90% of the ownders in the US are over 45. It was suppose to be a brand for young people and it turned out to be the new Buick in the US. In the US you have to be over 60 to own a Buick.

]]> By: CCT http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209902 CCT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:33:23 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209902 The Coolbear isnt cool? I loved the Scion range, it was so right for China, but Greatwall made it first.... The Coolbear isnt cool? I loved the Scion range, it was so right for China, but Greatwall made it first….

]]> By: Head Honcho http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209854 Head Honcho Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:23:22 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209854 Sorry I made you sad but come on. Cool Bear So Cool and this is the ugliest car of the year? To each their own I guess. By the way I just test drove a BYD F0. I was very very disappointed. If I had never driven a car before it might have been ok. Handling was the worst of any car I have ever driven. The breaks left me afraid that they weren't going to stop the car and they squealed like crazy. This was a 10 day old car. The suspension left no feeling for the steering and the view out was really bad. I won't go into any details on interior quality or anything like that because it is expected. But I felt less safe in that car than I do on a motorcycle in traffic here. I thin 40,000 rmb is too high. Sorry I made you sad but come on. Cool Bear So Cool and this is the ugliest car of the year? To each their own I guess.

By the way I just test drove a BYD F0. I was very very disappointed. If I had never driven a car before it might have been ok. Handling was the worst of any car I have ever driven. The breaks left me afraid that they weren’t going to stop the car and they squealed like crazy. This was a 10 day old car. The suspension left no feeling for the steering and the view out was really bad. I won’t go into any details on interior quality or anything like that because it is expected. But I felt less safe in that car than I do on a motorcycle in traffic here. I thin 40,000 rmb is too high.

]]> By: CCT http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209831 CCT Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:48:10 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209831 You made me sad :( You made me sad :(

]]> By: Head Honcho http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209786 Head Honcho Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:12:30 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209786 It isn't ugly. Just another article from an editor with bad taste in cars to start out with. It isn’t ugly. Just another article from an editor with bad taste in cars to start out with.

]]> By: Ed http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209760 Ed Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:01:16 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209760 This SUV is not even ugly! This SUV is not even ugly!

]]> By: milos http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209735 milos Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:38:47 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209735 at least it's not copy, by my opinion car isn't so ugly at least it’s not copy, by my opinion car isn’t so ugly

]]> By: dragin http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/10/26/fudi-produce-ugliest-vehicle-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-209730 dragin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/?p=8406#comment-209730 Fudi has now become "Foday". Kind of like Futian becoming Foton.. I believe it's an Isuzu rather than a Mitsubishi-based body. It doesn't have a platform but rather a ladder frame, which may be Mitsubishi's design, I'm not sure. Changfeng proper never sourced its bodies from Fudi, but its subsidiary Changfeng Yangzi did. Looks like maybe Great Wall is now trading engines for bodies. Fudi has now become “Foday”. Kind of like Futian becoming Foton..
I believe it’s an Isuzu rather than a Mitsubishi-based body. It doesn’t have a platform but rather a ladder frame, which may be Mitsubishi’s design, I’m not sure.
Changfeng proper never sourced its bodies from Fudi, but its subsidiary Changfeng Yangzi did.
Looks like maybe Great Wall is now trading engines for bodies.

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