Comments on: Geely CK1 Freedom Cruiser

By: New national car this Tuesday?

New national car this Tuesday? — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:29:50 +0000

[...] Even if the car launch on Tuesday isn’t the CKD Inokom Getz, you can expect the car to be launched soon as uncamouflaged road tests are already underway. In fact, there’s something wrong with the theory that it might be the Inokom Getz. I don’t see why Inokom car should be launched in Johor as the car is likely to be made in the Kulim plant, since road tests have been going on in Kulim. Kulim, Kedah is practically on the other end of the peninsular. So who has an assembly plant in Johor? Oriental Assembler Sdn Bhd comes to mind. And Oriental Assembler has been generally associated with China makes of late, with reports of talks with Chery and Geely to assemble vehicles there. Could this be a locally badged China make? [...]

By: Geely investment plans on hold again »

Geely investment plans on hold again » — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:41:25 +0000

[...] Related: Geely CK1 Freedom Cruiser Geely Freedom Cruiser assembled in Malaysia [...]

By: kendo

kendo — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:25:33 +0000

that point is dr.Mouth dumb car policy deprived rakyat to enjoy quality cars and prices like chinese, thai….
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By: olowokandi

olowokandi — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:14:36 +0000

I saw one Chery A160 near subang airport few weeks ago, it looks ok to me, though it is not that classy as compare to korean car, such as optra.

By: catborg

catborg — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:00:48 +0000

if they copy all the thing like safety etc like u mention it shaun..
the price then never ever cheap..
and sure.. they gonna be bashed like proton..

all the way..
thats all mean = Designing a car IS NOT EASY AND CHEAP!
that’s why they just copy it!

By: shaun

shaun — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:07:32 +0000

Is it just me or does the Cherry logo look similar to Infiniti’s logo.

Not suprised really since these buggers copy anything under the sun. Sure i understand you need to get inspiration from somewhere. But to copy designs completely just shows how crap these companies are.

Like some of you said. These chinese companies have so much resources but fail to come up with decent indiviual designs.

So it’s true when they say that beauty only goes skin deep (well metal deep for cars) so for now i’ll be buying a real mercedes instead of some cheap knock-off.

It’s just like the fake Nike shoes at petaling street. Sure they look like the real mccoy until you try them on, then you know how crap they are.

Since these chinese companies are unscupulously copying designs why don’t they copy the whole thing like safety and road handling. Then i would consider purchasing one of these pieces of crap

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:27:31 +0000

alado make a BIG mistake by first introduce these old models..
that make people laugh..
.ALADO should bring in the latest model…
.like NAZA china car… go and have a look soon !

By: triplesaber

triplesaber — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:11:25 +0000

Hehe..some of the good gadgets we own r actually made in China. With the huge production magnitude they r having, i wont rubbish them entirely. Lookin at their cars, I got almost the same feeling as lookin at Korean cars. Perhaps they lack the ’soul’ but it cant be established overnight, yeah, give them 10 years, and im sure they would prove something.
But to bring the cars here right now, i dunno, i dont see the point yet. I havent tried one yet, but r they reliable?

By: kody

kody — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:46:20 +0000

Wahlaueh…

accordmania bro,… if you said safety… then kancil will more worst then these china cars. May be you have saw some crash tests for china cars… but it may not represent all models or manufacturer are the same…. who know?? may be all are same junk … or some are really good at safety. Remember Malaysia have a lot of moving coffins on the road…. what can Malaysian do?? cheapest car mah…. We need to blaim G for the protection of P1 & P2.

By: accordmania

accordmania — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:18:31 +0000

sitting in this kind of car is just like sleeping in your coffin, china can’t even produce a safety or healthy food. how can our G still allowed them to bring it in . ???????

By: accordmania

accordmania — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:13:06 +0000

don’t just reduce the car price & increase the accident fatality rate. car isn’t a toy. it should be defined as a safety transportation. don’t follow somone who way behind us just to save money

By: E-Nabill

E-Nabill — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:05:03 +0000

cant believe some ppl here acutally look up the car online and provide us links to read about thse junk rubbish…have some class la !

By: accordmania

accordmania — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:04:59 +0000

buying this kind of car is just like buying a toy car in bigger size. dare not imagine hoow it woould be when travel at hiigh speed especially onn wet track, will it safe? don’t risk your life just too save a few grand. safety first malaysian. just think of your love one

By: kody

kody — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:03:16 +0000

wahlaueh…

check the slogan from the photo…’ to manufacture everyone affordable cars’. P1 will dare not to put this as slogan , b’cos they r uncapable to do so.

By: catborg

catborg — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:12:06 +0000

aiya..
asking everyone..

because the cars is cheap in china, i mean hell cheap in china..
Who volunteer to change their citizenship then living there?..
anyone? but why you wont?
because u’re already knew how’s hard to living there.. even nak makan pun susah..
RIGHT?

but if Geely want to make a COPY of BMW3’s or BMW1 series..
i wanna buy.. .. then change the logo to BMW.. hahaha..
Who care!

By: wc5be

wc5be — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:07:12 +0000

FYI ppl,
China started their automotive industry in d 1950s. Assembly 1st. mostly, european vehicles. not passenger vehicles, but commercial vehicles as well. way way earlier den s.korea. india oso bout d same. but d industry was stagnant after dat. probably due to communism/closed economy. in d late 1980s + 1990s, china started to build n grow their own automotive tech/ capabilities. probably due to deng xiaoping economic policies. (open economy)
IMHO, some china carmakers r better den our P1. their automotive industry r definitely in a much much healthier state den ours. built quality wise, some r better den P1, and some r otherwise.
reason y they dun export much of their better quality cars is unable to meet their own domestic demands yet. ohh.. btw, they r startin to produced hybrid engines oleidy wif help from japs.
costwise, they r cheaper den koreans. P1 is actually figuring how to compete wif china den koreans. (see long term). they r scratching their heads on dat lately. hehe…
here r some china carmakers
first autoworks
SAIC
lifan
Chery
fujian autoworks
guangdong autoworks
Henan autoworks
dongfeng automobile
beijing autoworks
hafei automobile
etc etc…
d numbers im aware of is roughly in d 30s automakers.

By: aksMs

aksMs — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:22:21 +0000

From the pace they are going right now, they could outdo P1 and P2 in just another 2 or 3 years. Yes, they are very capable of doing it by the economy scale of view. I wouldn’t be suprise.

Where will our automaker be then?

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:07:00 +0000

in china, for usd12k,
u can get this skoda/ passat old look at like
http://auto.sina.com.cn/photo/CheryA520tupian/123442.shtml
(alado products…)

I don;t mind paying just RM50k” for perdana.
PRoton Rised Up, when??

By: kody

kody — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:05:56 +0000

Wahlaueh,
info from Kendo,
http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/cherya5.html

The car with 2k cc , the spec & luxury features far better than our Perdana, but then price ~RM65k (~130k ren ming pi).

By: honda_driver

honda_driver — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:06:12 +0000

china can copy the cars now, the look..etc. but you cant copy the engineering. thats the tough part. which is why their cars are doing extremely badly at international crash tests like the NCAP.

but they will be there very soon, as they have more resources, and plenty of money as well. i wont buy a china car now, but maybe in future.

By: ec

ec — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:02:55 +0000

Those chinese car engineers are “thickface”, they will take note on every comments/critics to improve themselves…

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:53:09 +0000

coming soon from ALADO!

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:51:54 +0000

how about these, Perdana class,

and there are consider BUDGET for chinese. start usd12K

http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/dong.html

http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/cherya5.html

By: karheng

karheng — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:32:34 +0000

you guys make me laugh. Do you realise that immitation products in China are WAY better and much closer to the original ones than those made here?

China is economically progressing so quickly, they might outdo Proton and Perodua in terms of technology and capability. The Chinese are robust and daring and have learnt a great deal in the past to be able to progress so quickly. Ever since coming out of the communist rule, they have been the country to progress the fastest.

I have seen some Alado cars around, btw. Look at Korean cars. They are just getting better and better and better.. Give China 10 years and they’ll be up there sooner or later. Economically, they are VERY VERY CAPABLE.

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:11:10 +0000

usd5k naza- china cars
http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/HAFEI/HAFEI/sub_brand/lb.html

usd 10k, 2.4 Litter (alado new cars)
http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/qrruhsv.html

usd10k
http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/cherya5.html

By: Initial D

Initial D — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:10:09 +0000

most of the china cars are copy’o type, so i am not surprised tat its similar to another car………..

but……i dun think it will sell well.

By: raptorclans

raptorclans — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:02:31 +0000

Have you seen the back? It looks exactly like a Merz C-class… kinda cut and paste, may sell on it’s Merz looks… but not too sure how solid it is tho…

Paul, I see Alado and Cherry cars everyday… why? Because their showroom opened next to my office! Hahaha… saw them arranging the cars for a photoshoot. The one that came out in d papers… :p But have yet to see anyone buy one tho…

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:59:57 +0000

Give 20 years to them and they will be building hydrogen car. ?.

THEY are THERE already!

http://auto.sina.com.cn/z/chery50wxx/index.shtml

By: kendo

kendo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:56:03 +0000

these, and these.
price from usd5-12K! consider budget car in china!

http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/qrruhsv.html

http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/qq.html

http://auto.sina.com.cn/salon/CHERY/CHERY/sub_brand/dong.html

By: waimak

waimak — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:55:29 +0000

Guys, remember this, ” the first toyota was laughable..” So its just a matter of time for the Chinese makes.