ChangAn CM8 assembled in Malaysia
ChangAn Auto Group, based in Chongqing, China has completed negotiations with a Malaysian company to build it’s ChangAn CM8 here in Malaysia. An agreement was signed this week on investing and building an assembly plant for the vehicle. ChangAn Auto is the fourth-largest producer of automobiles in China as of 2005.
ChangAn Auto classifies the CM8 as an MPW. In their own words, “MP” stands for multipurpose while “W” represents agility and space. I think W is supposed to be Wagon?
The car is powered by either a 1.3 (80hp at 6000rpm, 102Nm at 4500rpm) or 1.6 engine (96hp at 6000rpm, 135Nm at 3000rpm), which should prove to be economical, something in the Toyota Avanza class of vehicle.
December 22, 2005 @ 1:47 am
Jesus christ…why do they even bother..
December 22, 2005 @ 1:49 am
donno why… but dis mpv look “cacat”… wheel base, chasis, height doesnt seem right…
December 22, 2005 @ 1:54 am
it seems to tall for its width
December 22, 2005 @ 2:18 am
LoL damn cute, it looked like the cartoon version of Avanza, APV. Damn funny… its like Lamborghini looking like :
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a115/microvault/LamboMini.jpg[/IMG]
December 22, 2005 @ 2:27 am
freak! freak! freak! freak! freak!
December 22, 2005 @ 2:42 am
god! is malaysia becoming a dumping ground for worthless crap…?
December 22, 2005 @ 2:55 am
great meter clusters
styling is a bit funky…but quality wise….will it suffer from premature ageing? cant comment yet about that
December 22, 2005 @ 2:59 am
yeah. enough of these rubbish. we want proper quality cars. not reverse-engineered crap. at least do a market survey first.
December 22, 2005 @ 4:59 am
Juara version II hehe
December 22, 2005 @ 7:49 am
for a moment i though the photo was over-stretched…
December 22, 2005 @ 7:51 am
first glance reminds me of A class, i like the meter cluster, nice arrangement, besides that, dun even wanna waste my breathe on it.
December 22, 2005 @ 8:10 am
sideview like estima+innova, front like sang kancil (kecut), thn like suzuka apv… damn china memang bulih like M’sia
December 22, 2005 @ 8:11 am
avnza+ERV=ChangAn CM8…………………. one word 2 describe, ahak ahak ahak ahak…….. i prefer JUARA, more stable…….
December 22, 2005 @ 8:14 am
hahahaha..dont even bother to get one..try corner it on 50-60km/h i bet that thing will surely flip over…roflmao
December 22, 2005 @ 8:25 am
ugly face, definitely.
December 22, 2005 @ 8:31 am
and people say Juara suck……….
meet the cousin……hehehe
December 22, 2005 @ 8:32 am
Jeremy Clarkson should annihilates this car…
December 22, 2005 @ 8:38 am
Jeremy Clarkson should annihilate him self, and his car with him in it. Humiliation i say.
lucky i drive a wira, no annihilation video on that i suppose. I can sleep soundly.
If your driving a kelisa, and saw this, you got to live with the image of your car being hung and blasted to hell.
December 22, 2005 @ 9:07 am
it make juara look nice…
December 22, 2005 @ 9:10 am
Dear Malaysian…… for those u guys still think P1 n P2 is lousy……..
Pls do consider these Model… is much cheaper then our own P1 n P2……
P1… is time to wake up…. P2…. keep it up give us more newer models….
December 22, 2005 @ 9:28 am
may be selling at killing price of rm35k!
December 22, 2005 @ 9:41 am
WELCOME..WELCOME….More China make pls….
Give pressure to our local G. P1, P2, P3, P4 sure will feel the heat.
Price war coming. WTO will pressure G, so they would not implement “new tax”.
HO HO HO… merry xmas..!
Cant wait for year 2011
December 22, 2005 @ 9:42 am
hehehehe…. dddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmnnnnn ugly! like pig!
December 22, 2005 @ 9:49 am
look like a 4 wheeler panda. jeremy will surely get shcizo when seeing this.
December 22, 2005 @ 9:54 am
YUCKKK!! Mutated Avanza!!! Really stupid fools will buy this chapalang China cars!! Jeremey Clarkson, another shot on crane please hahahahaha!!!
December 22, 2005 @ 10:02 am
Horrible, Horrible, Horrible. Would look slightly better with bigger wheels perhaps.
December 22, 2005 @ 10:14 am
paul usually post some good quality images here. Donno why this time the photos of the car exterior is vertically stretched…:)
December 22, 2005 @ 10:17 am
ouch! innova looks better than that “MPW”. at least, the car is not a copied version of japanese SUV and MPV. whateveeeeeer.
December 22, 2005 @ 10:23 am
it’s not stretched lah!
December 22, 2005 @ 10:31 am
Everybody must remember that 5 years ago in Time Mag, it said that P1
has the most potential to grow. And they compared P1 with Hyundai.
So…..wake up P1, just ditch the lousy and high pricing vendors.
December 22, 2005 @ 10:35 am
Hmm.. China make again, how many more coming, Paul?
December 22, 2005 @ 10:36 am
looks like cars used for police in ultraman series…hehehhehe…if the quality is good, then I dont mind…but let see, how is their marketing strategy, but 1 thing for sure, all Msian has a very high taste in design and quality…
I wont be suprised if only 50 unit sold used for pasar malam van or etc…
design wise…Msian I would say 80% will not buy it…
merry Xmas to all…
December 22, 2005 @ 10:40 am
kakakakkakakakaka lawak siut!
December 22, 2005 @ 10:48 am
this errr..thing…if corner baring…will tumble over not?….
its dimension…weird…not balance…
December 22, 2005 @ 10:51 am
trust me, if the price is wright and it will sell like pisang goreng. hate it? but that had happened.
December 22, 2005 @ 10:59 am
like a pig shape.. really.. erkk…!
December 22, 2005 @ 11:17 am
Aiyoh! apa ini?
December 22, 2005 @ 11:19 am
oh no….plz no….for god sake NOOOO!! paul for the luv of god,no more news abt china cars plz!
December 22, 2005 @ 11:20 am
you think this model cheaper p1 and p2 ah? never be loh… the price will be the same price range between them…
the MPW? what is ‘”w” anyway? not like a wagon to me…
yea lor… when is the new Kembara and new Kancil will come out??
December 22, 2005 @ 11:30 am
malaysia has become a dumping ground for the useless, copycat…pethatic moron automaker…..(sigh)..
merry xmas…….
December 22, 2005 @ 11:54 am
Good.
Wonky styling though. Not a vehicle I would buy but then again, if priced cheaply, I’m sure people will find something to like about it. I’m pro consumer, so anything thats gives consumers more choices or stimulates competition is a good thing.
Here goes Epalhead bashing another automaker. Copy cat or not, very soon if not already, they would surpass P1. P1 is getting more desperate by the day. Its entirely up to P1 whether they would take drastic steps to cut “costs”, make better cars to win back confidence, or die.
China is following in the footsteps of the Korean and the Japanese before them. The Koreans and Japanese were subject to the same criticisms when they started making cars. “Cheap, tin can, copy cat” products. Now, The Koreans are 5 years behind the Japanese (about 1/2 to 1 model year behind), the Chinese about 5-10years from the Koreans and catching up fast.
We critizise the Chinese maker for copying, yet we STILL make the Saga and Wira, which in effect is a direct copy of thier mitsu counterparts…..for the past 20 years.
To be frank, automotive technology hasn’t changed that much in the past 50 years. Most of the changes are in the form of gadjets. Yes, safety has gone up, reliability has gone up, and efficiency has gone up, but the core tech. itself hasn’t changed much. All the automakers can ultimately be guilty of “copying” someone’s else idea. Its no different.
December 22, 2005 @ 12:17 pm
will somebdy ask mr jeremy to come and hav a look?at least we could have another terrifiying video clip for the christmas.
December 22, 2005 @ 12:29 pm
I only prefer oriental car from Japan….not frm China, Korea…
December 22, 2005 @ 12:35 pm
LOL LMFAO!!!! it reli makes my day, laffing non-stop!! maybe it can be sale in this boleh land?? There are still some dungku exist here, who knows?
December 22, 2005 @ 1:48 pm
what the blue heaven is that?! design looked sooo weird
December 22, 2005 @ 2:04 pm
but this one the rear door slides open like a luxury MPV style…
but if it is cheap, there will be buyer
December 22, 2005 @ 2:12 pm
better than our Juara lah….
December 22, 2005 @ 2:13 pm
a piece of crap from the land of piracy! is the car safe to drive???seen too tall and thin.last time Merc came out the A-class reported not stable during cornering and yet this crap taller and thinner than A-class.any one?
December 22, 2005 @ 2:13 pm
I think it looks worse than the Toyota Avanza ;p
December 22, 2005 @ 2:14 pm
me..bashing “another” automaker???
4G63, tell me which one….i’m lost here.
merry xmas to u dude!
December 22, 2005 @ 2:18 pm
when i 1st saw the picture, i thought the photo was shrunken , but i was surprised that .. that is how the van actually looks… im happier with a juara.
December 22, 2005 @ 2:28 pm
like pig+panda+badak air+tenuk+cipan hahahahaha,better dump these in one of our tropical rain forest
December 22, 2005 @ 2:32 pm
Hard corner at 70km/h and above sure tumbang.
December 22, 2005 @ 2:38 pm
one of the ugliest things on earth
December 22, 2005 @ 3:07 pm
Check out the pic!
WAHAHAHAHAHA
http://www.changan.com.cn/20050425/1114417442352.jpg
December 22, 2005 @ 5:27 pm
China is conquering Malaysia with cheap and “quality” products….
this is so cool
December 22, 2005 @ 5:55 pm
Well.. at least this proves NAP works.. (BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!)
attracted all these china mali cars in here… i wonder how would the quality be like? gosh… we already have enough proton and korean car bashing, now we’re gonna have china car bashing???
December 22, 2005 @ 6:01 pm
I thought this ChangAn AM8 so nice and sytlish van!
all of you blind!
don’t talk about Juara and Kenari! both are casket and bread vehicle!
December 22, 2005 @ 6:41 pm
It does look better than Juara though. Juara looked more funky ….. or fugly.
December 22, 2005 @ 6:58 pm
To 4G63T,
“We critizise the Chinese maker for copying, yet we STILL make the Saga and Wira, which in effect is a direct copy of thier mitsu counterparts…..for the past 20 years.”
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In all fairness, Malaysian carmakers/assemblers pay a huge amount of royalty for the manufacturing rights of the cars. Chinese ‘carmakers’ like Chery only engage themselves in the act of plagiarism which is downright piracy as in the case of QQ and others.”
“To be frank, automotive technology hasn’t changed that much in the past 50 years. Most of the changes are in the form of gadjets. Yes, safety has gone up, reliability has gone up, and efficiency has gone up, but the core tech. itself hasn’t changed much. All the automakers can ultimately be guilty of “copying†someone’s else idea. Its no different.”
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Yes, the core working principles are the same. Building on to your statement, this is exactly the way the world works. Take for example, Coca Cola v Pepsi Cola, McD v Burger King, Microsoft Windows v Mac OS, IBM v Apple, Boeing v Airbus, IPaq v Palm, Intel v AMD, Levi v Lee, Panasonic v Sony, Tesco v Walmart, MAS v SIA, Nike v Adidas and the list goes on….. Product designers can, at any time, design radical stuffs. However, the general consumers will not be ready to accept the radical changes immediately.
December 22, 2005 @ 8:32 pm
OMG! I will choose to buy a proton anytime than to buy this. It makes the juara, savvy and chancellor look so damn nice. And how will the safety be? Let me guess………0 star.
December 22, 2005 @ 8:47 pm
we can see the benefits of the NAp already.
only cars tat suck more than P1 will be allowed here…
our neighbours will be laughing at us la.
December 22, 2005 @ 9:12 pm
Very ugly. Cheaplah but can last or not!
December 22, 2005 @ 9:37 pm
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeyeeeeeee…what’s that?a car or..a tool box!!
December 22, 2005 @ 10:17 pm
My goodness.. Is it a 7 seater (can’t really tell from the photo)? What on earth r they thinking, to bring in such an utterly disgraceful ugly looking car. Small wheel base, high center of gravity, awkward face. And yet trying to fit 7 people in it. But trust me… these are all political games. Tell me who dont wanna ‘befriend’ with China nowadays??
December 22, 2005 @ 10:20 pm
Yup… It is 7 seater.
December 22, 2005 @ 10:43 pm
look like Avanza “compress” version for me. too ugly…bwahahahah
December 22, 2005 @ 10:56 pm
it look a bit unstable but generally i like the car design better than juara and rusa..
December 22, 2005 @ 11:01 pm
kawan, if cannot sell, they’ll just take it off the market… they wont lobby the government to force old cars into consumer’s throat…
December 22, 2005 @ 11:07 pm
Wah… more Chinese cars…. I like… haha..!!
December 22, 2005 @ 11:54 pm
ha. at less better then juara n rusa i think.
dont bluff your self!.no wonder this minority r stupid is a faith.
u know it better then our juara n rusa i think!.
hoo ,,…hoo marry x mas …!!.
December 23, 2005 @ 12:11 am
yeah…all u people thinks that it’s stupid for malaysia to be involve with china car makers, to be dealing with china. but in my opinion, only idiots wants to stay away from China market. such a big market and all you idiots are being conservative? oh…i said idiot already.
December 23, 2005 @ 12:13 am
well said Isamu… agree with u.
better than juara??? no f##king way man… its like, they design 7 seaters body shell and fitted it on a 5 setters chasis (alphard body on avanza chasis, can u imagine that?)… thats why its look wierd and unstable… miss match interior or exterior are expectable… miss match body with chasis, no can do laa…
p/s: merry x-ms everyone
December 23, 2005 @ 2:26 am
what a f**k!!!
December 23, 2005 @ 8:31 am
Rusa and Juara look better.
December 23, 2005 @ 9:41 am
gosh.. why all chinese cars have the same problems.. lack of interesting in the design of their cars.. not only this car, i think all the cars from china look terrible..
December 23, 2005 @ 10:37 am
Well, no harm actually if we have cheaper car to compete with others, so that other cars will be competitive in price as well. Good for consumers!
December 23, 2005 @ 12:28 pm
It looks like a picture meant for 16:9 aspect ratio displayed in a normal 4:3 format! 8D
Wonder if there’s anyone talented enuf to change its looks to something attractive…?
December 23, 2005 @ 12:58 pm
AM8 must FAIL CRASH TEST because it have a very short head …and because he is Chinese…
December 23, 2005 @ 3:07 pm
in fac it is ‘china style’ perodua whic means chang an’s partner is suzuki n this model is base on suzuki car
December 23, 2005 @ 7:25 pm
i wondering how the actual look… look like transformer for me at the picture.
don’t think the car is spacious inside…
December 23, 2005 @ 7:45 pm
admin, biggest mistake!
it is ChangAn CM8, not AM8!
December 23, 2005 @ 7:53 pm
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http://www.yangtse.com/img/2004-12/23/xin_c37ee6e854f311d9848100e04c42c1ab.jpg
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I don’t see any proportion out of this VAN. come on, this is VAN, not SEDAN.
the shape of Kenari ‘lagi’ feel sick to me, look a like 1980 model!
December 25, 2005 @ 8:09 pm
The only China car manufacturer that i hope will be selling their cars here in Malaysia is the one that copycat’s Rolls Royce “Phantom” model,
Maybe for the price of 3-series, we can all have a taste of British Auto engineering with a rock bottom price, hahahahahahahahhahaha………
ps: communist still sucks!
December 26, 2005 @ 10:10 am
Holy cramped spaces batman, it’s a RM50k coffin.
December 26, 2005 @ 3:45 pm
Its front looks like a Toyota Alphard compact into a smaller version
December 27, 2005 @ 12:53 am
ewwwwwwwwwwww now i finally found the true meaning of (UGLY) Why bother Changan….the company name itself it totally give out WE WILL BE BUILDING CRAPPY CARS FOR MALAYSIAN. Damn lucky Malaysian always get the crappiest car in the world lol.. GOOD Luck You all need it.
December 27, 2005 @ 8:30 am
Like I said, there should be a law requiring all assemblers of foreign cars to export a percentage.
December 27, 2005 @ 5:13 pm
haha,
same like when Malaysia 1st launching thier saga 20 yrs back,…ppl laughing, commenting, criticizing …
CA needs more comments…
December 27, 2005 @ 6:03 pm
Will anyone dare to drive it? Won’t it flip? or Somersault? maybe it can float…
December 28, 2005 @ 4:53 pm
can this even be classified as an automobile/vehicle? this looks like a very crudely designed and engineered product.
even if it is classified as a washing machine, i will say it is still the ugly one, let alone as a vehicle
December 28, 2005 @ 4:57 pm
that ugly man…chinese cars r rubbish…
December 28, 2005 @ 5:54 pm
tyres seems strangey small. Like the Subaru van with larger body.
But I am sure it’d be niced to be used by the stall owners at the pasar malam.Replace the Nissan Vanettes.
December 29, 2005 @ 12:55 pm
well we have perodua kancil and rusa here before and now we have ChangAn Dugong and it belongs at the bottom of the sea.
December 30, 2005 @ 8:25 pm
Boycott! the crap!anybody watch the Pimp my ride uK style???any comment about the host??imaging this crap and the host look alike…hahaha
January 1, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
the interior look too simple…and i think avanza is much better becoz avanza is from toyota..
January 1, 2006 @ 4:17 pm
Strange looking thing. If cheap enough I will take two!
January 1, 2006 @ 4:46 pm
diz iz juara evolution la.hehehehe
January 7, 2006 @ 6:08 pm
this is a very stupid car…im gonna ram into it when i see it on malaysian road…hehehehehee
January 8, 2006 @ 4:25 pm
the front looks like A R badul…stoopid chinese car…stick to making puing pong balls la.
January 8, 2006 @ 4:26 pm
maybe malaysians will also go
WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 8, 2006 @ 4:27 pm
SEKALI TENGOK MACAM SPACE COP GABAN PUN ADA…
January 9, 2006 @ 10:31 am
doesnt matter if it looks like george bushy armpit….malaysian people will but it for sure…
i like juara more than this junk here….
January 19, 2006 @ 11:41 am
Ini keta control ke…
January 24, 2006 @ 1:50 am
Before condemning China made cars, it would be good that each of us understand that NOT ALL CHINA MADE CARS are crappy and lousy. Many makes have ECE certification, which has even passed the stringent European standards, which Mercedez and BMW have to comply as well.
My advise is not to just comment blindly….
August 13, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
Try pushing it with your fingertips…see if it lands on its side…