Yet another Chinese pick-up truck is coming to Malaysia, after the Great Wall Wingle 5, ZX Auto Grandtiger and Bison Savanna a.k.a. Foton Tunland. Our regular spies Anol Alias and Apexkit recently sent in pics of this truck on test at JPJ, and it’s from a brand called Foday.
Made by Guangdong Foday Automobile Co Ltd in the southern Chinese province, the Foday NHQ 1029 wears an “Improved by Hong Seng Group” sticker. Based in Penang, Hong Seng Group is a company dealing with trucks, generators and heavy machinery, and the Foday appears to be their first foray into the private vehicle segment.
All trucks look the same? Not in the case of the Foday, which has a Range Rover-inspired face. The basic shape and interior tells us that the truck has more in common with the previous-gen Isuzu D-Max than the previous-gen luxury 4X4 from Britain, though. The 4X2 Foday is powered by a 2.5 litre commonrail turbodiesel engine with 109 hp and 300 Nm of torque, paired to a five-speed manual gearbox.
Click on the brochure scan below to see the full spec list. Both the Great Wall Wingle 5 and Bison Savanna are priced around the RM70k mark in 4X2 form. How low can Foday go?
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haha real copycat!
Cheap junk!
Have you driven a Foday lately? :P
Have you driven a Foday today?
See? It rhymes!
looks like a ford ranger.
Japan Isuzu Dmax Based?
Good. Fuel Saving Engine!
WHY they allow this unquality truck to Malaysia???
How do you know this car has no quality?Have you tested this car? Say NO to streotyping!!
stereotyping..
I’ve actually tested it. good sound proofing, so noise is ok considering its a diesel. Power’s good. Longer bed than most pickups. But u can tell they cut corners in terms of paint, thin plastic on the dash and the rougher than most bedliner. But then again, who needs a good bedliner if ur using it as a workhorse?
I’ve actually tested it. good sound proofing, so noise is ok considering its a diesel. Power’s good. Longer bed than most pickups. But u can tell they cut corners in terms of paint, thin plastic on the dash and the rougher than most bedliner. But then again, who needs a good bedliner if ur using it as a workhorse?
Even the photography level on the brochure can tell you the quality. what a cheapskate.
http://vcdn1.paultan.org/image/2013/09/foday-850×601.jpg
aiyork..when i read at a glance, i think the word is FORD!
If a Bhai fella drives this truck he would be riding foday everyday!
based on D-Max means that it’s not bad at all..but when see old friend “hey you drive what car now ah?” “eerr a Foday”..I shy a bit if like this
What is there to shy about?
Sad symptom of a materialistic world…
yeah but I suspect this Foday here..also got material symptom…low quality material symptom that is
price is only slightly cheaper than big brand. how about after-sales service.
If you notice, there is an AutoConnexion bag in the back seat. AutoConnexion is Ford’s distributor in MY.
And the funnier part is the “Improved by Hong Seng Motor”. So that means that it is so bad that they have to “improve it”?
More China Garbage for malaysia road users
109HP for a truck is already a joke
hi greenhorn, definitely not, torque (Nm) is more important for a truck…
The rear wheel arch is so BIG!. I bet this gonna be a bumpy ride. I think Hong Seng overlooked to improve it. Sad.
There are some ‘ok’ Chinese cars brands out there like Chery and SAIC, but this is definitely not one of them. I don’t even wanna think about how many safety stars or airbags this Foday has, or its reliability and QC.
this is what happens when a range rover and a ford ranger have a baby
Yeah.. This is what happen when a Range Rover and a Ford Ranger have an affair…. The outcome is certainly not pretty!!!
Chinese imitation at it’s best.
Why last Four Day only? Because Five Day coming soon!