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My first reaction is when asked 'what are you driving these days' would you want to answer Leapmotor o_O

Not me!
 
Remember when we used to say "Jap crap"?
Yes, but that was decades ago & in these days of new cars being designed to fail I suspect the Chinese are probably at the forefront.
I personally know two people who drive MG EV company cars that have failed spectacularly in less than 3 years from new.
 
Yes, but that was decades ago & in these days of new cars being designed to fail I suspect the Chinese are probably at the forefront.
I personally know two people who drive MG EV company cars that have failed spectacularly in less than 3 years from new.
I know people who drive them, too. And they think they are great. Time will tell, but it looks like they are here to stay.
 
You will also find insurance may be harder to get, they have'nt got the support network, so parts/software etc have to come from China, and that pushes up the costs to insurers.
 
Watched B & C last night and they had a rotten old Merc that the expert said was due to Mercedes using recycled steel at one time. So not really just Chinese
recycled steel ? is there a difference ?
 
recycled steel ? is there a difference ?
Doesn't make sense. Modern steel works are capable of making good quality steel, and have been doing it for a hundred years.

Low quality steel from the Soviet Union was available, and largely used in Italy, as part of a trade agreement that made it cheap and plentiful. The resultant Italian cars were awful.

I don't remember hearing of poor quality German steel, though after WW2 their industry was destroyed and needed to be rebuilt.
 
I don't remember hearing of poor quality German steel, though after WW2 their industry was destroyed and needed to be rebuilt.
As was ours plus there was a shortage, so manuf. had to 'export or die'
One of the reasons why in 1947 Land Rover clothed their series one LR in Birmabright alloy.
 
You will also find insurance may be harder to get, they have'nt got the support network, so parts/software etc have to come from China, and that pushes up the costs to insurers.
What also doesn't bode well is the fact that in the case of the two MG EV failures ,both the dealer & manuf. were totally indifferent to the problem.
They don't care about the support network, once you've bought the car ..
 
I don't remember hearing of poor quality German steel, though after WW2 their industry was destroyed and needed to be rebuilt

I was watching The Car Edition channel on YouTube

Mercury c63 biturbo.

Cylinder bores knackered.

Gytis (mechanic) said it was going "full send" from cold, and crap aluminium used for the block.
 
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