Making Fun of Chinese Cars (BYD, X-PENG and NIO)

[@DJL78]

I have to admit the guitar door panel is brilliant. Kind of gives “garage band” a whole new meaning. 😂

[@UberLummox]

I wonder who's in charge of tuning the 'door strings"? 😁

[@bouncingshot]

Lol I thought it might be like a little holder so your stuff doesn't fall out of the door

[@UberLummox]

@@bouncingshot It's the optional door guitar.

[@stevecritchley2506]

"I'm taking my car in for a tune-up" "Huh? I thought EVs didn't need tuning" "Not the motor , the doors!" 😆

[@Sebastian_Dinwiddie]

I think you could play “three blind mice”

[@AdamConus]

In the US Tesla literally sells its cars in malls. My local Mazda dealership also has a cafe in its service waiting room, but is otherwise a totally standard dealership. It's like all the manufacturers know buying a car is more unpleasant than it ought to be, but they haven't found the solution yet.

[@mpf1947]

Car dealers having an outpost showroom in a mall has been a thing for a long time; "The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year." was a line delivered during the mall chase in The Blues Brothers, after all, and that movie is 43 years old.

[@LiterallyHenry]

My local Mazda dealership also has a cafe, but it used to be a Lincoln dealer so I think it's from that

[@zaremol2779]

>t's like all the manufacturers know buying a car is more unpleasant than it ought to be, but they haven't found the solution yet. There is one, abolish all the damn dealerships and let people buy directly from the manufacturer and before you say "but how will warranty and servicing be handled?" Let the service centers exist, just not the dealerships that are attached to them

[@captiannemo1587]

They (the big 3) know the solution but it’s up to the dealers to cough up money and make changes as the companies don’t really want to spend their own money.

[@Dagreatdudeman]

Mail order cars. That's the solution. . . which happens to be illegal.

[@teddysadcat]

Fun little factoid: the name "BYD" was supposed to simply be Yadi (Battery Corp.), but they added a "bi" (which reads as Biyadi) so their name appears higher when sorted by alphabetical order

[@markrossow6303]

so "Build Your Dreams" is a back-formation unsurprised

[@Asuka.the.Perfectionistic]

​@@markrossow6303 of course it is, i mean BYD can be interpreted in many different ways, like: Be Your Dad 🤣 but yeah i would guess BYD didn't expect they will be able to extend their business this wide in the consumer market when the company was first founded, therefore didn't pay that much effort in coming up with a good name

[@petrolak]

AAADY was too on the nose I suppose

[@staycurious69-dt3tt]

TMK it doesn't mean anything Chinese whatsoever.

[@reborn-0207]

Yadi只是一个电动摩托车公司....

[@SteveBueche1027]

Putting your feet in there was brave. How did you know they would add a safety stop?

[@notsaab]

he hoped that it was going to break in the worst case scenario

[@subnormality5854]

Potential LiveLeak moment there

[@Antics456]

yeah I was real worried about this, I've seen plenty of Chinese CCTV footage to know that fail-safes are not much of a priority to their engineers

[@tocococa7353]

Everything is a mechanical fuse if you try hard enough

[@simonisenberg4516]

Just trusting that the motor is weak and everything is so plastic that it breaks before it causes harm. Safety? Nah.

[@Sharion.Inuyatt]

BYD electric cars are already famous where I live, especially after they launched the model that became the cheapest EV available around here.

[@headxplosion]

brasil?

[@Low760]

By $100 vs the mg yes.

[@Sharion.Inuyatt]

@@headxplosion adivinha só

[@headxplosion]

@@Sharion.Inuyatt é, o pedroso no teu nome entregou

[@samholdsworth420]

They suck, unless you like supporting communism. Also they like to burst into flames lol

[@timkis64]

the strings on the door are for extended redlights.they are tuned to play "3 blind mice". so you have something to listen to when the radio breaks.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

ah ah.... 3 visually impaired mice... these days

[@osgeld]

I really don't want to be prejudice here, I work in the auto industry (as an engineer) and I know darn well there is not a car on the planet that is "country X" exclusively made, and the people of China are no dummies. BUT, I am currently working on a large set of small rinky dink projects where we are moving production from China to our European, and NAFTA (US, Canada, Mexico) plants due to never ending warranty claims after sometimes months of use, nearly triggering a recall. It may be nice ... for a bit but ...

[@timh3365]

Do you know why things that work fine in China end up having quality issues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico? It's not a problem with the equipment or the materials; it's an issue with education. I'm not saying that the education in North and South American countries is inferior to that in China; I don't know how to put it exactly. In countries influenced by Confucian culture, they seem to be better suited to producing higher-quality products. Since I moved from China to work in Canada, my stress levels have decreased significantly, and my daily workload is much lighter than in China. However, even so, I am one of the hardest-working people in the company, and I see colleagues all around me chatting over coffee. These colleagues often make mistakes, but the company can't impose individual penalties for their errors, so they don't have an incentive to avoid these problems from happening again. In China, such a situation would result in penalties from the company. Although this also goes against labor laws in China, employees there feel that if they cause losses to the company, they should be penalized. In Canada, no one thinks this way. North America is more suited for a carefree life, while China is better suited for creating and producing products. However, the world is now moving away from "Made in China," relocating production outside of China. In reality, this approach can cause greater losses to most people because the costs incurred when those careless employees make mistakes eventually trickle down to consumers.

[@ZemplinTemplar]

@@timh3365 "North America is more suited for a carefree life...". And just wait until you move to Europe. ;-)

[@keiththorpe9571]

You know what, I couldn't drive a car that bore the phrase "Build Your Dreams" across the back of my vehicle for everyone to read. I don't want people behind me in traffic to be all encouraged and inspired... Screw them, I want them suffering in the same traffic nightmare that I am.

[@caulkins69]

Renault used to sell cars in the U.S. that had a big sticker across the rear window with their slogan, "the one to watch." I thought that was very tacky.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Fun to be had swapping the letters round I suspect.

[@Whatshisname346]

Yes and I can imagine that if these letters were ill-fitting or one fell off you’d look like a pretty broken person in that car of broken dreams you built.

[@irvanray1898]

@@caulkins69 what a good way to tell people you're on FBI watchlist.

[@henrywang3977]

BYD was a made-up word when Wang registered his company, which was initially a battery workshop. He tried several names but all have already been taken by others, so in the end he called "f*ck it" and made up a word for the name of his factory. As a battery factory, name is the least thing to worry in the business, but it turns into a challenge as BYD steps into car manufacturing. Because BYD is suspiciously similar to "F*ck It" or "Son Of B*itch" in Chinese, which sometimes can be a problem in marketing the cars. So BYD recently came up with that slogen "Build Your Dream" as sort of compensation. So every time you show the BYD logo to drivers near you, you are in fact pull a large middle finger at them.

[@MapletreePaper]

Honestly, BYD's full name reminds me of LG, the electronics maker. You know what LG originally stood for? Lucky Goldstar. Like "Build Your Dreams", that name may have sounded good in the home country, but not here in the West.

[@hayakawaken9493]

the whole build your dream thing is a last-minute tack-on explain, in the past the back of BYD cars just have a sort of knockoff BMW logo.

[@wonseok_song]

Haha I thought the same thing. In fact I posted the same comment on Doug Demuro's video when he reviewed a BYD car. I believe 'Build your dreams' is also a reverse acronym too.

[@tren133]

@@wonseok_song Might be a retcon reverse acronym, but I think BYD should embrace it. Wang Chuanfu was a poor farmer turned engineer who started a small company to sell aftermarket batteries for laptops and phones and such, and less than 30 years later BYD is the 2nd largest battery maker on the planet, maker of the innovative LFP Blade Battery. Then a few years later, he decided to buy probably the worst car company in China to try his hand at making cars, and now 20 years later, BYD is about to surpass Tesla as the number 1 selling EV maker in the world. The man really did build his dreams.

[@markrossow6303]

Before Lucky Gold Star name, it was just "Gold Star", with GS logo instead

[@Asuka.the.Perfectionistic]

it's funny cuz BYD was initially just named "YD" as in "Ya Di", the place it was founded, but later when attending an exhibition or something they added a letter B before YD so that their name could show up higher in an alphabetically ordered list

[@BigBreakfast]

the literal tablets EVERYWHERE down to the "slide to unlock" in the back is something that absolutely drives me nuts about these BYDs... also "3.9s" is its 0-60 time... imprinted on the back... yeah, those cars are really just so lost its unreal. literally just a random assortment of ideas, some sort of android skin and apparently that's a car to these companies

[@aaronbryan5095]

Seriously, most if not all of these Chinese car manufacturers are more like random startup tech companies than actual car manufacturers, that's why their cars are so full nonsense.

[@dr.elvis.h.christ]

I would never buy any of these, not just because of questionable Chinese quality but the "technology". This is more or less why I hate new cars and won't have one. When I'm driving a car, I want my focus on the road, not on some touchscreen while trying to navigate a menu system just to turn the heat up or down a notch!

[@D_Marrenalv]

@@dr.elvis.h.christ Amen! Exactly how I feel!

[@anypercentdeathless]

Come to China and see how everything is made this way. From street signs to hospitals, everything designed is as if by seven-year-olds-cheap, ugly, nonsensical.

[@tiadaid]

You’re talking about BYD putting its 0-60 time at the back? It’s not as ridiculous as VW putting the car’s POTENTIAL TORQUE figures on the back!

[@jdnelms62]

Laughing my ass off reading your Dutch to English translations.😆 You guys were obviously having a lot of fun.

[@JohnSmith-rw8uh]

Dutch sound like klingon..... j/k

[@Nickos1b]

They look fine on my phone's screen. The styling is all over the place though, you could shuffle them and I couldn't pick the ABC brand from the XYZ brand. However the biggest issue is reliability. I cringe thinking about all those gimmicks after five years of use. And obviously service by the dealers. The Japanese had started at the low end of the market and .worked their way up by making them first and foremost cheap(er) but reliable. The Chinese are starting upmarket with a giant question mark on reliability.

[@geoffreytotton1983]

You are a hundred per cent right there I will stick to the tried And true

[@famousraperandrapperkriswu656]

nobody care

[@dariannnnnn]

@@famousraperandrapperkriswu656 cry more chink

[@odysliu9235]

Maybe... maybe they already start much much earlier than you aware of them from the low-end market.

[@Nickos1b]

@@odysliu9235 Perhaps I should have been more specific. The Japanese started *exporting* at the cheaper side of the market before going upscale. I have no doubt that at the Chinese market - which I am absolutely unaware - the cheapest and most basic cars are domestic.

[@joeapo5584]

I'd actually go for the Nio. Only because their cars come with a little robot friend to keep me company on my long lonely drives.

[@wedmunds]

Too real 💀

[@buravan1512]

NIO is very spacious too.

[@munecaeburro]

Funny to see where were the Chinese 20 years ago not only in car industry. That’s why the Americans are freaking out

[@tedlym.3390]

Usually, when I watch your presentations, I blurt out loud, "I want one!" That did not happen today. Thank you,

[@bobroberts2371]

This sounds like the complete opposite of " The Worlds Most Interesting Man " beer ads.

[@STV-H4H]

I am blurting out: Keep ‘em, I don’t want one. The stupid neon like dash light panning the passenger side of the first one? F’ing something a 12yr old would think is cool Same for the 3 blind mice bass strings. WTF? LEDs lighting up the silly rotating door knob. A complete knob thought that would make it stand out. Elon Musk said back when the Model S was new, a comment stating big car companies that have new innovations were really just out of innovative ideas so they would make a stripe on the hood or something essentially pretty sad and embarrassing in terms of THE NEW MUSTANG!!! Or whatever they were pushing for the next years reason to convince buyers their 12mo old car was in need of replacing 😂

[@aaronbryan5095]

If it did make you want those crap piles, you will need to get your brain checked. Glad that didn't happen 😂.

[@simkiankiong3599]

That's bcos U R a racist bcos U hate anything chinese....

[@nncast00]

Bing Chilling

[@arman4440]

oh you were READY for this

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

🍦🥶

[@ThePr10r]

🍦

[@pixselious]

Tianmen square 💀

[@iivin4233]

Mr. Clam Man. Is that you?

[@richardenrooijen]

I live on Bonaire and Chinese cars are really common here. Haval, Grand Wall but especially Changan is big here. And I have to say: I'm impressed with their models. They look great and for the price point (different models, ranging from $20k to $35k) they really offer a lot. Give it a few more years... I drive a Changan Hunter pickup, bit more basic and rough, but still great. It is also sold as the Peugeot Landtrek :)

[@williamwampfler249]

Same here, I drive an MG M5 and it's a very nice car for the money. I'm old enough to remember us laughing at the first Japanese cars imported to America.

[@michaelpilos]

Ha ha… look! The humor is accurate… but we are late in the game guys! The Chinese took over the EV space and we are still perfecting combustion engines! ❤

[@digitalrailroader]

Legacy automakers are developing lots of EVs but with one small problem: they are hyper focused on the luxury and near luxury segments, and completely ignoring the budget segment.

[@blee04524]

@@digitalrailroaderit’s not ignoring they simply lack the ability to make affordable evs without going bankrupt

[@davidm8394]

this seems to be something very difficult for a lot of people to understand... economies of scale@@blee04524

[@Kaizushiya]

​@@blee04524the point is that you hardly ever see an ev thats made to be a low budget economy car, they all have these gaudy luxury features that more or less do nothing but inflate the price of the car even further.

[@turnip5359]

It's because the Chinese can't make high enough quality steel for ICE engines so they have to resort to EVs, there's a reason you couldn't or still can't get Chinese made ball-point pens.

[@leonb2637]

Got to love the humorous take on China brand cars and crossovers, but they may have the last laugh as they get into new markets. BYD is already selling local transit and specialized busses in the USA, they have an office/showroom in Los Angeles and assemble some busses in that area. If it wasn't for the currently poor trade and political relationship of the USA and China, the joint ventures of GM, Ford, Stellantas and China vehicle companies, they would be selling them here already. I expect the China vehicles to be mostly EV's or 'budget priced' ICE/Hybrids to get into the market like Hyundai/Kia did in the 1980's-1990's.

[@jailbird1133]

I doubt it. With all the cars on video spontaneously combusting, and with all the anti Chinese sentiment, I highly doubt they will be much of a threat.

[@雅君墨客-i9z]

@@jailbird1133 Do you like the kind of Chinese fake news that you make up with clips or pictures to make yourself happy?😂

[@雅君墨客-i9z]

@@jailbird1133 We have spontaneous combustion. What about your spontaneous combustion data? And why isn't spontaneous combustion making headlines around the world? After all, they export to the world and the world is concerned that China is leading the new energy electric vehicle industry and field. And they supply other countries' brand parts supply chain, so why do they supply other countries' brand car batteries?😂

[@jailbird1133]

@@雅君墨客-i9z it's not fake news, my friend. There are tons of videos. And the Chinese government has issued warnings to not park them inside. Also American busses and cars are far superior.

[@johnsullivan937]

Lmao yeah I'll believe it when I see it. Here in NA you see anything engraved "made in china" You get a sinking feeling in your stomach knowing it's quality will be questionable at best and will have horrible reliability. I highly doubt american car buyers are going to shell out 40 grand for one of these pieces of junk by any reasonable metric. Every single car brand that has been bought out by chinese companies have completely nosedived in terms of long term reliability. Tools, cheap knockoff electronics, gaming consoles, replacement car parts... made in china is synonymous with cheap quality, corners cut, and breaking fast.

[@fredericrike5974]

The car with the little robot eyes was terrifying! I couldn't drive with that- I 'd have to put a sock or somethin on it!

[@TrolledBy]

I love the little travel buddy. Maybe it's a speech controlled little helper that winks and says beep boop when you ask them to change the radio station or set up a GPS. As long as it's not a speaking autonomic assistant Bonzi Buddy annoyance that never shuts up.

[@GoldenBear4321]

There is the option to have the physical representation of NOMI removed, which actually costs less.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

I'd kiss the little robot thigy :3

[@fredfrond6148]

I think you are actually doing these companies a service by calling out the weaknesses in their products. As long as they smart enough to act on the “advice”

[@samgooi1905]

U meant from these 'smart idiots'🤔

[@jacobl5488]

Dont worry, Chinese are very receptive to feedback as long as it sells more. So you'll see the changes :)

[@ralphzoombeenie2330]

Have you driven a recent Chinese car? I can afford any normal range car and chose a BYD ATTO3 and so satisfied, high quality materials, no rattles or electronic failures in 15 months unlike MB owning neighbors. Confident enough to ordered A BYD Seal performance. Badges are easily removed if you are paranoid about what others think of your choice.

[@memorimusic420]

They wont change a thing cux they dont care at all, the just want the money

[@dennista42069]

I really love the NIO cars. They are yet so simple but have tons of features! The quality is there, the performance, the comfort and the tech. Battery swapping has many pros and I like the idea of the NIO House and the community concept. Never experienced such a positive minded environment regarding a "car maker". It is a brand you have to experience yourself but it is a bit more pricey as it is a "premium brand".

[@orthodox-mp6hv]

I liked Xpeng, a bit too minimalistic and I just hate the lack of buttons but overall it looks nice. Whether it drives and handles nice... that's a different matter altogether.

[@curbowman]

WOW! The BYD "rubber guitar" notes at 5:32 are actualley tuned to Bb, Ab, and Gb!!

[@yzdatabase4175]

really odd yes

[@cristitanase6130]

Given the abject decline in quality of all EU cars, these seem quite decent to be honest.

[@jlinn543]

Give em five seconds, they're made in China. (I can't resist I'm sorry.

[@cristitanase6130]

@@jlinn543 Remember, all smartphones, including iPhones are "made in China", same goes for Tesla cars and all its power train and batteries. 70% of Tesla's superchargers are "made in China"... while about 45% of all EU cars have at Chinese components. The idea that "made in China" automatically means "cheap and crap" is not always right. After all, there are 99% chances your own PC, smartphone, laptop, tablet or router is made in China, or has Chinese-made components. And if we look at current WV, Opel or even BMW models, I doubt Chinese "crap" are worse.

[@maddox0110]

@@jlinn543 I fear you're mistaken "Chinese crap" to "made to spec". Just like the Japanese cars in the 70's to the early 90 were ridiculed, it was just a transition fase. The Chinese manufactorers do try to build to the specs of the customer. So you can buy a everything included top end luxury EU limo, with a shitload of components made in China, or go shopping in a dollar store/Action.

[@VinceroAlpha]

@@cristitanase6130 you are horribly wrong, Apple is shifting more and more phone production to India, Samsung phones are made in Vietnam, tesla has plants in Nevada, Texas and now Germany along with the Shanghai plant. Dell is phasing out it's chip manufacturing in China by next year, while most other computer companies are setting up shop in their already established plants across other parts of the world. Chinese quality has improved yes, but so has the other established marques in the segments they operate in. So while the quality of VW, Opel, BMW and others has gone down, they're still better than the trade dumping half assery China is still producing.

[@VinceroAlpha]

@@maddox0110 I fear your Chinese to Japanese comparison is well completely wrong. The Japanese made inferior cars in the 50's, but by the 70's they surpassed their European and American counterparts in reliability and quality. In the same amount of time, Chinese cars have largely remained stagnated. So yes they have improved in 20 years, but so has the established marques and there's a reason why they still focus on price and why they're still have a bad reputation when it comes to quality.

[@raymonddon8875]

there was a time when americans used to make fun of japanese cars too.

[@64roncess]

True, in 60-70s. But in 80s they totally improved. How many years does China need? And it's in everywhere- not only in autoindustry.

[@raymonddon8875]

@@64roncess china caught up with everything silly.

[@kasijatiss]

This video is proof that history is about to repeat itself. People shared the same sentiment and made fun of the Japanese car industry. Now it's a whole different story. I believe in 10 years there will be more Chinese cars on the roads than ever.

[@andersnordsvan7968]

If you and other People support the Chines gowement it's gone be theth Way! Or ells bye a non Chines car!!!

[@pranaym3859]

True, it used to be Japanese, and it wasn't long ago that people used to laugh at koreans but now telluride and palisade are most desirable cars in the market Now it's chinese turn

[@the80386]

this is a disappointing video from an otherwise good channel. the anti-china sentiment felt like they went there decidedly to be unfair. I'll ignore the idiotic, tired old (and wrong) 'china spying' comments (all modern evs have a dozen cameras and sensors). the material quality for the price didn't seem too different from whatever the europeans are doing these days, as are the screen-heavy UI with occasional glitches. the cheesy 'member of the family', 'mobility apparatus' etc marketing doublespeak was literally invented and perfected by the americans while the showrooms being a place to relax and dine was popularized by lexus and people thought it was a great thing. not sure why the same would be 'funny' when the chinese do it.

[@dr.elvis.h.christ]

The difference is the Japanese gave us quality cars, and actually were pioneers in ergonomic design. These cars are just plagiarizing the worst of trendy design gimmicks whether they are practical or not. Also let's remember there are reasons these cars haven't hit the US yet.

[@alles_klar]

I've been hearing the "roads would be full of Chinese cars" for 20 years now, and I have yet to see that materialize (except for Volvo etc.). They don't really offer anything you can't find elsewhere for a similar price. They have good lease deals for EVs and that's about it.

[@MXGi]

Never overestimate the future. In the past we all made fun of Skoda, Hyundai and Kia. Any views on the new Volvos by Geely?

[@martindione386]

and also of the Japanese cars. I like Ed's videos a lot, but this one is a cheap shot.

[@quintessenceSL]

@@martindione386 Yeah, this reminded me of the chortling about Japanese cars in the 70s and their odd takes on features. That turned out well.

[@emiliopenayo4738]

Thought the same, the commentary was annoying.

[@andrewlechner6343]

Personally, I think the current high and rising anti-China sentiment will stop Chinese brands from ever selling well in the US, which is a problem that European, Japanese, and South Korean brands never had to truly face.

[@22pcirish]

Everyone posting is using a computer and or phone made in……….yep! China.

[@tubaman66]

Looks like they all have an abundance of electronic gadgets just waiting to break the second the warranty expires.

[@BruninMalvadeza]

Dude, after years buying Samsung and Motorola smartphones, I swapped to Xiaomi... 2 phones in 7 years, and the first one still works, I only changed to have more storage memory. Believe me... Chinese brands knows how to make good electronic gadgets.

[@aasamspb967]

@@BruninMalvadeza bought 4 chinese mobiles in 2 years because of the price. I can tell you that they are some of the cheapest but all of them were Overpriced. Later bought a Samsung. No problem at all.

[@Kuricang31]

​@@aasamspb967 This is why you buy phones made by big brands like Xiaomi (or Resmi), VIVO, and Huawei only and not some random ones lol. Also never buy the cheapest or entry-level phones if you wanted to get your money's worth, that's the most important key when buying Chinese phones. I've been using Xiaomi phones for 6 years now and never had any issues at all

[@Rio-ke9he]

I dont know man, compared to current European cars, these are pretty nice

[@ciro356]

You are the first reviewer I came across that actually highlighted defects in fit and finish, in simple things like the rear armrest or the steering wheel buttons. No journalist of my country ( Italy) actually used the rear armrest and at this poibt I think for a reason 😂. Kudos Ed 🎉

[@jailbird1133]

Italians are simply used to poor quality. Fiat, anyone?

[@InXLsisDeo]

Dollar for dollar, I bet the fit and finish is much higher than their european or american counterparts.

[@jailbird1133]

@@InXLsisDeo I'd bet twice it's not

[@ciro356]

@@InXLsisDeo the BYD Han sedan starts at seventy thousand Euros: this money a few years ago could get you a base Audi A8 and I don't have to tell you which had better interior quality

[@InXLsisDeo]

@@jailbird1133 are you dumb ? Chinese cars are half the price of european or american cars with the same level of equipment.

[@MyHumanWreckage]

I watch a KZbin channel that specializes in Chinese car reviews. All I can say is with a little more refinement and quality, Chinese branded cars could sell really well.

[@TheMasterofComment]

Could u Share this channel? I can understand mandarin

[@BaumInventions]

@@TheMasterofComment try wheelsboy... china based native english speaking guy... and funny too...

[@TheMasterofComment]

@@BaumInventions thanks

[@MyHumanWreckage]

@@TheMasterofComment This is the English version. I think there’s a Mandarin version: youtube.com/@Wheelsboy

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

@@TheMasterofComment If you don't hate EVs, Fully Charged Show has coverage on Chinese EVs as well

[@I967]

There was a time when made in Japan was considered crap. About two decades later, the US artificially crashed Japan's economy, because they were producing better, high quality products that people wanted.

[@captlazer5509]

Using psychic energy? BS. Japan's economy fell out in the late 90's with a high cost of living, aging population. Much like the late 1920's, they thought the good times would never end. The US also invested in the Japanese economy, nobody was a winner there.

[@deepbludreams]

My dude you fell for the con. Notice why all the detail is spent on the interior? LCD screens cost maybe 20 bucks at the sizes here, strap some low power android unit to them and every zoomer who knows nothing about cars will get captivated but useless trash. Meanwhile the chassis is poorly made. The EV system is 5 years behind Tesla and the entire thing has massive warranty issues and no aftermarket part support. Everything out of China is a scam, this one is just more clever

[@tren133]

@@captlazer5509 Look up the Plaza Accord and its effects on the Japanese auto and consumer electronic industry. Now the US can unilateral impose something like the Plaza Accord on a client state such as Japan. Trying to wage a similar trade war against China, on the other hand, won't be so easy. They are not a lapdog like Japan was.

[@evilleader1991]

​@@deepbludreamswtf

[@squaregaming8964]

What's your point? Honda entered F1 competition 2 years after they made their first car. Chinese started with badge engineering then evolved to copy-pasting and stuck there forever. 30 years precisely. This precise Borrow-Your-Design Han-dsome EV got its chassis from an 20 year old Camry. If you didn't know or didn't care now I'm telling you that. Your welcome.

[@odysliu9235]

When I read these comments, just like "Come on, who need these fancy touch screen, my Nokia 3180 works are all what I need.“🤣 Yes, you are absolutely right.

[@nexarian2523]

The BYD Atto 3's door guitar is tuned to the first three notes of "Three Blind Mice" 🎸🤣

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

No, it's "Hot Cross Buns" in F#.

[@tren133]

I'm pretty sure it is actually Smoke on the Water...

[@tropictiger2387]

Watching this I felt like I would break everything in these cars within a week. The one with the spanner door handles looks the sturdiest.

[@metalic1990]

I have the same impression driving a new Mercedes or Audi.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

The assembly lines for these cars might as well head straight to the landfill.

[@markrossow6303]

"ratchet wrench" would be the U.S. term -- Ed made the sound effect of one !

[@stanisawkwasniewski2087]

​@@metalic1990 pfff sure buddy...

[@metalic1990]

@@stanisawkwasniewski2087 life is brutal and this is a truth. German premium brands are cheap made for a very long time.

[@realnutteruk1]

Having driven and motorcycled in the Netherlands, I'd say that one of these great big tanks is more "a mode of immobility", so bad is the traffic!

[@Psycandy]

guitar door panel is genius, physical connection to the speaker will add an excellent timbre to bass. bet the sound delivery is exceptional.

[@ballisticmissl7919]

I keep forgetting that nio and xpeng are different brands. Both brands share the exact same design language.

[@luisfelipe6796]

Honestly, it's not like European cars are any more reliable than Chinese ones.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

People also still buy Nissans and, to a much lesser extent, Mitsubishis, so why not

[@sneakerfreak2002]

A name Ike that is basically a sign that says “key me.”

[@ericcarabetta1161]

If I'm not mistaken, the "3.9s" on the Han, is its 0-60 time. So if you were waiting for the updated model, you'd actually want the lower number, bc it would conceivably the newer model.

[@jinzhimu38]

Yep, in Chinese version it writes 3.8s (time to reach 100km/h from 0).

[@HappyTribble]

So, I'm curious...for those living the Colonies where these aren't available yet (or possibly ever) what kind of price tag do they carry, what kind of warranty do they offer, and most importantly, how is the build quality/crash worthiness?

[@Cincy32]

The only Chinese cars we have here at any volume are Buick Envisions. The ones in this video are unable to be bought. At least the region that I'm from - the "Rust Belt" - we were very industrious and our cities have been hollowed out of jobs, money, & people beginning once Nixon normalized trade relations with CCP China in 71. Therefore, not many people in the Great Lakes Midwest have any admiration at all for Chinese products, especially Chinese cars.

[@deanstyles2567]

In Australia the BYD Atto 3 starts at around $50K AUD (around €30K) and got five stars in the ANCAP testing. Around $10,000 less than a Tesla Model 3 standard range for comparison's sake. The warranty is kind of weird (some parts have different warranty periods to other parts) but that's more due to the local importer than BYD themselves. They sell well enough, around 1000 a month.

[@DJL78]

@@Cincy32Things may be hollowed out economically in Cincinnati Ohio but that’s not the case throughout the rust belt. Pittsburgh is on fire. The economy is booming. As for cultural acceptance of Chinese cars you might want to travel outside of your almost Kentucky mindset. If the safety standards can pass our criteria and the price is right people will buy. Period. No wonder people think Ohio is nearly as backwards as Alabama.

[@Cincy32]

@@DJL78 Take your umbrage but we won't get fooled again. The more backwards people think we are, the better.

[@DJL78]

@@Cincy32 Spoken like a true Confederate.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

1:41 Their new models, the Dolphin DM-i and Song L are dropping the "build your dreams" tailgate phrase in favor of just "BYD". By de way (wink wink), The founders came up with that brand name on the fly in the early 2000s before starting the car business, simply to make it easy for them to register a trademark.

[@warmed1]

I like it! I like the BYG cars, I think they are thinking out of the box and making cars interesting again. The guitar was a little cheesy, but I like their willingness to try. American cars are too unremarkable, and they all emulate each other in their looks.

[@JeannineDobson]

I could smell the plastic fumes through my screen! Did you two get headaches after sitting in these cars?

[@JeannineDobson]

@danielhalachev4714 Oh, I know it's all cars. But it seems these cars have an exceptional amount of plastic in the interior. My Hyundai Sonata sure had a lot.

[@0cer0]

Honestly, you guys seem like Stone Age people who got their hands on artifacts from the future.

[@hermesliteratus882]

Their ignorance and arrogance just amaze me.

[@baoquoc3710]

@@hermesliteratus882 well my guy, you had literally gone numb with what it essentially "sarcasm" is.

[@samgooi1905]

" They literally couldn't takes tech advancement coming from the East " 😊

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

Well, that's precisely the point!!! Even Stone-age people had common sense and understood concepts such as "style over substance" and basic functionality. Now, I do get that some people want the latest fads and gee-wiz features to impress their friends. Then, there are those who will immediately ask, will the car even be drivable when that fancy all-in-one LCD screen eventually fails and balk at the $10,000 replacement cost.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

​@@samgooi1905Watch some of his other shows and you'll see he has praised many Japanese cars.

[@kadran3263]

No. To all of them. Nice designs but large heavy cars are the opposite of what we need in personal mobility. I love most the ankle snapping functionality. Top design.

[@scottoleson1997]

I wonder if those door strings were tuned that way in equal temperament when your car dies? They are a full step between each other, so you can play Hot Cross Buns on it!

[@SurSpir]

This is the first video I watched on your channel and I fond it funny. I like your humour. It's a different take on reviews😀 On a serious note, I want to point out, though, that the joke's on us with European cars. One example: The Mercedes A Class is a Renault Megane through and through (including the engine). But we have to pay an additional €15,000 because the badge is different. So Chinese cars may have their obvios gimmicks, but I hate being shafted by European manufacturers 😥 That's why I will stick to my beloved, and extremely reliable Mazda!

[@ruzzelladrian907]

I’m a fan of this channel, but the whole video feels like it was meant to just hate on Chinese cars. Exactly how Western media poorly portray asian products as inferior.

[@Dreamer10888]

Yea they should go back to Germany and talk about how their cars always die on the street

[@vlexonkol8466]

Asian? Just say Chinese. Japanese has best quality car and came from Asia or did you forgot Japan are in Asia?

[@opus27no2]

Tell us more about this battery swap service. None of those cars looked particularly high end. Each one seemed to have both ends of the price range in its fittings, from cheap to somewhat elevated.

[@OhmUdomvanich]

Battery swap service is NIO.

[@buravan1512]

All these CARS have a better built quality than TESLA.

[@jimwy2001]

Don't know if anyone else noticed this, but the 3 musical strings when plucked play the first 3 notes of "three blind mice"! 😂

[@yourproblemthesolution]

I work in the automotive industry since 25 years. I've alway driven Mercedes-Benz, yet chose the BYD Han as daily driver earlier this year. Best car I've ever owned.

[@catbert007]

Out of curiosity, how old are you, and what Mercedes cars you previously owned ?

[@yourproblemthesolution]

44 years old, have owned ML270 (W163 series), S500 (W220 series) and just recently sold my CL65 AMG (C216 series) that I used as a daily driver@@catbert007

[@buravan1512]

​@@catbert007myself I owned a 2018 S CLASS... But I can say the same, CHINESE EV's are well built... There's a NIO Service center in my neighborhood, and I've been there a couple of times... Their indoor space, functionality plus quality, design... Beat TESLA'S.

[@catbert007]

@@buravan1512 wow In suspected that the Chinese is catching up fast .. but never knew it is that fast in term of finesse ! Thanks for the insight, the BYD of MG evs seem to be more desirable now.

[@squaregaming8964]

Don't misread best value for best. Mercedes indeed are overpriced af and getting cheesier everyday so I get your frustration towards European luxury brands but, why not Japanese?

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Oh,i'll go with your choice!!! P S 3 string Chinese musical instrument called "Sanxian". In Russia - it's "Balalaika".

[@athl0n]

I think the name itself is not the problem, in a way, BYD can reuse BYD. They wouldn’t be the first nor last Asian company to change the meaning of their acronym. LG today is “Life’s Good”. Back then? “Lucky Goldstar”. MSI used to mean “Micro Star International”.

[@markrossow6303]

Back-Formation

[@nehcooahnait7827]

MSI means Microstar Inc. in Chinese is 微星, meaning Microstar. Asus is actually A-su, the southern Min pronunciation of 華碩，Chinese eminence; but then they said they took it from Greek “Pegasus” lol

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Samsung is three-star, 三星, and its old logo had three stars in it. Mitsubishi 三菱 means three- diamond shapes, as their logo

[@johnhermanson5249]

I've been watching videos about the Chinese car market. BYD specifically seems to have ALOT of serious quality problems (and battery fires). Relying on touch panels so much with no buttons = big problems if the screens go out (*and they WILL go out).

[@xQueenTx]

Can we talk about how nice Ed’s legs are though

[@IamHandsome4u]

Why is it that only westerners keep mocking others in the name of "humour"? I think its time u guys need to tone down your egos.

[@danr1920]

I just want a simple car that doesn't break! Like my 14 Honda Accord, I guess I'm keeping it forever.

[@dave_riots]

Simple cars that work don't sell.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

Same here. I had a suburb legacy 98 wagon. I got it at 213k and drive it about 3 years. Put an alternator and fuel pump in it, otherwise just regular maintenance. It got so rusty fenders were flopping, all the window motors quit. The engine and transmission were still running like new. But so many things needed fixing and had 349k at that point. So junked it. I wish I would've had a garage or somewhere to keep the drivetrain. Best snow car I ever drive. Was just a sweetheart of a car. If I ever buy a new car it's gonna be Subaru 😊

[@evolv.e]

@@theboyisnotright6312just don’t get the new Subaru Solara just yet.. *Subaru and Toyota need to first make sure the wheels don’t fall off and the rear door handles work. Hopefully the two will figure it out and not issue any more recalls by their next release. Honestly, not what one usually expects from these two Japanese auto manufacturers. What happened to their quality control? *they also collaborated on making the bZ4X.. it’s other clone.

[@theboyisnotright6312]

@@evolv.e I think they learned "planned obsolescence", They are not what they used to be. Sadly😔

[@theboyisnotright6312]

@@evolv.e say what you want, the Japanese build good cars. The krauts do also. You know the Germans, part of the reason they lost WW2 is they put like perfect bearings in their tanks. Quality always. The bearings would last 20 yrs. Problem was, a tank in that war lasted maybe a month. Americans built the Sherman. Not a great tank, but we battled they had 2 tigars and we would have 12 Shermans. They would kill 3-4 of ours but shear numbers wins😊. Sorry can't sleep, so writing a novel on KZbin no one will read🤣🤣🤣🤣. In Minnesota, forcast high tomorrow is 101. Got no AC.just Fing hot 🥵🥵

[@alexmerlin4764]

It was a pleasure to hear you speak your native language) it's beautiful by the way)

[@DerKurfuerst]

I had to drive a MG HS as a rental for a while. It felt cheap even though not on the first look. Also it made funny noises after a while coming from brakes and chassis. Ofc it was a rental but it only had 15k km on the clock. The worst thing was the infotainment. My old Samsung S3 was quicker and more responsive. and didn't crash all the time. Got a RAV4 as a replacement. Lightyears ahead Edit: I had a PhEV too. I found out it has a 30l tank on a 2to vehicle rather quick as I ran out of fuel in the middle of nowhere and the battery didn't charge either

[@林振华-t4v]

Lol, I hope we are in the same universe. The rav 4 in North America is absolutly garbage from intetior to power plant. And by the way, my 2016 highlander make noise break hard as well and the rear brake caliper seized as well. You keep your antique. We move on the modern era

[@DerKurfuerst]

@@林振华-t4v I've had this RAV4 hybrid for now about a week and so far it works well. I assume it's a 2022 model. Much better than the mg that's for sure

[@martinda7446]

I had some Dutch mates at school and that really transported me back 45 years. Like yesterday it was jongen. I've dropped my sleutels.

[@potatoarmadillo8531]

hongqi's classic design is cool imo

[@iangrice329]

Dose no one just sell a basic car anymore that just gets you from A to B without trying to do everything?

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Economy motorbikes exist

[@iangrice329]

Not much good if you want a car.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

@@iangrice329 Mitsubishi Mirage? Nissan Tiida?

[@iangrice329]

Only the Note available in UK. Can't even get a basic Suzuki anymore.

[@Arsenic71]

Yeah, some a bit gimmicky, others sort of unfinished. But as a German I have to say, our EVs really aren't much better either, except for the high-end ones. And the Chinese ones simply look so much better. I guess the price tag will decide for most people.

[@joermnyc]

The “guitar” strings were actually tuned to play “3 Blind Mice”!

[@nooriginalname370]

To be honest I had the same reaction you had with the atto 3. I really liked the Han when i first saw it, a lot of the things I saw in that car where completly new to me, I really liked the car. BYD is also selling one of the cheapest eletric cars in my country the Dolphin, it's years ahead of the cars of the same price, it was bigger and more complete than the competition, all of the other cars that I know where very small, and one of them loooked very cheap.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

Actually, the bungee-cord design could work very well for holding drink-bottles. If done right it could fit many different sizes ranging from small to larger insulated designs, while holding them firmly to prevent rattling. The big drawback I see is that it would be hard to put the container back in without taking your attention away from driving.

[@ezjenken]

More please, we need more sarcastic rcr style car reviews.

[@stuart8663]

Totally agree.

[@ezjenken]

Honestly just make similar videos but at other showrooms (outside of Chinese iPad poop cars)

[@hermesliteratus882]

Next time do a similar review on Merc, Audi or VW.

[@jaypeedesuyo662]

​@@ezjenken "poop cars" Lol ok baizuo 🤡🤡🤡

[@tiadaid]

The BYD feels cheap because it IS cheap. Here in Malaysia, the BYD Atto 3 and the BYD Dolphin are among the cheapest, if not the cheapest, electric cars on the market today. Because of that, they’re going to get such a head start, I doubt European carmakers can catch up.

[@jerryzheng7114]

No no no. Don't spoil the party let's make fun of the Chinese together.

[@osama.nasser]

I have both Tesla and BYD , honestly speaking , Tesla is crap comparing it BYD quality , sorry tesla fans don't be fooled by good commercial advertising crappy cars (tesla)

[@joemama38]

I'm an American temporarily living in Antwerp learning een beetje Nederlands so I can get around here. It's so funny hearing you and your friend say everything feels "goedkoop" to me - I can't get past that word just being "Good buy"

[@stefanmarinkovic7109]

The nio et7 is just brilliant to drive

[@totih144]

I can recognize Q Music radio playlist at the dealer radio.

[@burtbacarach5034]

I like the Han,but I'm gonna wait for the Solo model.Upholstered in real Tonton fur! And you thought they smelled bad on the outside!

[@jayartz8562]

Nice and warm though.

[@aigoru8718]

They look really upscale and nice, from my screen at least. However, a friend of mine bought a brand new Chery QQ, an economy car, and there were some worrying stuff about it. The paint flaked right under the gas filling cap, the interior started creaking just after 8000km, the insides of the instrument cluster rattled quite noticeably, the clutch juddered a bit whenever you parted from a standstill and the inner passenger door lever mechanism broke and you had to open from the outside. Now, I get it's an economy car but every other manufacturer back then also had cheapo cars that were overall, better built than this QQ stuff. In the end, it was totaled when parked by a drunk idiot in a pickup truck, so he got the insurance money and bought himself a better cheap car.

[@deepbludreams]

"Upscale" is how they trap you, all this interior tech is just window dressing. LCD screens are very cheap now and running Android is free. What they don't tell you is these things are built like garbage and have no warranty support or parts availability, they are designed to part idiots from their money.

[@OnTheHorizonSomewhere]

Glad you gave a me a passenger eye view to the race to the bottom. I can only wonder what form these would take if Tesla wasn't around for them to copy.

[@freetolook3727]

Of course the big question is at 35,000 miles are replacement brake parts going to be easily available and at 7-8 years when the battery goes bad, will that be available or inexpensively available??

[@billclinton3862]

Chinese Cars are the personification of their business practices, Take what is successful elsewhere and make it cheaper.

[@DSP1968]

This was a great video, Ed. Very enjoyable, and I learned a few things about Chinese cars.

[@strassenbahnfilmguy9306]

Yes me too .. don't buy one .

[@antoniocruz8083]

I can still clearly remember my mechanic saying a few year back " Hyundai, what's that, whose has ever heard of it, I don't think you should buy it".

[@marcbrasse747]

Luckily there are many great Dutch brands.

[@rando33520]

Due to the 12 days traffic jams in Chinese, BYD was probably inspired to create such playful interior features. So that if something like that ever happen again, BYD owners can sit in the car and play guitar on the door.

[@nejtniel]

ahh a classic midnight ed video

[@speterj]

Isn’t the 3.9 model for the 0-60 time? So an updated 4.0 would actually be worse.

[@SWExplore]

Boy, you guys are soooo mean making fun of everything you try out...I love it!

[@chiiiiweeeee]

the guitar strings on that byd door made me giggle

[@strawberryjam3670]

I lost it at the guitar part lmao

[@johngalt97]

6:18 Frameless doors seem sexy until you're hearing them whistle in your ear while providing unwelcome winter ventilation.

[@RogueBagel]

Super informative! The brand I’m curious about is Vinfast. They’re Vietnamese-founded and based in Singapore. They recently started selling in the US and look to have some compelling vehicles.

[@mnk199245]

Yeah apparently they're terrible. The VF8 was one of the worst reviewed new cars on the market.

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

I saw some video's about the Vinfast. Stunning looking vehicle for sure...but that's it!! Production was rushed by the government to have a national posterboy and they ended up with a cool looking shit EV with numerous faults that for obvious reasons sells like crap...

[@Tarodenaro]

I really love their weird name, that one you reviewed are actually XIAO-Peng; there's also a really funny sounding one from Shanghai called DFSK, it's a short for DONG Feng Sokon, quite a mouthful.

[@saltycreole2673]

BYD - Beat Your Dog sounds better. You could've played Smoke On The Water with those door bands! Eric Swalwell drives an X Fang Fang. Neo? I sense something's not right. I've felt it all my life.

[@TheMicro4]

Hearing you speak Dutch is fascinating after hearing your English for so long. Though when you got to “Swipe to unlock” I started laughing for some reason.

[@patteyh]

Definitely need more dealership/brand reviews!

[@EffequalsMA]

Absolutely none of these on this side of the pond, in Canada. Fascinating stuff.

[@person.w9780]

One issue i have with a lot of these cars is that they all have such similar styling elements and lines that they often blend in with each other look like generic modern car #34. I know people say this about modern cars in general but I've thought that was the case. These tho, absolutely.

[@RichieRouge206]

Seeing that BYD showroom and thinking of the endless BYD Hans burning to the ground and not deploying airbags in China. It’s all glitz and glamour hiding a dubious background. And some of the interior gimmicks are just stupid. That X-Peng looks just like a new Citroen C5 or large Cactus. I can just imagine the endless dead and broken Chinese EVs in 8 years time. People are just being duped. If their buildings are anything to go by, I have zero faith in their cars. Good video and interesting none the less.

[@darrenfox5883]

Laugh at Chinese cars at our own peril. In the ‘80’s we laughed at Korean cars and in the ‘60’s we laughed Japanese cars. Need I say more?

[@hermesliteratus882]

Honestly, the ignorance and arrogance of these so called "reviewers" just amaze me.

[@petermontoya1796]

No !! Laugh at these vehicles. They are UNSAFE !! When you crash, you die, That's it. There are no safety features in any of these Chinese vehicles. No matter how many times some Chinese auto "EXPERT" says so. These vehicles are nothing more than a modern day Yugo. Piece of CRAP !! Or Death trap. Buy with life insurance first.

[@john1703]

What happened to the Eto 3 compact cross-over? Oh how I now value my 5 year old car. The computer runs the engine, the traction and skid controls and the ABS. It only controls my speed when I set the cruise control. It does not accelerate or brake for me and it does let me change lane without fighting me. There are real knobs and buttons for everything and no computer screen, anywhere. 🤣