Forthing T5 EVO - Urus Inspired, Mitsubishi Powered Chinese SUV (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

[@eng.andrewg.4940]

This is the biggest seller the last quarter in Rwanda. I also bought one, sold my 2016 toyota RAV4 to get this. And judging by this review. You couldn’t be more wrong. Consumption is better, they are offering good warranty, cheaper than the competitors, it smells new and good, turns eyes with the best looks. Hoping better reviewers review and tell the truth.

[@bojanintihar4231]

I drove it a week ago, fisrt Chinese car ever, T5 EVO in Slovenia. My eyes got bigger every minute watching your reviewand I wondered if I was driving the same car. Some of your comments like "stinks" are not sirious. I have just one complain, entertainment, and because of that, I would'nt buy it, I like good music, sound and other things. I'm waiting now to model 2025, seller says this will be solved...

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Actually I'm dead serious. It stinks like a Hyundai/KIA 10 years ago, when they used some weird glue for the plastics. It was terrible, especially on warmer days. This is the worst Chinese car I've driven in recent years. Having said that I realise it's way better than something like the Zhidou D2S ;)

[@Pinash1970]

As i wrote before … Absolute fan of your videos! Waiting to watch your test of the new MG Z

[@SveRusev]

We have a "Forthing Yacht/4 U-Tour'' minivan in Bulgaria , we are very satisfied, but the car is much bigger and luxurious with 2 seats in the second row, electric with heating and ventilation, 3 seats on the 3rd row, and lane assist. It costs 31k euro. 1.5 turbo with mitsubishi engine 197hp. 7 speed DSG. Nice leather and color

[@تجربةحياة-ه7ق]

How much do you evaluate gasoline consumption?

[@SveRusev]

@@تجربةحياة-ه7ق 9-10 liters in the city

[@تجربةحياة-ه7ق]

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[@تجربةحياة-ه7ق]

@@SveRusev Did you have problems in the car?

[@strezification]

Please let us know which car has the same size, equipment and power for less than 30 000 euro? Every other car that has nearly the same specs ,leather, sunroof, turbo engine digital dispays, as this one is at least another 10 000 euro extra

[@MarekDrivesENG]

I'm not saying there are cheaper alternatives other than Chinese cars. I'm saying that most Chinese brands aren't as good as their more expensive European, Japanese and Korean competitors. And 10k euro is what would sway me towards KIA or Hyundai, where at least everything works correctly.

[@protagonist9716]

Your question wasn't answered. The reply to your question gives out the bias the reviewer has towards Chinese cars. In reality sales of German and Japanese cars are now falling worldwide with VW, Stellantis, Honda etc closing factories and consumers choosing Better value Chinese options.

[@EIyssium]

@@protagonist9716 once they won't be able to sell them after their warranties expire because of how "reliable" they are, they won't buy another one

[@Druze_Tito]

@@MarekDrivesENG You are wrong about "everything works correctly". I know of many people that have lots of problems with the engines, having their new vehicles spend months in the dealership service. Any turbo diesel with DPF/EGR or petrol with direct injection with EGR will eventually end up in the service with serious problems if not driven within the perfect conditions. Turbo diesels can't be driven in urban environment exclusively, they HAVE TO be driven on the highway at least once a week for 20-30 minutes at higher speeds for the DPF to clean itself. Otherwise it will get clogged, on a new car, and the owner will need a new DPF (which may or may not be replaced under warranty, but how many times)? These engines also have lots of problems with their injectors. Both of these problems are present on the KIA/Hyundai engines. Speaking of petrol engines - they are not immune to air intake and valves clogging due carbon buildup cause bed the direct injection (where multipoint port injection would clean the air intake and valves). This one applies to KIA/Hyundai as well. So, not everything works as intended on KIA or Hyundai. They are not that much better than DFSK.

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

They have Forthing in Slovakia, but I never saw any of them when I came there back in July 2023.

[@RaduB.]

It's red... Thank you for the effort! 👍 For your effort!

[@ramtinh110]

In my opinion, this car is just a car with a beautiful design and nothing else!

[@Commentator541]

I mean this strategy worked for both Peugeot and Alfa for decades.

[@markuslangguth7315]

Thank you for the laughs and for warning people not to buy that ... thing. :D

[@niprbmw_210]

Never seen this car and yet I'm watching this during my birthday!

[@MarekDrivesENG]

🎂

[@Testdriver2804]

At least you could test latest model. This car have old spedometer...infotaiment. It have plenty of space at rear seats, very reliable engine and fantastic headlights.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

The importer says THIS is the face-lifted model.

[@SkyBalkan]

@@MarekDrivesENG No,in Croatia,there is new version,with all safety systems,new infotaiment.

[@ivica4829]

​@@SkyBalkancekaj koja verzija je sad dostupna kod nas? Facelift ima bsd, 4 kamere i prednje parking senzone sto proslogodisnji model nije imao.

[@laupakhin]

Dongfeng and subsidiaries have arrived where I am, but BYD, SAIC and GWM have all set up camp here, with Changan to arrive soon. It seems odd that Forthing have been allowed to sell a car that doesn't meet the European safety standards. It'll be interesting to see if any of their competitors raise a complaint. I'm hoping that all this competition results in better cars for consumers, but at the moment it seems they're all fixated on releasing crossovers and SUVS that to be honest seem a bit average?

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Allegedly they are currently on a special homologation exception as a low-volume seller. I'm now test driving the Omoda 5, and it's got all the latest required tech.

[@TsachoTsachev]

If I watched your video before purchasing the car .. I would never go for it .. but as I have it for more than 6 months now, all I can say is that you can not be more wrong! Your comments, on a lot of things are either done because of hate or you are a paid youtuber. Silly you!

[@MarekDrivesENG]

It's noisy, underpowered, relatively inefficient, it understeers, stinks inside, and the infotainment sucks. Otherwise it has 4 wheels, and it drives, so generally it does what a car should.

[@nenadgrof4386]

That is an good answer, he obviously hates Chinese auto-industry. It is hard to envy. I am waiting for my Forthing to come, it has a lot more features than he said, he tested the old model, and his comments are not relevant.

[@nikolacvetanovic68]

It costs 21000-24000 euro (7000-8000 KWD) in Kuwait which is maybe more than it should because similar cars like Jetour X70/X70 pro and Maxus D60 are 15000-20000 euro.

[@تجربةحياة-ه7ق]

هل هذه السيارة مطلوبة في الكويت

[@mmll25]

next week I will buy the electric version of this one

[@spaceadventure9173]

Keep us posting please

[@petar_d488]

You say there are better Chinese cars out there, which are they, I am seriously considering this option

[@grorbek]

So Marek... this will not be replacing your Mini!😂

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Guess not 🤣

[@fredlenz4743]

Would love you to do a review on Chery Tiggo 7 or 8 if possible. Omoda 5 is a subdivision of Chery. These are sold in South Africa.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

W don't get those around here, but I'll have Omoda 5 and Jaecoo J7 on the channel in a month or two.

[@goncalo33]

Will there be an infotainment deep dive? I'd love to see that menu layout and bad translations. Edit: Forthing's available in Portugal, as are BYD and Aiways.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

There isn't much to dive into. It's 5 minutes od badly translated menus with very few features.

[@Mpddunn]

As far as I’m aware, this isn’t sold in the UK. But every time Marek says the brand name it sounds like the word ‘farting’.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

🤣

[@MrAndrei4777]

Its indeed a good question how this “Something” did make it to the EU market… Im still waiting for Genesis to arrive in Belgium.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Europe may not be ready for another semi-luxury brand, which offers mainly electric cars. They tried 10-15 years ago with ICE cars, but that was too early, and too expensive.

[@Jingjuliv]

In Cambodia, 2024 forthing T5evo costs 35000$.

[@nealy2815]

Not in Ireland yet.

[@10mbc]

Most likely yes, this is available here in Romania but there are too many to keep track of them. IMHO a Tucson or a Kona is way better compared to this one and it my default go-to when talking about under 30 000euro SUVs. Also, looking forward to test drive a Bigster after they are available. Most likely the Bigster will be a better option than the chinese SUVs. The lack of stop/start is a great idea, I wish all the cars would be like this. From the new cars, I think only the Elantra is stop/start free, all of the other cars that I know of have this useless tech.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

In Poland I think even Elantra has start and stop.

[@hopeless74]

poor pigeons :D

[@MarekDrivesENG]

At least nobody's poisoning them in the park :)

[@hichemegnima2921]

One of the worst reviewers , extremely biased...

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Which way? Because I've been accuse of promoting Chinese cars, and shilling for European brands, so I'd like to know, which one is it this time 🤣

[@luissousa6]

It is really very strange the different way in which Chinese builders manage to place their products on the market without fulfilling the requirements for other builders. Even stranger is the silence of the latter in the face of a flagrant case of highly unfair competition and violation of standards. It is worth asking: who does this truly matter to?; what is the real objective behind this aberrant situation?; and, lastly and most importantly, who in the European commission is being corrupted so that this situation goes unpunished?

[@th-l8936]

Brand new car with Mitsubishi power and no safety aids! Yes please! Even though it’s FUGLY

[@goncalo33]

I'd happily take that combo with a manual transmission, assuming it's reliable.

[@coss7684]

Marek I enjoy every sarcastic and maybe amusing car reviews from you but I don't understand why you even consider reviewing this...I don't know what it is. I don't know if it is available in my country but I hope it will not be available anytime soon 🤦

[@MarekDrivesENG]

In Poland we're currently experiencing an inflow of relatively cheap Chinese cars, and these get a lot of views. Also, I'm genuinely interested how soon can they get good, while remaining affordable. This is Hyundai/KIA level from maybe 15 years ago. Today the Korean cars are much better, but also no longer as affordable. I'm test driving the Chery Omoda 5 at the moment, and that's almost on par with Hyundai/KIA (while still a fair bit cheaper), so legacy carmakers have something to worry about.

[@viki6or]

I hope your throat doesn't bother you anymore. Those toxic fumes are no joke...

[@Kiki-zg8yk]

Buying a car from Temu…

[@shroomyesc]

Is the name really T5 EV despite not being an EV or is that a typo? 😁

[@MarekDrivesENG]

EVO. My mistake.

[@shroomyesc]

@@MarekDrivesENG Oh, whoops! I didn't even doubt it yet that it wasn't an EV when you showed the fake exhaust, I wouldn't put it past modern cars to have a fake exhaust on an ev 😅

[@bitzovhadez7214]

Dongfeng is notorious for inferior quality on the Chinese market. Dongfeng is one of China's cheapest brands, its products are for 3rd tier cities for the most part.

[@Commentator541]

30 THOUSAND???? Ok, we have officially lost our minds. This can be priced just bellow the MG whatever it's called SUV thing, and that is 18K. So this can be 17k at best.

[@takuan650]

The best feature are the ones that aren't there, all the these idiotic 'safety' gimmicks, I mean. The rest is, well, cr@p. Nice to see nice to forget.

[@newfutureblog]

As always super negative and all is bad according to your opinion.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Well, it's cheap, and it looks interesting. And there's a lot of legroom in the rear.

[@ast5515]

Are we watching the same review? All existing positives are mentioned. There aren't many of them. The headlight situation is a safety hazard, therefore this car has no business driving on public roads.

[@nenadgrof4386]

@newfutureblog you are right, this is very untrue review, and he is probably paid or he hates Chinese industry.

[@osa-mv4iv]

​@@MarekDrivesENG1.5 mivec ,magnastayer automatic ,5 years or 100000km warianty and looks great ono ,future belongs to Chinese. When i Bought 2001, hyundai accent everyone think i am idot now they all drive Hyundai or Kia 😅😅😅

[@altern8tive]

It's a no from me. Chinese people may have to put up with junk like this, they are not allowed to complain against State-owned manufacturing, but this should never be allowed to be sold in the EU market or evade EU compliance or quality.

[@dquzmanovic]

They are not allowed to complain!? Hahaha. They don't have to complain. They can just buy a BMW 3 series for ~25K EUR or any of hundreds of different models domestic or foreign.