Isn't Changan itself a collaborative venture with western companies? Anyway they are certainly selling well on my small part of the Caribbean.
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I've never heard of Changan. I've tried geely coolray and it's a very nice car.
4th biggest car manufacturer in China, apparently:
One of the local dealers here started selling Changan 2 or 3 years ago and they have proved very popular. A lot of car for the money, I was told.
Using western or Japanese parts would mean less cost control. Its highly likely to be indigenous as far as the engine is concerned.
Design is by Changan, but Changan also has expats, foreign engineers and foreign divisions working for them. They are proud to show this.
Running an engine over 5500 RPM straight for over 10 days is most remarkable.
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A tragedy in China will bring all kinds of China-bashers out of the woodwork like clockwork.
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They certainly hired competent engine designers, although I would go one and equally say this about Geely.
This looks as nice as it can be for a compact SUV.
The Changan sub compact cross over also looks very decent.
Also came across a review of the Haval H6, and this looks very good to me especially the interior. The Haval H6 has been a best selling SUV in China. Earlier ones use Mitsubishi engines that were made in plants in China before Great Wall started using self branded, self engineered engines.
Chinese auto does not need to have EVs to compete against Japanese, Korean and European autos, even with ICE they can compete on their own. Due to the lack of a legacy brand image, Chinese auto will have to compete harder on value, targeting markets in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, instead of Western Europe, North America, Japan and South Korea.