Would you buy this for $16,000?

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It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant

This is the Chinese maker that recieved the LOWEST ever rating in a
crash test [As in the steering column impaled the driver]

My feeling its 50% to expensive for our market, no matter how good [or
bad]

You can buy a genuine Holden [Daewoo] for $13k....

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2006/02/landwind-fengshang-mpv-coming-to.html

[Ext User(Neil Gerace)]

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> It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant
>

My 25-year-old Corona does better than that :-)

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> It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant

No thanks.

It looks *awful* :)

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Noddy wrote:
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>>It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
>>output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant
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> No thanks.
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> It looks *awful* :)
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> Noddy.
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"Complete Vehicle Curb Mass
1925kg"

fuck me thats a heavy little car.

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mf1@project1221.comä¸*å�Žäººæ°‘共和国<המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידי×�
מיוחדי�>GO:PT-141 wrote:
> It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant
>
> This is the Chinese maker that recieved the LOWEST ever rating in a
> crash test [As in the steering column impaled the driver]
>
> My feeling its 50% to expensive for our market, no matter how good [or
> bad]
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> You can buy a genuine Holden [Daewoo] for $13k....
>
> http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2006/02/landwind-fengshang-mpv-coming-to.html
>

Competitive with who? A VW Golf can manage 110kW from 2L.

[Ext User(mackeb@cen.prendiville.wa.edu.au)]

> "Complete Vehicle Curb Mass 1925kg"
> fuck me thats a heavy little car.

No kidding, my HJ kingswood V8 weighs in at about 1700 kgs

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<mackeb@cen.prendiville.wa.edu.au> wrote in message

> No kidding, my HJ kingswood V8 weighs in at about 1700 kgs

Must be all that quality Chinese cast iron :)

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[Ext User(a9x5l)]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:25:19 -0800, mf1@project1221.comä¸*å�Žäººæ°‘共和国<המוסד
למודיעין ולתפקידי� מיוחדי�>GO:PT-141 wrote:

> It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant

Looking at the weight combined with its pissy little engine, I'd hate to
see what the specs are on something that's not competitive.

>
> This is the Chinese maker that recieved the LOWEST ever rating in a
> crash test [As in the steering column impaled the driver]

A good reason to avoid these cars like the plague.

>
> My feeling its 50% to expensive for our market, no matter how good [or
> bad]

I'm sure there will still be plenty of idiots lining up to buy 'em.

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> You can buy a genuine Holden [Daewoo] for $13k....

No thanks.

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> http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2006/02/landwind-fengshang-mpv-coming-to.html

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[Ext User(Andy)]

> "Complete Vehicle Curb Mass 1925kg"

With a blazing 90kW to boot. Yikes. The old Valiant only weighs about
1200Kg.

Might have to pass on this one.

Andy.

[Ext User(Neil Gerace)]

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>> "Complete Vehicle Curb Mass 1925kg"
>
> With a blazing 90kW to boot. Yikes. The old Valiant only weighs about
> 1200Kg.
>
> Might have to pass on this one.

Perhaps they made a mistake and 1925 kg is actually the GVM.

[Ext User(athol)]

mackeb@cen.prendiville.wa.edu.au wrote:

>> "Complete Vehicle Curb Mass 1925kg"
>> fuck me thats a heavy little car.

> No kidding, my HJ kingswood V8 weighs in at about 1700 kgs

My 350 Volvo weighs in at 1440kg. :-)

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athol wrote:

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> My 350 Volvo weighs in at 1440kg.

If I'm working a 14 hour day, I bring around 5kg worth of food. hth.

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John McKenzie <jmac@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
> athol wrote:

>> My 350 Volvo weighs in at 1440kg.

> If I'm working a 14 hour day, I bring around 5kg worth of food. hth.

You get short days? Oh, that's right, you don't work from home...

No, it doesn't help in the slightest. :-p This was a discussion about
the obesity of some useless little new _slug_ of a "car", not personal
obesity. :-)

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[Ext User(wayne worn)]

"Noddy" <dg4163@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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> "mf1@project1221.com???????<????? ???????? ????????? ???????>GO:PT-141"
> <auscars@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> > output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant
>
> No thanks.
>
> It looks *awful* :)

"looks rather nice"
side view looks like crap
dont buy anything Chinese











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> Noddy.
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wayne worn wrote:

> "Noddy" <dg4163@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
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> > "mf1@project1221.com???????<????? ???????? ????????? ???????>GO:PT-141"
> > <auscars@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1140089119.079933.278490@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> > > It looks rather nice, [designed in Italy] and also has a very competive
> > > output of 102kW from its 2L. powerplant
> >
> > No thanks.
> >
> > It looks *awful* :)
>
> "looks rather nice"
> side view looks like crap

ditto me on that, sides are difficult to do in small vans

> dont buy anything Chinese

change "anything" to most but not all things [but getting better by the
minute]

Most digital camers are built in China

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[Ext User(Noddy)]

"mf1@project1221.com???????<????? ???????? ????????? ???????>GO:PT-141"
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> Most digital camers are built in China

Yep, as are lots of things.

The thing I've noticed that makes the biggest difference between "quality"
Chinese goods (a contradiction in terms) and the garden variety crap is the
management level of the business. Basically, there's a *huge* difference
between "a Japanese designed and owned product made in a Chinese factory
exploiting the cheap labour", and a product of totally Chinese design &
construction.

What the Chinese lack in design skill & quality control they make up for in
50cents per week workers. Same deal with anything made in India.

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