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

A classic car connaisseur visited some new Chinese car brand dealerships! In this video we take a closer look at the BYD (Build Your Dreams), NIO and X-Peng cars and their interiors, play around with some of the features and overall be overly harsh when criticizing and making fun of these obscure cars.

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[DJL]

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

[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.

[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

[SteveBueche]

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

[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.

[keiththorpe]

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.

[locuraphoto]

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

[timkis]

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.

[Nickosb]

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.

[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.

[tedlym.]

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

[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 ...

[jdnelms]

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

[leonb]

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.

[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?

[curbowman]

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

[joeapo]

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.

[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.

[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 :)

[fredericrike]

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!