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HEY SCOTTY, I want to buy a used 4runner or Highlander that still has 80%-90% life left. Considering a 12K miles per year usage, Which year model would give me the most for the buck? 2014, 15, 16, 17? Or even older? Thanks
so far the Chinese and Indians are only buying up crap companies that none one wants: Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover... and they're already losing money on them.
@@deansbc9431 most of these deals are done thru Groupe PSA or Quindao Investments, but ultimately 70-80 stake holder is the Chinese Communist Gov't, rest is owned by some other socialist oligarchs and their families like Macron. Recently Groupe PSA bought Opel and combined with Chinese money owns Opel, Volvo and Citroen. What will become of that? Who knows, but probably nothing good.
Happens in the US all the time. The big company will drag the small one through the court system for years until they go bankrupt and the small company is forced to sell itself to the bigger company.
@BaiAnNa2014 Twitter that's not what this video is. He's just talking about knockoffs in general, not actually inspecting and reviewing one. Did you hear him say anything about the parts, quality, or specs of a Chinese knockoff? If you did then you watched a completely different video than I did.
Times are changing, if the Chinese could make a safe car that's fun to drive without all the unnecessary electronic junk for a fifth the cost, I'd be joining the queue, cars are ridiculously expensive today.
The USA is kind of responsible for the high quality of Japanese products. We sent a lot of engineers over there to help rebuild their economy after WW2. The Japanese took a lot of the quality control engineering very seriously and still do today.
They have the culture to want to do quality and do right by custermers . While ours work hard at hiding defects and if they are deadly , work twice as hard to hide them . Chevy /defective ignition switches.
The Geely Boyue looks strikingly similar to 2-3 European SUVs combined together, but the car itself, for most of the part, outperforms all those it copies. Unbelievable quality too.
@@theclowninghasbegun3442 Depends, on the price point. Everything in terms of manufacturing has multiple qualities available from junk to as good as everyone else's high strength steel.
Wow Scotty, you must have read my mind. I was just watching a bunch of BAIC jeeps on youtube last week， and now you are talking about it. You are pretty amazing, sir。
I drive a Chinese 4wd truck. Bloody good car. Has Cummins engine, getrag gearbox, Borg Warner transfer case and Dana axles. Oh yea Bosch electrics too. So not all Chinese stuff is crap as some people seem to think.
Scotty, you hit the nail on the head with the new production lines and they state of the art equipment. The starting point is a new production overall. Do you think, if they started producing Chrysler/Fiat copies, the quality would be better?
I drive an MG6 1.6 Turbocharged hatch 2015 model, I previously owned a 2011 BMW 320d, I have to say, my new MG handles almost the same as the BMW, not the same power outputs but handling is the same and reliability is much better than my previous car. I'm happier now than I was a few years ago
Hey Scotty, I lived in China for 15 years. The cars are made better there than they are here. also the pricing is relatively higher than here on actual sale price before your done. I owned and SUV and a Buick Lacrosse made in China while I was there. Never an issue with either one. I sold my China made Nissan SUV which had 350,000 on it and is still running well.
The Chinese-made cars are now at par or even surpass the legacy brands in terms of specifications at a much affordable price. Value for money is the new norm Scotty.
The funny thing is, that the Chinese knock-offs are often better quality and longer lasting than things like the Range Rover, jaguar, etc... which have had horrendous quality issues and high repair costs.
I can see Chinese-made cars coming here from established brands, because Americans don't do their research before buying a car---they have no idea what country it's made in. A lady I work with drives a Chevy Spark---when I told her they were made in South Korea in the old Daewoo factory, she could'n't believe it. She thought if it had a Chevy emblem, it must be an American car
Yeah the type of person who takes trade in value for their 3 year old car and buys the new one based on the color lol. It's why dealerships make so much money, they love an uneducated consumer.
Nice slip in of Chrystler 300 when talking about cheap Rolls Royce knock-offs. Chrystler was obvious with the style of the 300 vs Phantom (kind of like buying a "Kit Car" for you VW Beetle in the 70's).
Don't laugh folks, I'm old enough to remember the days when if you went into a store to purchase just about any toy, or gizmo, if it said "Made in Japan" you laughed and put it down:-)......I'm talking about say 1954-1964...so laugh now at the China, but who knows later.
China is a different culture that doesn't value excellence in the same way the Japanese culture does. It's also a different economic system that doesn't reward innovation and excellence. It rewards loyalty and conformity.
Here in New Zealand we see some Japanese imports of a Honda made to look like an H2 Hummer, scaled down naturally. The word on Chinese cars of which we see a few here, is quality is improving quickly, they will be like the Japanese before long, they know what it takes to sell cars. Fact remains many manufacturers are dropping quality while the Chinese take note of this and the consequence will be inevitable. Many manufacturers can only blame themselves, their lack of quality is leaving the door open.
All I care about is safety, reliability, and not being unreasonably difficult to work on. If the Chinese can pull this off then maybe someday I'll be driving a Chinese car.
Hey Scottie, years ago my Friend ordered a Chinese knockoff of a Triumph Sidecar Motorcycle. It took forever. He called the factory one day to check, and they told him there would be nobody to work on his motorcycle for 2 weeks cuz of Chinese New Year Holiday. Lol. After 3 months he finally got his Motorcycle. In Hindsight he said, "Geez, for another $600 i could have got the Real Thing." 😅😂😂🙈🙉🙊
I respectfully disagree Scotty, living here in China I get see close up just how bad Chinese cars are.....in fact they are so bad the Chinese (if they can afford to) would rather buy an import (VW, Buick or Ford). I wanted to buy something called a link and co. 03 which is actually not a bad looking suv and the missus threw a fit, so we took your advice and bought a Honda (XRV)
Young John depends on which Company you buy it from. If you go to a dealership here you’ll see that each car company has 2 different manufacturers. For example VW has FAW VW and SAIC VW depending on the make and model the car will either be made in Germany or China.....and the trick to knowing, and I am not kidding, is to see if the glove box has hydraulics. If it does it’s a German car, if not it’s Chinese.
Hey, i bought the new MG ZST about a 5 month ago. I can say that for what it offers and how it drives it’s a greatttt car for the price… really satisfied with this purchase
Nope. Without patent and copyright protection, you wouldn't have the technology you have today. Chinese culture just lacks self respect and integrity. Imagine if they took pride in originality, what they could do. China has no shame and doesn't even care that they're always made the mockery of the developed world.
I have a Geely Azkarra 4wd mild hybrid since August 2020 and I cannot complain with the quality and amenities its a superb car and the traffic condition here in the Philippines it is a pure bliss to drive. Truly a Volvo sibling for a very appordable cost, just stick to the maintenance as suggested by the manufacturer and you cannot go wrong.
Once upon a time "Made in Japan" meant it was a piece of JUNK! Of course this was pre-1970's. In 1969 the Toyota Corona was Consumer Reports "Import Car of the Year". From that magical moment Japanese vehicles, photography, electronic radios & walk-mans and tires began changing what "Made in Japan" use to mean to mean "very high quality, long lasting and very friendly consumer products". China is on the same path as Japan. All over the internet you'll find comments about how they loathe chinese products. But the Chinese have completely taken over the Consumer & Commercial RC Drone and the solar panel markets here in the US. The Chinese are also making most of the cell phones in the world and now they're into making British cars? Chinese just by virtue of their culture that pretty much worships the all mighty dollar and how easily the Communist Chinese have adapted to Capitalism and how Capitalism is pretty much in their blood.
The first car I drove was a Corona. It just kept going. I gave to my brother and he drove it until it had over 300k miles on it. Awesome little hatchback.
If you talk about the Landwind X7, it is actually a direct copy of the Range Rover Evoque. That Landwind has a clone Mitsubishi 4G63 engine from the Evo 4~8. Probably last longer than the original Range Rover Evoque engine. The Mitsubishi engine unit has been tested through time, it was used in rally cars decades ago.
This has been going on for some time now. I read an article about this back in 05. It was a motorcycle as an example. Warren Buffet toured the Chinese factories a few years ago and came back and said he passed mile after mile of cities of factories like the USA never had.
I saw a Chinese knockoff of the mitsubishi outlander got t bone at very low speed by a ford fusion. And the car got split in half while the fusion drove home after the accident! After seeing that, I wouldn't feel safe in any Chinese made car.
@@ronvalley1973 maybe....could probably make a car light enough with enough rubber surrounding bumpers, the car would just bounce off another car on impact. d ont think the parts companies, insurance companies n b idy shops would like that kinda car.
I never realized there were so many white SUV's on the road till I bought a new SUV painted white. Twice people have mistaken my car for theirs and tried to hop in. For the most part, they all look alike but the CR-V is the best. That oil dilution issue Scotty mentions is gone away forever so no need to worry about that.
If the Chinese were smart, they would make a Fiat , call it the Fooyat , 10 × the quality, and make enough money to enter the world market with A quality, low maintenance vehicle. Then they would be a world leader with a world bearer!!
Just for the record "antique Russian car called "niva", which is still being cranked out ,was pure soviet made car.Back in early 70s it was the prototype of the first Japanese Suzuki offroader that Japanese copycatted
Born and raised in Detroit, believe me, nobody there has said "we make the best cars!" in decades. The bean counters won the battle decades ago, the engineers lost so we got planned obsolescence.
if American cars were more reliable and better on gas everyone in the World would want one 😄 remember, gas in most other countries is 100-200% more expensive then us (excluding California haha)
The United States of America made the best vehicles in the world decades ago.I believe thanks to Corporate greed and us being behind in education compared to Europe and Japan sadly we are behind.
Hi Scott , great channel , and a free smile every time is a plus from the amusement ! 😁 I never commented just thumbs up . I had the Toyotas 89 4cyl 4x4 and the 93 4.0 six 4x4 .. So here it is - the Toyota Tacoma 4x4 other than the 4.0 and 3.5 v6 .. (What are your feelings and experiences for their - 2.7 L. 4 cyl. engine 4x4 preferably in extra cab ? ) Thanks a lot Scott !, peace
You're right regarding Kawasaki copying BSA, but the Kawasaki W1 and W2 were based on the A10 BSA, not the A65 as shown. (The chief differences when first produced by Kawasaki were the carburettor, lubrication system and timing side bearing. Later versions had a much improved ignition / charging system.) The original A10 was designed (or, to be entirely fair: redesigned) in six weeks by Burt Hopwood in the late 1940s. The last batch of W2 Kawasakis was sold to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1974 and sported a twin disk brake, windscreen, flashers, siren and two way radio.
dont do it dude. i am a biker and a bike that old has dried out seals everywhere, and, parts may be hard to come by, so just get a 90's bike if you want better luck and scotty has said, and i know it to be true, honda, makes the best car and bike engines in the world.....!
Wouldnt take a new British vehicle if it was for free, their crap. Used to work jaguar/range rover/land rover. So many warranty problems. Outside of warranty, owner's go off their heads when they got the repair bill. Felt sorry for the them. Scotty's on the money 100%, 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Cheers from 🇦🇺
the Chinese will make it as good as you are willing to pay for really, pay nothing and they'll sell you junk and yet people criticize and expect perfection while also paying nothing.
I had a Daewoo Matiz 5 years ago in Europe. The Chinese copy was so exact that the doors on the Korean designed Matiz and the knockoff were interchangeable!
If you only knew how different Chinese and Japanese culture are... opposites in some respects, like carefulness, integrity, which are of incredible importance
The best part about the Landwind SUVs is that they're based off the Toyota RAV4 but with Range Rover body panels. Also, the BAIC BJ40 have Saab engines in them, well, the tooling of those engines made it to China when Saab went belly up, so that's nice
Hey Scotty I love your videos, but I wonder one thing. Why do you switch locations so often? One minute you in front of your celica then the next in front of your porch.
The most popular car there is called WuLingZhiGuang, over 600k sold in 2017. Price is only $6k! we actually went there and drove around the country for over 10k miles. It’s actually very reliable. We had to tow the other car in our team in Tibet, well, the other car was a BMW!
Maybe not. They are incapable of producing quality products even though they steal technology from others worldwide. They do things on the cheap and take shortcuts in ideas and quality.
@@florret2003 That's what everyone said about Japanese products after WW2. By the late '60s Japanese motorcycles and electronics were quite popular here in the US. By the "80's so were there cars.
I know a guy here in Australia that bought a Chinese 4x4 Great Wall and has done over 300,000 ks with no problems at all. The thing cost 1/2 the price than of a Toyota land cruiser.
To is not what the outside of the car looks like but comfort and durability. The current situation with tariffs makes me wonder about the whole car market especially cars with “World Wide Parts”?
when you have chance to visit China. you will be amazed by how many different car brands and model on the road. it is very very competitive market. the Chinese brands have improved so much recent years
When foreign companies build a factory to build their product, it has been known that the Chinese company builds an exact duplicate factory down the road and uses the same employees in a different shift. The product in the second factory is often exactly the same with a different label.
Downie - I own a Chevy express box van and I'm happy with it. It has around 97,000 miles and still runs strong. The only gripe I have about mine is that there's no cruise control. I've heard that GM started putting cruise control on the newer ones. Mine is a 1997 and I'm thinking about buying a wiring harness and a cruise control turn signal switch.
I am a ford guy, that being said buy the chevy. They ride better, dont have the front suspension issues all Ford vans have. Have had both for many years. Much prefer chevy vans anyway.
Owned a 1997 Chevy Astro cargo van, 4.3l. Best car I've ever owned. Had upwards of 226,000 miles, ran like it was brand new. It was a "simple mechanical device". I only sold it because thieves broke the driver door. Otherwise I would still have it. Jaguar was the best looking, but crappiest car I've owned. Chinese knock offs would be better quality.
In the UK MG is selling the cheapest Electric car on the market currently, the MG ZS EV. It's a small electric SUV for around £21,000 after subsidy, I hear they can't make enough of these and they sell each one they make. Signs of things to come.
I've heard that the I6 engine used in the original Toyota Land Cruiser is such an exact copy of the Chevy stovebolt 6 that the water pumps will bolt right up...
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HEY SCOTTY, I want to buy a used 4runner or Highlander that still has 80%-90% life left. Considering a 12K miles per year usage, Which year model would give me the most for the buck? 2014, 15, 16, 17? Or even older? Thanks
Make some motorcycle videos.
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I was thinking "BVD" underware, not BYD cars. haha.
Haval brand
The idea of "Intellectual Property" is a solely western european construct. It is not part of Asian culture.
Scotty gets his upper body workout every time he does a video.
he would make a great conductor with a baton in his hand, and the orchestra would go nuts.....
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Lmfao.
Cardio also.
Turn the sound off ...TaiChi class for beginners. ^^
How to win the war of being sued.... *Buy the company that sued you* 😂😂😂
Total power play lol
so far the Chinese and Indians are only buying up crap companies that none one wants: Jaguar, Volvo, Land Rover... and they're already losing money on them.
Volve started making profit after Geely bought it
@@deansbc9431 most of these deals are done thru Groupe PSA or Quindao Investments, but ultimately 70-80 stake holder is the Chinese Communist Gov't, rest is owned by some other socialist oligarchs and their families like Macron. Recently Groupe PSA bought Opel and combined with Chinese money owns Opel, Volvo and Citroen. What will become of that? Who knows, but probably nothing good.
Happens in the US all the time. The big company will drag the small one through the court system for years until they go bankrupt and the small company is forced to sell itself to the bigger company.
I'd love to see Scotty review and inspect one of these knockoffs.
@BaiAnNa2014 Twitter that's not what this video is. He's just talking about knockoffs in general, not actually inspecting and reviewing one. Did you hear him say anything about the parts, quality, or specs of a Chinese knockoff? If you did then you watched a completely different video than I did.
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Fancy seeing you here sir. Love your channel!
How would you even get parts for one of these cars??
If it ain't a Toyota, he won't like it.
I went to China on my Honeymoon, So my kid was made in China..... LOL
How's the quality then?
Lololol
Gary Pamela Bradford
Endless money pit lolol
I think that was probably Knock up rather than a knock-off! ☺️
Tariff
Times are changing, if the Chinese could make a safe car that's fun to drive without all the unnecessary electronic junk for a fifth the cost, I'd be joining the queue, cars are ridiculously expensive today.
China electric car will have a lot of electronic junk on it.....too much......
There's no need to overprice junk. It just doesn't make cents.
Buick Envision
uh its bad in china right now
Agreed
Scotty can bring his Celica in a conversation about any thing, change my mind.
A toyota from that era will go forever if you do simple maintenance
For good reason. That do it?
My '97 ST205 was one of the best cars I ever owned.
Don't tell Scotty it was a turbo Yammie with AWD!!
HAHAHA!
Had a 2014 BYD F0 copy of Toyota aigo and man the quality on that's was outstanding. Totalled a few months ago and I still miss my car.
The USA is kind of responsible for the high quality of Japanese products. We sent a lot of engineers over there to help rebuild their economy after WW2. The Japanese took a lot of the quality control engineering very seriously and still do today.
They have the culture to want to do quality and do right by custermers . While ours work hard at hiding defects and if they are deadly , work twice as hard to hide them . Chevy /defective ignition switches.
I love that about the japanese they have SO much pride and honor in their work, I saw this documentary thing about toyota or Lexus I think
Zibby H either way Toyota is the parent company of Lexus lol
Yep, W. Edward Deming sure helped
@@boracay12 one name: takara airbags. Also, big scandal at major steel industry titan. Greed is international.
The Geely Boyue looks strikingly similar to 2-3 European SUVs combined together, but the car itself, for most of the part, outperforms all those it copies.
Unbelievable quality too.
Id rather buy a cheaper chinese range rover knockoff than an actual range rover 😂😂😂
It would be funny if they run better than the regular range rovers
The chinese range rover probably gets better gas mileage too lol! 😂
Check proton x70 bobby ang reviewed. Geely binyue rebadged for malaysian market. I've test it myself. Damnnnnn
Since China owns them now it will be easy to do.
Both POS
If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say we will be driving Chinese cars in 5 years, I would have enough money to buy a Chinese car.
Go to China and check out the REAL prices!
I'm sure you can afford it now.
The Toyota Mega Cruiser which was Japanese copy of the Hummer H1 that got legalized in United States in 2020.
Even cars gonna have
“MADE IN CHINA” on the bottom 😂🔎
Good old unreliable chineseium metal
@@theclowninghasbegun3442 Depends, on the price point. Everything in terms of manufacturing has multiple qualities available from junk to as good as everyone else's high strength steel.
@@MBisFrenchy 😁
hecho in China
The Clowning Has Begun facts 😂😂
I have a feeling the chinese jeep knockoff runs better than the real jeep
Probably, but it only has like 100hp
No it is not
It almost certainly does.
That knockoff actually looks better than the Wrangler.
LOL
Does BYD stand for *Borrow your designs* ?! 😂😂😂
Yes, but it's "Borrow", in quotes.
@@rey848 Very typical response, so uncouth.
@J M V sport
BYD
Build Your Dreams
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
The BYDs just fall apart. They are a nightmare to have. Wouldn't want one if it was free.
Wow Scotty, you must have read my mind. I was just watching a bunch of BAIC jeeps on youtube last week， and now you are talking about it. You are pretty amazing, sir。
I drive a Chinese 4wd truck.
Bloody good car.
Has Cummins engine, getrag gearbox, Borg Warner transfer case and Dana axles.
Oh yea Bosch electrics too.
So not all Chinese stuff is crap as some people seem to think.
what country do you live in if you don't mind me asking? And what's the trucks name and brand name?
How long have you had it?
The quantum satellite they have up NOW isn't crap either.
Not much Chinese stuff in there lol. Mostly german
Roach I live in Australia.
It’s a Foton Tunland
Scotty, you hit the nail on the head with the new production lines and they state of the art equipment. The starting point is a new production overall. Do you think, if they started producing Chrysler/Fiat copies, the quality would be better?
4:34 his hysterical laugh and the animal laughing picture are just the best😂
I drive an MG6 1.6 Turbocharged hatch 2015 model, I previously owned a 2011 BMW 320d, I have to say, my new MG handles almost the same as the BMW, not the same power outputs but handling is the same and reliability is much better than my previous car. I'm happier now than I was a few years ago
Round 2 of the wake and bake with Scotty Kilmer lmao
That's exactly what I'm doing. No joke
Get a job ya hippies
Its as fun as watching people teaching us how to roll even if you already know how to roll
Scmoked up
@@futtbuckerson483 dirty hippies.
Hey Scotty, I lived in China for 15 years. The cars are made better there than they are here. also the pricing is relatively higher than here on actual sale price before your done.
I owned and SUV and a Buick Lacrosse made in China while I was there. Never an issue with either one. I sold my China made Nissan SUV which had 350,000 on it and is still running well.
I agree, bought a nice 2017 Foton Thunder truck 2.8 Cummins 4WD diesel manual transmission great price. Nice engine, reliable and fun to drive.
The Chinese-made cars are now at par or even surpass the legacy brands in terms of specifications at a much affordable price.
Value for money is the new norm Scotty.
The funny thing is, that the Chinese knock-offs are often better quality and longer lasting than things like the Range Rover, jaguar, etc... which have had horrendous quality issues and high repair costs.
Yes, imagine that. Don't sell the Chinese short.
I am a Chinese, I love this guy. So funny. He is telling the truth.
That "Hongqi L5" was actually pretty good looking, much better than all those american an european copys
Once saw a "Cheyslar Neon" here in Ecuador, and thought, "The Chinese took the worst car ever made, and counterfeited it. Brilliant."
Probably better engineered
@@garypeatling7927 To be fair, The Powell Motors Homer was probably better engineered.
I can see Chinese-made cars coming here from established brands, because Americans don't do their research before buying a car---they have no idea what country it's made in. A lady I work with drives a Chevy Spark---when I told her they were made in South Korea in the old Daewoo factory, she could'n't believe it. She thought if it had a Chevy emblem, it must be an American car
Yeah the type of person who takes trade in value for their 3 year old car and buys the new one based on the color lol. It's why dealerships make so much money, they love an uneducated consumer.
justsomeguytoyou 🤣
Fyi
Korea is not China
@@WANDERER0070 Wow, figured that one out all by yourself, did ya? I knew that, the point being it was not a car from the US
Nice slip in of Chrystler 300 when talking about cheap Rolls Royce knock-offs.
Chrystler was obvious with the style of the 300 vs Phantom (kind of like buying a "Kit Car" for you VW Beetle in the 70's).
Don't laugh folks, I'm old enough to remember the days when if you went into a store to purchase just about any toy, or gizmo, if it said "Made in Japan" you laughed and put it down:-)......I'm talking about say 1954-1964...so laugh now at the China, but who knows later.
Yes I remember that too. Transistor radios seemed to start them out.
I played with Tonka trucks back in the 60s. Today I still only "play" with vehicles that say, "Made in Japan".😁
@@alanwebster3942 Good point I had plenty of them, they were inexpensive but powerful!! loved them and still buy them today!!
Japan tools , appliances, electronics , cars the best. a Sony radio , tv , vcr , etc. will last a very long time.
China is a different culture that doesn't value excellence in the same way the Japanese culture does. It's also a different economic system that doesn't reward innovation and excellence. It rewards loyalty and conformity.
Here in New Zealand we see some Japanese imports of a Honda made to look like an H2 Hummer, scaled down naturally. The word on Chinese cars of which we see a few here, is quality is improving quickly, they will be like the Japanese before long, they know what it takes to sell cars. Fact remains many manufacturers are dropping quality while the Chinese take note of this and the consequence will be inevitable. Many manufacturers can only blame themselves, their lack of quality is leaving the door open.
All I care about is safety, reliability, and not being unreasonably difficult to work on. If the Chinese can pull this off then maybe someday I'll be driving a Chinese car.
well said
Hey Scottie, years ago my Friend ordered a Chinese knockoff of a Triumph Sidecar Motorcycle. It took forever. He called the factory one day to check, and they told him there would be nobody to work on his motorcycle for 2 weeks cuz of Chinese New Year Holiday. Lol. After 3 months he finally got his Motorcycle. In Hindsight he said, "Geez, for another $600 i could have got the Real Thing." 😅😂😂🙈🙉🙊
I respectfully disagree Scotty, living here in China I get see close up just how bad Chinese cars are.....in fact they are so bad the Chinese (if they can afford to) would rather buy an import (VW, Buick or Ford). I wanted to buy something called a link and co. 03 which is actually not a bad looking suv and the missus threw a fit, so we took your advice and bought a Honda (XRV)
link is from Geely, lol. Since Geely has owned Volvo, I believe they could do their future products better.
The Japanese cars sold in China is another thing from the ones in US
Most VW, Toyota or Ford cars in China are not imported; they are made in china.
Young John depends on which Company you buy it from. If you go to a dealership here you’ll see that each car company has 2 different manufacturers. For example VW has FAW VW and SAIC VW depending on the make and model the car will either be made in Germany or China.....and the trick to knowing, and I am not kidding, is to see if the glove box has hydraulics. If it does it’s a German car, if not it’s Chinese.
David Bi How so?
love your cheerful and sarcastic style, so cool !
If you were handcuffed, could you still talk?
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Yes, but only against his lawyer's advice.
I feel attacked as someone who speaks with their hands aswell
Take off the shades too what would happen
So scotty is italian?
I don't mind his hand movements.
Hey, i bought the new MG ZST about a 5 month ago. I can say that for what it offers and how it drives it’s a greatttt car for the price… really satisfied with this purchase
My ex-girlfriend just bought a Land Rover...
Now I can enjoy my revenge.... 👍
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@Tamaz Okruashvili Her mechanic will love her long time.
@@JulioLopez-xz5kx something tells me the land rover isn't the only thing she's riding
@@sergiovazquez8599 hahaha!! Good one!!
Tamaz Okruashvili that’s prob her new man 🤣
Hello mr.scooty I’m your fan from Sri Lanka and you changed my mind about cars.and made me a Toyota fan.
China is right, Patens and Copyright are stupid. I want a car with a Mercedes interior, Tesla drive train and Aston Martin exterior
Voice IT and 10k start price
A $ 1500 made in China Ikea cart car. comes in a wooden box in pieces.....Get out the instructions, n put it together yourself.
Nope. Without patent and copyright protection, you wouldn't have the technology you have today.
Chinese culture just lacks self respect and integrity. Imagine if they took pride in originality, what they could do. China has no shame and doesn't even care that they're always made the mockery of the developed world.
I would rather have a Toyota
@InfiniteMushroom sounds ideal, but you haven't thought the implications through.
"I've never driven them before but people I know down in Mexico say, 'Aye, they're pretty okay cars.'"
Wow! That's good enough evidence for me!
The Chinese knock off jeep is probably more reliable than the actual jeep lol
I have a Geely Azkarra 4wd mild hybrid since August 2020 and I cannot complain with the quality and amenities its a superb car and the traffic condition here in the Philippines it is a pure bliss to drive. Truly a Volvo sibling for a very appordable cost, just stick to the maintenance as suggested by the manufacturer and you cannot go wrong.
If the Wal-Mart stores weren't big enough, now they need shelf space for Chinese cars.😄
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Scotty should come to China and actually review some of these knockoff cars, that would be interesting to watch!
"In Mejico" 🤣🤣 that tripped me out.
Why did he say that why not mexico
@@abdullahanwaar7389 that is the way it's supposed to be pronounced. That's how spanish speaking people pronunce it.
6:47 Somebody turn on the fan for Scotty! Have a happy Labor day Scotty.
Christopher Frost You mean labor day
Johnny Flores Thank you Johnny!
Once upon a time "Made in Japan" meant it was a piece of JUNK! Of course this was pre-1970's. In 1969 the Toyota Corona was Consumer Reports "Import Car of the Year". From that magical moment Japanese vehicles, photography, electronic radios & walk-mans and tires began changing what "Made in Japan" use to mean to mean "very high quality, long lasting and very friendly consumer products".
China is on the same path as Japan. All over the internet you'll find comments about how they loathe chinese products. But the Chinese have completely taken over the Consumer & Commercial RC Drone and the solar panel markets here in the US. The Chinese are also making most of the cell phones in the world and now they're into making British cars? Chinese just by virtue of their culture that pretty much worships the all mighty dollar and how easily the Communist Chinese have adapted to Capitalism and how Capitalism is pretty much in their blood.
The first car I drove was a Corona. It just kept going. I gave to my brother and he drove it until it had over 300k miles on it. Awesome little hatchback.
Yeah you right my friend
If you talk about the Landwind X7, it is actually a direct copy of the Range Rover Evoque. That Landwind has a clone Mitsubishi 4G63 engine from the Evo 4~8. Probably last longer than the original Range Rover Evoque engine. The Mitsubishi engine unit has been tested through time, it was used in rally cars decades ago.
You can find most of does cars in Dominican Republic, Central American and so on....the entire country are full also of 200cc Chinese motos.
This has been going on for some time now. I read an article about this back in 05. It was a motorcycle as an example. Warren Buffet toured the Chinese factories a few years ago and came back and said he passed mile after mile of cities of factories like the USA never had.
I saw a Chinese knockoff of the mitsubishi outlander got t bone at very low speed by a ford fusion. And the car got split in half while the fusion drove home after the accident!
After seeing that, I wouldn't feel safe in any Chinese made car.
wow, holy shiznit.
a carbon fiber , plastic car made in china doesn't do very well in a high speed, high impact crash.
@@driver4011 interesting. i wonder if they could mix a rubber compound into plastic so it would flex in a crash?
@@ronvalley1973
maybe....could probably make a car light enough with enough rubber surrounding bumpers, the car would just bounce off another car on impact. d ont think the parts companies, insurance companies n b idy shops would like that kinda car.
I never realized there were so many white SUV's on the road till I bought a new SUV painted white. Twice people have mistaken my car for theirs and tried to hop in. For the most part, they all look alike but the CR-V is the best. That oil dilution issue Scotty mentions is gone away forever so no need to worry about that.
I bet Scotty has to have a seperate hard drive just to keep his meme collection on 😂
You are correct. I live in the Philippines. I have done many videos of Chinese car and motorcycle brands.
If the Chinese were smart, they would make a Fiat , call it the Fooyat , 10 × the quality, and make enough money to enter the world market with A quality, low maintenance vehicle. Then they would be a world leader with a world bearer!!
I have a better name....Fi Yang
The land wind has excellent build quality. Excellent engine too
Scotty it's time to clean up that ecological disaster of a yard. Love your videos
Just for the record "antique Russian car called "niva", which is still being cranked out ,was pure soviet made car.Back in early 70s it was the prototype of the first Japanese Suzuki offroader that Japanese copycatted
America: we make the best cars! Nobody can copy our cars!
China: hold my rice
Yeah, right.
Born and raised in Detroit, believe me, nobody there has said "we make the best cars!" in decades. The bean counters won the battle decades ago, the engineers lost so we got planned obsolescence.
if American cars were more reliable and better on gas everyone in the World would want one 😄 remember, gas in most other countries is 100-200% more expensive then us (excluding California haha)
@@DerekChabrow As the Spartan said, "IF".
The United States of America made the best vehicles in the world decades ago.I believe thanks to Corporate greed and us being behind in education compared to Europe and Japan sadly we are behind.
Hi Scott , great channel , and a free smile every time is a plus from the amusement ! 😁 I never commented just thumbs up . I had the Toyotas 89 4cyl 4x4 and the 93 4.0 six 4x4 .. So here it is - the Toyota Tacoma 4x4 other than the 4.0 and 3.5 v6 .. (What are your feelings and experiences for their - 2.7 L. 4 cyl. engine 4x4 preferably in extra cab ? ) Thanks a lot Scott !, peace
It'd be great if the chinese MG company started producing a well engineered replica of the MG-TD.
Scotty did you have some of that Smirnoff before you made the video.. You were smirking all the way 😂
I’m looking forward for the GAC gs8, it’s coming to the US soon.
You're right regarding Kawasaki copying BSA, but the Kawasaki W1 and W2 were based on the A10 BSA, not the A65 as shown. (The chief differences when first produced by Kawasaki were the carburettor, lubrication system and timing side bearing. Later versions had a much improved ignition / charging system.)
The original A10 was designed (or, to be entirely fair: redesigned) in six weeks by Burt Hopwood in the late 1940s.
The last batch of W2 Kawasakis was sold to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1974 and sported a twin disk brake, windscreen, flashers, siren and two way radio.
What's your opinion on the late 70s Suzuki bikes? I might buy a 250 PE for 600$, only the back breaks need replaced.
dont do it dude. i am a biker and a bike that old has dried out seals everywhere, and, parts may be hard to come by, so just get a 90's bike if you want better luck and scotty has said, and i know it to be true, honda, makes the best car and bike engines in the world.....!
Wouldnt take a new British vehicle if it was for free, their crap. Used to work jaguar/range rover/land rover. So many warranty problems. Outside of warranty, owner's go off their heads when they got the repair bill. Felt sorry for the them. Scotty's on the money 100%, 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Cheers from 🇦🇺
Got my first wife in Japan, My second wife was a Chinese knockoff!
Scotty please review the Ford Ranger vs the Chevrolet Colorado vs the Toyota Tacoma. I’d love to hear what you think of them.
Back in the mid-2000's, there was Hongda. lol
Lol 😂 this gotta be the funniest video I’ve seen this week..
I live in China, see “Land winds” and some of these other knockoffs every day. Some of them are pretty darn close aesthetically.
the Chinese will make it as good as you are willing to pay for really, pay nothing and they'll sell you junk and yet people criticize and expect perfection while also paying nothing.
I've seen news about guys re-badge Zotye sr9 as Cayenne and pick up girls from bars with it.
I had a Daewoo Matiz 5 years ago in Europe. The Chinese copy was so exact that the doors on the Korean designed Matiz and the knockoff were interchangeable!
Pele Wang You gotta respect the hustle. ✊
Real interesting video Scotty, thanks man.
If you only knew how different Chinese and Japanese culture are... opposites in some respects, like carefulness, integrity, which are of incredible importance
Harry the Toyota believes in Kaizen “continuous Improvement.”
The best part about the Landwind SUVs is that they're based off the Toyota RAV4 but with Range Rover body panels.
Also, the BAIC BJ40 have Saab engines in them, well, the tooling of those engines made it to China when Saab went belly up, so that's nice
Speaking of copying cars...
Something else I see is the direct correlation of comments in the comment section
I am from China. MG is already purchased by Shanghai Motor Automobile Group.... they are in good shapes now and have lots of customers
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Hey Scotty I love your videos, but I wonder one thing. Why do you switch locations so often? One minute you in front of your celica then the next in front of your porch.
If I were Scotty , I’d be furious about Chinese automakers copying Lexus designs !
The most popular car there is called WuLingZhiGuang, over 600k sold in 2017. Price is only $6k! we actually went there and drove around the country for over 10k miles. It’s actually very reliable. We had to tow the other car in our team in Tibet, well, the other car was a BMW!
Many real auto manufacturers ought to KNOCK IT OFF, and go back to selling quality over quantity.
Not as long as people buy the trash and dealers fleece people to "repair" it.
Want better American vehicles? Stop buying them.
@@wholeNwon never owned an American vehicle Lol
Most manufacturers are losing out on both counts.
A downward spiral.
I visited Shanghai in December and I didn’t see many copy vehicles. I saw a lot of Tesla’s though.
I love my Dyson Chinese knockoff Vacuum machine. The cost is 1/4 but works better! lol
My Dyson works better than the cheap Chinese knock offs because I clean my vacuums filters before I compare it to my trusty old Dyson vacuum.
lol those laughing animals inserted in the videos makes my day!
Maybe in 20-30 years Chinese vehicles will be as good as Honda and Toyota are now.
Maybe much sooner.
Maybe not. They are incapable of producing quality products even though they steal technology from others worldwide. They do things on the cheap and take shortcuts in ideas and quality.
@@florret2003 That's what everyone said about Japanese products after WW2. By the late '60s Japanese motorcycles and electronics were quite popular here in the US. By the "80's so were there cars.
@@EasyRiderGreg The mind-set is not the same. The Japanese developed their own technology. They didn't rob it.
@@EasyRiderGreg
the datsuns of the 60s n 70s n Toyotas of the 70s were good quality.. "perfected" by the 80s.
I know a guy here in Australia that bought a Chinese 4x4 Great Wall and has done over 300,000 ks with no problems at all. The thing cost 1/2 the price than of a Toyota land cruiser.
Snap your fingers, do yo step, you can do it all by yoself!!!!!!
To is not what the outside of the car looks like but comfort and durability. The current situation with tariffs makes me wonder about the whole car market especially cars with “World Wide Parts”?
" It fell apart like a Chinese motorcycle." Rodney Dangerfield.
when you have chance to visit China.
you will be amazed by how many different car brands and model on the road.
it is very very competitive market.
the Chinese brands have improved so much recent years
Rev up your knockoffs!! 🚗
When foreign companies build a factory to build their product, it has been known that the Chinese company builds an exact duplicate factory down the road and uses the same employees in a different shift. The product in the second factory is often exactly the same with a different label.
Soon Chinese are going to copy Scotty's 94 Celica
I'm understanding more and more about cars as you explain Scotty. Nice work.
Hey Scotty! Any advice or knowledge on GMC Savana and Chevy Express cargo vans? Thanks buddy!
Garbage, endless money pits
Downie - I own a Chevy express box van and I'm happy with it. It has around 97,000 miles and still runs strong. The only gripe I have about mine is that there's no cruise control. I've heard that GM started putting cruise control on the newer ones. Mine is a 1997 and I'm thinking about buying a wiring harness and a cruise control turn signal switch.
I am a ford guy, that being said buy the chevy. They ride better, dont have the front suspension issues all Ford vans have. Have had both for many years. Much prefer chevy vans anyway.
Owned a 1997 Chevy Astro cargo van, 4.3l. Best car I've ever owned. Had upwards of 226,000 miles, ran like it was brand new. It was a "simple mechanical device". I only sold it because thieves broke the driver door. Otherwise I would still have it. Jaguar was the best looking, but crappiest car I've owned. Chinese knock offs would be better quality.
In the UK MG is selling the cheapest Electric car on the market currently, the MG ZS EV.
It's a small electric SUV for around £21,000 after subsidy, I hear they can't make enough of these and they sell each one they make. Signs of things to come.
Jeely
Geely
Jod have mercy on my soul!
I've heard that the I6 engine used in the original Toyota Land Cruiser is such an exact copy of the Chevy stovebolt 6 that the water pumps will bolt right up...
Toyota bought a license from gm