Why Chinese Car Brands are Invading the Philippines | History | PH Auto Industry
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- I made this video to help you make a better decision when buying Chinese cars by understanding their origins, history, and how they compare to American, European, and Japanese brands.
Filipinos automatically perceive Chinese car brands as being low-quality, unreliable, and having poor build quality, but over the years the auto manufacturing industry in China has progressed rapidly.
The question is, can we now trust Chinese car brands? Are they reliable? Will they last?
In this video, we answer a couple of questions:
➜ Which car brand in the Philippines is leading and winning?
➜ Which Chinese car brands are on the rise?
➜ What’s the history behind each Chinese car brand that is gaining popularity in the Philippines? (Geely, MG, Chery, Foton, Maxus, JAC, GAC, BAIC, Changan, Ssangyong, BYD)
➜ Are Chinese-made cars reliable?
➜ Can we trust Chinese brands and China-made cars?
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⏰☀️ TIMESTAMPS
3:17 - History of China’s Car Manufacturing Industry
5:02 - Why Chinese car brands copy designs and make knockoffs
8:12 - SAIC
8:32 - FAW
8:57 - DongFeng
9:04 - Changan
9:25 - Origins of Popular Chinese Car Brands in the Philippines
9:32 - History of MG Motors Philippines
11:06 - Chery Motors History
11:50 - Foton
12:02 - Maxus
12:20 - JAC Motors
12:36 - GAC Motor
12:51 - BAIC
13:02 - Changan History
13:36 - SsangYong
14:06 - BYD
14:50 - Can we trust Chinese car brands?
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My father grew up in the 60s and 70s. He said the way people talk about chinese cars now is exactly like how people talked about Japanese cars back then. People talked shit about korean cars too.
I have used my haval m2 for eleven years now and it has been a great and lovely experience.
BYD are more than a threat to Tesla. They will definitely overtake them. They're the biggest battery maker in the world and at the forefront at battery technology
CATL is the largest batrery maker, BYD second.
@@xuray6082 they're Chinese too
@@SiRasputin yeah I know
@@SiRasputin Also TSMC they are own by Chinesse too.
"BYD are more than a threat to Tesla"
==
Buy a BYD.
Good for you.
I'm Filipino-Australian. My MG3 is getting a new engine under warranty at 19 months old and under 30,000 km. It was the only new car we could buy in early 2023, and I thought careful driving and proper care was all that I needed to make the car function well - I was wrong.
It’s not the Chinese car manufacturers that I’m worried about, it’s the local dealership that is in question. I’m not sure if they are going to stay or not since the competition is cut throat, 1 or 2 of these Chinese car brands will eventually have to shutdown and there goes the aftersales service.
This has been an issue in the middle east. There was Geely, JAC and Cheryl before. All exited the market and dealership shut down. Now Geely is back and a whole set of new Chinese brands
Great work Chris, your auto content is very interesting and informative. Please keep it up.
Why is it “Invading” and not just selling like you’d describe if it’s European or American?? That Yellow Peril concept is too compelling right
Nice video! Very informative and well thought✨ I always watch and re watch your videos always due to it's great quality content and info. God bless always!✨
I finally decided to get GAC Gs8 my 1st Chinese brand automobile, it has so much features against other brands and love the look of it. Not sure how reliable it will be but with a 5 year warranty, I think it's time to give them a try.
i like that car too
I got one too and loving it
Low quality china
Hows the car?
Japanese and Korean cars started the same. People tend to forget that Japan used to be known for cheap knock offs.
I agree with your statement however, Japan and Korea doesn’t have a reputation on creating below sub par product, not just cars, but different products as well. This might be the reason why Japanese and Koreans products deserve second chances.
Its entirely diffrent with Chinese cars/items. They tend to break almost immediately after you buy it.
In reality, most of the products/car were just made in China (similar thing to Iphone) but just because of the country’s reputation, it affected people’s mind on choosing what brand should be taking.
@@kodoku2942 The Japanese were known for making cheap products up until the 80's, ever heard of the Plaza Accords? The Japanese were flooding the world with cheap microchips that the US was so threatened about the whole thing, that they decided to destroy the Japanese economy in the 80's.
While the Koreans were known for being the cheap version of Japanese products until recently, the entire industry of Korea is copied from Japan, that is the truth, they positioned themselves as the cheap alternative to Japanese items.
No country started out with high quality products right off the bat, that wouldn't make sense.
Where China is now, was what Japan was in the 60's and 70's, what Korea was in the 80's to 90's. It's starting to change for China with more companies pushing out higher quality products like DJI and Huawei.
Make morw jeepney asslick
@@上原恵太郎 is this a coping mechanism? They are currently selling a lot of cars because they saturated their market.
@@forte609 Is this a retarded hot take? You're questioning why profit-oriented entities would target void market niches.
Love this content! Thanks for being an eye opener!
The Geely Coolray got an amazing review from owners, some of my neighbors have MG cars in their garage, so far they’re loving the brand.
The last part about building trust was spot on. Agreed that these chinese car brands needs to deliver over time before they get the trust of consumers. Perfectly delivered! Subscribed..
so informative!
Philippines till this day , still very much in love with their Japanese master
not any more ahaha
Chinese are yours now?? They dont even accept their own mistakes even if its glaring
Why are you licking Xi's boots? Japanese cars are very reliable overall, that's why they are popular.
At least the Japanese company apologizes and renovates.
But china? Nope
@@Daraponleu The Chinese did not invade, massacre, and create comfort women in the Philippines.
those chinese branded cars are NOT invading the philippine market... they are basically filling in the VOID that is there because the philippines have diddly squat of of its own automotive brand. simply put, those chinese branded cars are way better than ZERO of which the philippines can make. chinese companies have R&D and factories of THEIR OWN that outputs cars sold in the global market. those cars are on the roads in the middle east countries which have strict safety standards. reversed engineered or not, those chinese guys were good enough to clone branded cars. tapos pinoys are happy na sa owner type jeeps, thats as far as the pinoy manufacturing can go. sad but true...
I hopo that's true since I fear that the money from the people buying Chinese cars may go towards the hands of the Chinese military & it's bad news for Filipino soldiers & fishermen
Although Geely was established in 1986, they only entered the automotive industry in 1997. Just wanted to note that Geely is a very young company and improved in a very short time.
Edit: Geely also owns 49% of Proton brand.
Geely also owns VOLVO.
@@summercab5185+ lotus as well ( one chinese brand also owns shares of linkoln navigator or smth )
@@summercab5185Geely also owns 51% of Lotus and 10% of Daimler Benz.
Very informative. Thanks sir.
We have to take to consideration din yung LOCAL Distributor. All Car will break regardless how reliable it is but when LOCAL distro (CASA) is lacking/mediocre/sucks then Good cars like Geely is affected.
Quality is there, no doubt about it, after sales is the biggest concern currently. People have expressed their concerns with the after sales but from what I know, it is slowly getting better especially for the likes MG and Geely. Chery, on the other hand, is being praised because they don't have any problem with after sales. They have the best warranty in the country currently, no other brand comes close. That's why UAAGI is being praised because they are doing so well as Chery's local distributor.
Chery's warranty services tho, crazy good.
Changan CS55 plus
Satisfied owner
Sulit pa sa safety tech
Great job.
They selling like hotcakes all over the world. Especially australia.
thanks brother, I want to try a china car,
will it last? is it a disposable car?
no its not, some geely coolray owners almost reach 100k kilometers already, thats why i bought one my own
Nice Review. More power.
Wow, what a professional video. Impressive. ! but i would have hoped that the video content would have included a little "brand reliability" statistics.. ex: size of service network in the PHs, part availability, and maybe cost of ownership over 3 years... etc... maybe this could be the subject of another video... No matter: this is still a very good video. !! Thank you. (i just subscribed)😀
Prior to 1970, MMC already sold cars. It's only on that year that the auto division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries separated and made the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation that we know today. :)
The giant problem with china cars in the philippines is the after sales service, the resell value
Test drove number of these Chinese ev when down in brazil.. Was quite impressed.
How about the chery tiggo 2 pro guys. Any feedback please
One thing that Chinese cars need improvement is rust protection. As far as I know, only Haval uses galvanized panels. I have a 1996 Mitsubishi Lancer ( which has galvanized panels) and it has very little rust
how the experience ng mga ford territory owners? chinese yan diba, kind of interested because of the tech inside
As a Filipino, it would be nice if you also show the bad side of Chinese cars. Yes they may be cheap it's not the whole picture
True. Show me the girl without make up!!
They wont miss your purchase if you always have a negative doubt about Chnese product. Just dont buy
Industrial manufacturing cannot be kept 100% perfect. Seeing that Chinese cars have launched 5-year warranty in many countries,
Bought a brand new SAIC MG GT Sport Turbo - 上汽名爵5运动旗舰版300TGI (Domestically in China).
It is a very handsome car and love it!
Great value for money and fully loaded to the brim!
in the 90's people talk crap about korean cars... still is though....
Geely was established in 1986 but they have entered the automotive industry in 1997…
Invading is such a aggressive word to be used in term of products supply, it’s always nice for the people to have more options isn’t it.
Hollow minds speak d loudest.
huh, i always thought byd stood for beyond your dreams.
Just realised after you mentioned it that it's build your dreams.
i think i prefer my acronym to theirs.
What about Hongqi ? Such a premium Chinese brand u didn’t even mentioned .
Having lived in China for a while, pre-pandemic, the most popular china brand isnt BYD / MG / Geely... it's actually Roewe EVs.
many filipinos don’t know some toyota/honda/hyudai/kia here are exported from china (thru jv’s) 😂
A quick answer is if consumers are so skeptical about purchasing Chinese made cars then DONT BUY ONE!
I wished Chinese cars are taxed by 20% at least. The money from those cars may go towards the Chinese military & that't disrespecful for Filipino soldiers & fishermen
Apple phones made in china
I've driven on chinese tires. They work. But they're bad for high performance applications. I can say same foes for chinese car.
Not sure why this was in my feed but maybe because I was helping a friend solve the massive headache he's having with his brand new geely car. & I've also heard my manager who owned what apparently was a chinese manufactured MG SUV & her having problems with her casa... So are the chinese cars really that bad? It looks like they improved leaps & bounds from we first heard of a chinese sounding badge.
But they're still nowhere near the quality & reliability of american or europen brands, nor even supplant the japanese dominance in the asian car market. They should try & get to where Hyundai is at right now but i bet it's gonna take another decade at the earliest.
I would probably consider a chinese car if they're offering a 10 years or more warranty on everything.
Saying who owns who, now I understand why all of the sudden European cars became ugly
Well I’m not sure we can assume that joint venture means that the companies involved share technology. When we see that there is a joint venture I think the thing to ask is what did each company stand to gain and possibly lose getting into bed with each other. Surely Ford, Mazda, Toyota etc don’t blindly go into joint ventures saying “great here take everything we spent billions developing for free to use for your own benefit.” I agree with you that we shouldn’t judge a car by the nation it comes from. Equally however we can’t assume that joint ventures mean that the Chinese company is using its partners tech.
But really good content. I love the conversation you open and also putting all of these brands in their historical context. Was truly helpful. Kudos. I’ll surely follow!
They have an agreement beforehand to share technology, that's d deal.
THE JAPANESE DID THE SAME THING AND THE AMERICANS DID THE SAME THING TO THE BRITISH.
Exactly. Some people here r either ignorant or brainwash. Some even mix business with politics.
Best China car: GAC
Best China tyre: Sailun
Best China EV: BYD
For me, its steel best to invest japanes brand , its the most trusted and best quality when it comes to production.
China the great imitator is clearly gaining a lot from copying technologies. The Philippines has hope in the future.
Philippines needs a changan SC1040 Truck
Geely, BTD and Chery have come a long way. That said, they're not for me. If I'm spending millions on a vehicle, it might as well be something I can be proud of. But hey, if I'm buying it as a utility vehicle, I don't see why not.
Mist advance countries started of this processes and now there are as competitive to the west. The people who still think that way, are not well informed or prejudice or ignorant.
Exactly. Or brainwash by western media or worst still infected with the colonial mentality virus called Stockholm syndrome..
I'm sure these Chinese cars have great tech features to have a USP against established brands. I have to see the performance, reliability, longevity and safety before I consider buying one.
How about JMC sir
Don't buy if you can afford an expensive
Tesla. Nobody us forcing you to buy.
China is now the no.1 car exporter as of 1st qtr 2023. Good job China.
I admire your kilometric knowledge of cars,but the Filipino car buyer cannot help reading on the hood of any Chinese made car the brand name Spratly and Scarborough and they consider it repulsive. It will take a long long long time for the Filipino to be weaned from that stereotype.
Don't mix business n politics. Don't conclude u don't know d whole story. U only hear d. Side of the western bias media.
Hope the price of this Chinese cars are not same price as the well known brands , this Chinese cars must have lower prices than the known brands.
MG has been around since 1924 by the way. Its name was established in the car scene way before Japanese cars flourish the market. :) just saying.
Was bought by a chinese company so the current MG you see now is totally chinese product behind MG badge.
In Trucking logistics Chinese trucks have a good reputation than Japanese trucks when it comes to performance in trucking logistics.
Totoo to! Ang gwapo ng MG GT na yellow pero natatakot ako sa quality
No
Pinoy = Toyota
In the rural areas they even call DMax, Strada, Ranger, Navara as "Hilux" or any other SUVs as "Fortuner." 😂😂😂
Automotive engineer here. Of all the chinese cars the only one that i can say is safe to ride is Geely but I wouldnt bet on it as certifications from chinese factories as paper mill at best. The rest dont even bother as those are not even AIAG compliant.
What about gac ? I heard they also manufacture Toyota/Honda/Mitsubishi cars on china
@@venielbretana8240 Chinese QC is not on par with their foreign counterparts. Chinese assembly lines need to adhere sa quality standards ng customer to continue making business with them. Chinese products are prone to “pwede na” and bad engineering.
To make it simple. Like GAC, foxconn assembles both apple and xiaomi products. Alam mo na kung sino sa dalawa dyan yung low quality.
@@lolomo5787 but they are manufacturing Toyota cars.
Are Toyota standards not up to par in manufacturing ?
If they can make Toyota cars , how can you say they do not adhere to quality standards ?
@@venielbretana8240 like apple nalang.
Designed in california, assembled in china. Assembled is not equal to designed.
In automotive industry. We follow standards such as IATF, VDA(EU cars), AIAG etc. For non EU cars, Gusto namin at least IATF and AIAG compliant ang car which toyota is compliant.
GAC is IATF “compliant” pero not AIAG compliant = red flag. Like my first comment, Geely lang ang compliant sa pareho. Even at that bagsak ang Geely sa 10ppm requirement from ph data as basis. Kung Geely a “compliant” lumalagpak. Other chinese brands pa kaya?
Who don't copy friends? Don't you when you are young?
History has told me, the young guy would beat the old hag eventually. Who laughs the last laugh best, especially in the EV era.
"dont believe you will be good all time time, be paranoid '' - jack ma
the only mode of transportation i can afford is caddilacad....
The real strength of Chinese car companies is NEV(EV & Hybrid)
Mitsubishi japan legend number1 mitsubishi lover
Why wouldn’t you trust them?
Tesla also producing in China and so what ?
Where is Jetour
Under chery
Nothing wrong with tuese cars. It is the gramd scheme of things that is scary.
Not sure why most Filipinos are hating on Chinese cars, in other countries for example, Geely has been upping their game and are doing good now. Sadly, close minded most of the pinoys, with their sheep and crab mentality (most of them who can't even afford their own brand new cars)
Personally, I was against China cars too before, previosuly owning Jap-US cars. But after doing research and owning one.
I could say I was wrong and have had no problems with my unit for more than a year now unlike my friends and relatives who have New Jap/US cars that break down within less than a year, have no available parts and under spec'd for a high price point.
(Kasi nga it's cause of the naka sanayan mindset)
Safe to say, I haven't regretted my decision, more-so other owners are happy with the Maintenance and after-sales support.
The riding comfort and quality of Geely is just ways beyond from non-high end US/Jap cars(na pang grab legit) 🤣
Geely has slammed Japanese and US car manufacturers with their affordable cars with high specs comparable to the top specs of Jap-US-Euro cars.
Which is good, because this will push the other manufacturers to give more to their customers for a lower cost since Saturated market na sa PH for Over priced under spec'd cars.
The term: "tina-tae-han na kayo sa ulo" charging an exorbitant amount of money for a lata built "safe" car was what thew me off other brands where a lot of Jap companies cut corners for safety features and specs.
But pinoys are still happy about it. 😅
People keep saying: problems sa pyesa-aftersales-re-sell value.
Like man, it's the customers money, it's their call if they risk getting Chinese cars.
So yeah.
Also don't forget Honda admitted they're getting surpassed by Chinese cars and Toyota cheating on their Safety standard tests.
Geely has a long way to go for proving the quality of their cars in the PH but they're on the right track.
So Get one/Buy one and Own one before you bash and hate on Chinese cars.
the money from those cars may be used to fund the Chinese military to harass Filipino fishermen & soldiers, it's not just the quality but also the money from those Chinese cars
@@HSstudio.Ytchnnl not all Chinese brands are government owned, some are private like Geely.
I bet you have chinese made products at home, till you have no chinese products at home and tiktok on your phone, I won't bother to listen to your sheep mentality way of thinking. Stop being such a hypocrite. Lol
Many people here are brainwashed by their colonial masters. They can't. Think critically. Still like being fooled n being their lapdogs. Kaya di umaasenso. They think American r their gods.
It's mostly the issue with WPS. But some Filipinos are just hypocrites advocating the non use of Chinese products but they themselves have tons of it in their households. 😂
Leyland brand was also known for making buses like the Leyland National and its was infamously known for the Pacer trains (or should i say, railbus for British Rail, in the 1980s, now withdrawn in 2020/2021
MG originally a Bri'ish brand
Now its a Bri'ish-Chinese brand, they should bring back the assembly plant in the UK
JAC Motors are 60% owned by Volkswagen, so its just a Chinese brand of VW just disguised.
BYD is also known for bus manufacturing, in the UK they are made their electric bus in partnership with Alexander Dennis (known in UK but less known in SEA), by pairing with their chassis, mounted with an Enviro200/400 MMC bodies
I still don't trust on Chinese brands, even their buses like Higer, Yutong or even King Long, Golden Dragon (literally the same company with just the English name) Zhongtong and Ankai Automobile
another issue for me is where will the money from those Chinese cars go, I fear that it may go towards the Chinese military & that will be bad for Filipino fishermen & soldiers
it's like transferring owner but the quality compromise. like Red Ribbon , nun di pa nabili ng jollibee and sarap dati ng Red Ribbon Cakes.. ngayun sobrang tapos nya.. para makatipid
I would like to tackle the labor rights concerns of Chinese car manufacturers in order for it to be equally fair in the global production of quality cars.
China labor wages is a lot higher. Now. Low wage. Is a thing in d past. Now. They r efficient employing 5G technology, full automation n robotics in their production line kaya competitive sila. US can't compete kaya they r making black propaganda. Tonya Harding Syndrome style.
No to Chinese cars
you don't have trust them , trust your oun cuntry brand
Wala nga eh.
Sarao motors is the best.
Galit sa mga inchik pero bumili ng chinese car brand 🤦♂️
not only in Ph, but globally especially of cheap EVs flooding in EU now
They r just afraid of. D competition.
trust these brands? heck no...stick to japanese. If you cant afford a new one there are many 2nd hand rides and those even have installment plans.
Ok video but he speaks monotone..like broadcasting a football game...
No! Only chinese are using that product.
Why isn't GWM on the list.
I ll never buy that insik buisit, better to buy a sarao or other otj. Intsik technic is only a cheap copy of western and eastern high technology
I never saw a chinese car here in Europe and thats for the reason of a low Quality and Savety
Regards from Germany
Obviously, you’re one of those close-minded pinoys who hates anything Chinese. Poor you. 😂
then you have not gone to the whole europe
It is just propaganda that chinese made brands are low quality. Nobody now wants to use things forever.
Nah, germany soon will bcome a 3rd world slum
@@saitamasaitama8697 i think so, but no problem for me, coz im prepared to leave. Hahaha
Take a look at one of these events like: F1, 24 Hours of Le Mans, or World Rally Cross Championship.
Do you know any chinese brands being even able to compete in atleast one of these?
Aside from European/and american brands. Toyota did it, mitsubishi did it, nissan did it, suzuki did it, even hyundai/kia did it.
These competition is a manufacturers competition for not only for racing but is also to test the performance, reliabity, and the capability of a manufacturer to produce those vehicles.
Toyota may not have the best at all of them but has been among top contenders in all of them. I don't see a Geely there.
see link & Co
Lynk and Co competes in the FIA WTCR with Cyan racing, they actually won the title from 2019-2021. Lynk and Co also broke 2 records in Nurburging. Lynk and Co is owned by Geely.
Google u8
MG has a presence in the racing scene.
Di nila alam geely own lynk n Co who won championship in neughbergin yata sa Germany. Ito daw ang pinaka malupit na race circuit.
Chinese cars.
You got to be kidding me.
Made in bullychina
Those Chinese car companies have closed even the Chinese owner’s despise these cars
U r generalising. Not all.
So buying from state-owned chinese brands is like supporting ccp then.
how about american brands? does that mean you support american imperialism?
@@PinoyAbnoyhahahaha wala ka bang ideya ukol sa mga mangingisda na HINARASS ng militar ng China sa West Philippine sea? mukhang kakampi mo yung mga nang-harass sa mga mangingisda 😅😂😅, Tandaan mo na INAAGAW ng China ang teritoryo ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine sea
Water cannon cars 😅
you know too little about the development of China's automotive industry
Then make your own youtube vids. Share your knowledge
hahahahaha MG AND GEELY are shit right now 😂
Who the fvk care about phillipines market anyways, poor people with small gdp even tiny Singapore can cover whole phillipine market
Phil market is so small. Check out Malaysia Indonesia etc
Sirain yan . Gawin nyo nalang masitera yan
Mag enjoy kn lang sa RUSI mo..
Paano mo alam. Do u own one?
Of all the chinese car brands, only Geely caught my eyes.