Excellent review, thanks. Watched it to get a sense of how the Aion V might be eventually reviewed. Please do that next - have this sense it's excellent value and will be a step up from the Y Plus. But would be great to get your take
I’m currently driving an Atto 3 and for anyone considering Y+, I think on paper it looks strong. A little cheaper but has slightly more capacity with the same LFP battery. Interior looks safely more traditional but the angel wing headlights don’t look cool IMO. Rear passenger space looks roomie, that means tradeoff with a smaller boot. The movie thing seems useful although Atto 3 has a larger screen. Marginally taller and longer than Atto 3. I’m not privy about the aftermarket servicing for Y+; in any case Vantage Auto is terrible.
GAC Aion is distributed by Vincar , a well respected parallel importer in the past turn official distributer. Vincar after sales service was known to be good during their parallel importer days. So fingers crossed they would be ok. Vantage can’t keep up with the number BYD they sold, which is almost the same as Toyota, but Borneo has far larger pool of after sales service support. Vantage only has 3 service advisor now, and I wonder how many servicing bays and mechanics they have. If they don’t expand they after sales support, Denza is going to suffer. Imagine buying Lexus and don’t get after sales support. The good thing is Vantage, owned by Sime Darby have a sufficient backing through their BMW network of mechanics. And EVs generally don’t need much servicing. And I am sure BYD is less patient compared to BMW with their official agent. Maybe they will also sign up Eurokars as another agent like BMW. 😂
Hi Jay Jay, if u were to top up costs for this AION, using a Honda Jazz as a trade in, how much more is one expected to top up? Also how's the time n cost for a full charge ? Overall good review..ya the "hey baby" voice activation can b tad annoying.😊
Hi @angetan207, when using 100kW DC charging, the Y Plus can be charged from 20-80% in 40 mins, and 0-100% in 90 mins. For the Honda Jazz, there are a lot of factors including the year of the car registered, kilometres accrued, state of the vehicle, and more that go into the valuation of the Jazz, and the subsequent top-up value for trade in. The dealer should be able to advise you on a more accurate figure. Otherwise, you can also try our auction platform www.quotz.com.sg/ - Jay
GAC = Guangzhou Automotive Company 广州汽车集团 （广汽） SAIC = Shanghai Automotive International Company 上海国际汽车集团 （上汽） BAC = Beijing Automotive Company 北京汽车集团 （北汽） EV is no longer called 汽车，but 电动车 but well, company names don’t change so often I guess. Having said that, GAC is a respectable company in China especially southern part of China. They recently became the first company to innovate 30,000rpm electric motor , compared to the normal 5,000 - 20,000rpm motors used on most EVs these days. The higher the rpm, the more powerful and efficient the EV is.
Incredible. Great to see some price competition in the market. Dealers have been eating good for far too long. Good job to the AD of Aion.
+1 for having Time Stamp.
If only the Aion ES was this well-equipped
Excellent review, thanks. Watched it to get a sense of how the Aion V might be eventually reviewed. Please do that next - have this sense it's excellent value and will be a step up from the Y Plus. But would be great to get your take
very good car with affordable price
The best EV in Cambodia too
Hello baby 🤣. Thanks for the great review, truly an understated car!
Saw it at Car Show, thought it was too good to be true. After reading many reviews, I can conclude that the market is properly spoilt.
I’m currently driving an Atto 3 and for anyone considering Y+, I think on paper it looks strong. A little cheaper but has slightly more capacity with the same LFP battery. Interior looks safely more traditional but the angel wing headlights don’t look cool IMO. Rear passenger space looks roomie, that means tradeoff with a smaller boot. The movie thing seems useful although Atto 3 has a larger screen. Marginally taller and longer than Atto 3. I’m not privy about the aftermarket servicing for Y+; in any case Vantage Auto is terrible.
GAC Aion is distributed by Vincar , a well respected parallel importer in the past turn official distributer. Vincar after sales service was known to be good during their parallel importer days. So fingers crossed they would be ok.
Vantage can’t keep up with the number BYD they sold, which is almost the same as Toyota, but Borneo has far larger pool of after sales service support. Vantage only has 3 service advisor now, and I wonder how many servicing bays and mechanics they have. If they don’t expand they after sales support, Denza is going to suffer. Imagine buying Lexus and don’t get after sales support.
The good thing is Vantage, owned by Sime Darby have a sufficient backing through their BMW network of mechanics. And EVs generally don’t need much servicing. And I am sure BYD is less patient compared to BMW with their official agent. Maybe they will also sign up Eurokars as another agent like BMW. 😂
If it has ICE, would definetly buy it
Please review Aion ES too.
It's on the way, stay tuned!
- Jay
Hi Jay Jay, if u were to top up costs for this AION, using a Honda Jazz as a trade in, how much more is one expected to top up? Also how's the time n cost for a full charge ? Overall good review..ya the "hey baby" voice activation can b tad annoying.😊
Hi @angetan207, when using 100kW DC charging, the Y Plus can be charged from 20-80% in 40 mins, and 0-100% in 90 mins.
For the Honda Jazz, there are a lot of factors including the year of the car registered, kilometres accrued, state of the vehicle, and more that go into the valuation of the Jazz, and the subsequent top-up value for trade in. The dealer should be able to advise you on a more accurate figure. Otherwise, you can also try our auction platform www.quotz.com.sg/
- Jay
Is that auto parking?
GAC = Guangzhou Automotive Company 广州汽车集团 （广汽）
SAIC = Shanghai Automotive International Company 上海国际汽车集团 （上汽）
BAC = Beijing Automotive Company 北京汽车集团 （北汽）
EV is no longer called 汽车，but 电动车 but well, company names don’t change so often I guess.
Having said that, GAC is a respectable company in China especially southern part of China. They recently became the first company to innovate 30,000rpm electric motor , compared to the normal 5,000 - 20,000rpm motors used on most EVs these days. The higher the rpm, the more powerful and efficient the EV is.
Is aion y plus better than byd atto 3?
i vote yes as it is cheaper and simpler desgin. Legroom is incredible large for comfortable experience
Waiting for Nio to enter our market haha
Lol at the end!!! 😂😂
Legit taxi car
Don’t know what the G on GAC? Not sure why it comes off as abit lazy to not rmb that.
GAC but dunno what the G stands for 💀 “Go Try”… again.
Overpaid price for EV that are being dumped by China.