Chinese cars

**slofox** · 2nd December 2009, 10:11

Scuttlebutt at the precinct is that more Chinese cars are to be sold new in EnZed...

Let's hope they are a little better engineered than their motorbikes...

Wooden engine anyone?

**scissorhands** · 2nd December 2009, 10:40

If they are cheap enough I could be keen. Indian car 'the tata' sells for only about $4000 brand new.

Just carry a toolbox at all times

**Taz** · 2nd December 2009, 10:45

Originally Posted by slofox

Wooden engine anyone?

What wooden start? or wooden last long?

Seeing as They'll still have to meet NZ standards I can't see them being that much cheaper. You would not be able to sell that Tata new in NZ without some serius "export market" mods.

**Marmoot** · 2nd December 2009, 10:55

Nothing new.

Honda produces the CR-V in the United Kingdom and Japan for worldwide markets, and as of 2007, North American CR-Vs are produced in East Liberty, Ohio. The CR-V is produced for the Chinese market by the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company, a joint venture with Dongfeng Motor Corporation. Starting in fall 2007, North American CR-Vs will also be produced in Jalisco, Mexico in addition to the US, Japan, and Britain due to high demand.

China. Mexico. India.
Even Fisher & Paykel stuff are not made in here anymore anyway.

Most of the current Japanese car parts are also made in China.

China has been undergoing industrial revolution in the last few years. What fails now or yesterday will be their success tomorrow.

NZ should be very scared if we don't move up from the assembly/production industry to the design/R&D stage. Soon half of our country will be unemployed.

**gijoe1313** · 2nd December 2009, 11:00

Probably be powered by imitation hamsters under the hood ... just don't buy the wong one or you'll be forced to wing it when it goes low on you ... ah well, just take it on the chin so to speak!

**EJK** · 2nd December 2009, 11:14

Airbags are optional?

Oh yeah, I can "choose" to get a brain damage. Cool.

What I hate about Chinese "fake" Automobile Industry is them making copied cars such as this.

Top one is the "real" and the bottom one is the Chinese fake.

Wait, theres more.

Fake BMW X5? Gotta be kidding me!

Fake 7 Series? Jesus wept!

Just compare, where would you rather be in?

**slofox** · 2nd December 2009, 11:23

Originally Posted by gijoe1313

Probably be powered by imitation hamsters under the hood ...

Nah - They've moved to rubber bands - much more modern...

**gwigs** · 2nd December 2009, 11:33

Does anyone remember when people used to laugh at Japanese cars..
I think they proved us wrong.How many of us drive Jappers now eh ?
They will only get better Im guessing.

**Dave Lobster** · 2nd December 2009, 11:57

Originally Posted by Marmoot

Soon half of our country will be unemployed.

Soon half the country will be chinese. So no biggie...

**Marmoot** · 2nd December 2009, 13:05

Originally Posted by Dave Lobster

Soon half the country will be chinese. So no biggie...

Even biggier. They'll be the ones working because they are cheaper.

**Max Headroom** · 2nd December 2009, 15:01

Originally Posted by gwigs

Does anyone remember when people used to laugh at Japanese cars..
I think they proved us wrong.How many of us drive Jappers now eh ?
They will only get better Im guessing.

Yep, jap cars were a joke in the '60s, treated with suspicion in the '70s, begrudgingly accepted in the '80s, and the cars of choice by the '90s.

Yet, IIRC when the kiwi WW2 vets had their 50th anniversary celebrations in 1995, many were offended by all the Japanese cars parked outside and demanded their removal . . .

**Monstaman** · 2nd December 2009, 15:01

Human race is its own worst enemy, we want things cheaper and we want them yesterday AND we want them to last forever.

gwigs is onto it, the Chinese are doing now what the Japanese did in the 80s.

They are a manufacturing superpower, no two ways around it.