There are now Chinese cars at a US auto show. Is it finally happening...

Harbor Freight winch on the front?

Trump just levied a tarrif on solar panels and major appliances.

If they built some cheap simple reliability shit like the Japanese did back in the day, I'd buy it. It'd have to be significantly cheaper than the competition though. Both foreign and domestic trucks bloated overpriced luxury vehicles now.

My penis is confuse

>can buy one of the fastest production motorcycles ever made for a few grand after taking at most a two day course or a written test
>don't even need to buy safety gear

>can't buy a dirt-cheap chinese car because "safety standards"

when are we going to stop the corporate welfare in detroit

people who buy motorcycles are aware of the risk that's part of the attraction

selling an unwary customer a product that is dangerous is a different matter

see, if they were up front about it I wouldn't have a problem, and it would STILL be safer than the bike

it's arguable if an unsafe car is safer than a bike. on a bike you're covered in armor to protect you from the road, so as long as you don't hit anything you should come out with a couple broken bones. in an unsafe car there are more variables. a weak point between the front seat and the steering wheel would smash your little body between the two, or if the airbag wasn't timed properly then your chest would be pulverized by the force of it releasing.

and in america, Convenience is King. we eat bleached flour, sucrose, HFCS, daily because it's cheap and it's easily accessible even though we know these things are borderline poisonous. so when these cars are sold it won't be 'they're death traps that are built with questionable quality', it's 'they're cheap and you need a ride so come grab this one and have fun!'

just putting some sense into this thread. the only reason korean cars were successful is because they were cheap AND safe. hyundaiusa.com/research-tools/reviews-awards.aspx so if the chinese companies come into it, they'll have to undercut korean cars by a fair margin and then we're left with a ton of shit floating around the auto market.

my fucking sides have reached Kepler 22b

Why is this bullshit meme still flourishing on Veeky Forums??? When will you burgerclaps realise no-one outside you and your 5 faggot CAR ENTHUSIAST friends care about old muscle cars and such ilk...

It will never happen for one simple reason, there is no market for old junk.

>they'll have to undercut korean cars by a fair margin
it's a good thing even korean cars have succumbed to the american luxury bloat. As long as they keep it simple and market it correctly (college students, poor people, and the frugally inclined) they should sell okay

I don't want "old junk", I want a new, cheap, small, fuel-efficient car with enough space for groceries and just enough power to take on the highway.
I have a motorcycle for Go Fast.

if I want the shitbox to go fast I'll stick a leaf blower on the airbox and call it a supercharger.

Auto auctions suggest otherwise.

you are free to buy a used car

As someone who lives in a country where Chinese cars are actually sold... they're not that exiting. Their entire lineup consists of underpowered fwd hatchbacks, sedans and crossovers, one brand in particular has a mid-size pickup with 92HP. If they made a E90 clone with a 2.0L that would be cool but they don't.

used cars are the same price as a new chinese car

They already did. These are built in China and I've already seen plenty on the road.

Im tempted to buy a new chinese car as experiment to see how long it lasts.

Theres even a weird, long-ass GAC commercial that airs on American TV right now

As a guy from a country where Chinese cars might very well be 25% of what's on the road, and like 75% of small bikes and scooters...

Pray Trump they don't let this happen. Not only are they shoddy and cheap, and prone to break, but when they are massively adopted, other manufacturers start taking them as norm.

Chinks are locusts.

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>china will become japan 2.0 in the auto world
The thought of new motorcycle manufacturers makes my dick hard

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The used car will be higher quality and last longer.

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fuck i wish i was a pothead in the 90s so i could've watched 90s tv stoned as shit

ok what stocks to risk? Any chinese car companies already trading on American exchanges?

The chance to finally have that elusive Hongda is rising, like my dick.

If they do manage to get in and manage to make them available to lease for dirt cheap I'm sure the "ethnic" people would buy them.

Damn dude

And then they'll all die in accidents when the brakes fail and a 20 mph impact is lethal

So it's like getting two birds stoned at once. They're probable used to that back in their third world shithole home country.

underrated

dude are you posting floam rn?

the only people willing to make the dirt cheap 0 star safety shitboxes we need

>Pretty eye opening

They're chinks. The eye literally opened 0.2mm more than usual

theyve been in the basement of the detroit international auto show for over a decade. blatant ripoffs of vehicles at the same show.

who cares?

Difference is, the Japanese knew where to properly cut corners for cost, the chinks (and gooks, looking at all their engine failures) don't.

Also, Japan came in when the market was changing and took advantage. No such circumstance today.

>Hurr durr there's no market for cheap cars! Only neckbeards on Veeky Forums like them!!!

Take note of how many Versas you see on the road.
They're out there.
If you could get a car out the door in the US for $5k brand new, it would fly off the lots.

this, you have no Idea how many versas I see out there. if the Chinese get in with cheap as fuck cars like 5k cheap then they have a solid chance of getting somewhere

I'd like you to meet He-Xuan.

He-Xuan was your average young china man. No girlfriend, shitty apartment shared with 9 others, and working night shifts at a local plant producing baby mattress filling and asbestos. Being sick of this job he applied for the position of main event manager & information officer at Dongfeng Motor Co, making up most of his resumé. Despite all odds he got the job.

Three weeks have passed, mostly spent hiding in his cubicle and hoping he'd go unnoticed. One day the manager comes running, asking if he is ready for the presentation in two hours.
>"What presentation?"
Apparently he was making a presentation for the boare of executives with the new models and their program at the annual motor convention. With three hours to use he jumps on the net, uses whatever search engine his non-oppresive government allows and searches for "auto"

Four hours later the presentation is over. The board of execs. are shooting eachother unsure looks, with He-Xuan sweating loudly in the corner
>"So you mean to say that these western pigs all want terrible, square cars?"
>yes
>"With inefficient drivetrains and engines?"
>yes
>"And no comfort or gadgets at all..."

More awkward silence follows. The CEO is the one to break it after several minutes passing.
>"Alright, fine. We'll design this car for western dog. He-Xuan, you are responsible for getting us cute girls for the exhibition of the new automobile.
Xe-Huan gives the CEO a nervous look, dries the sweat from his brow and utters a nervous sentence
>"I-Its funny that you should mention girls"

There was no basement this year, so everyone got to see em

They will compete with Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi is shit so China wins
businesswire.com/news/home/20180108006282/en/Mitsubishi-Motors-Fastest-Growing-Non-Luxury-Brand-United