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Thread Author: Falkirk Bairn Replies: 13
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 15:36 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Falkirk Bairn
Geely cars to be sold in the UK in late 2012 - to be based in Coventry

www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8935912/Geely-cars-to-be-sold-in-the-UK.html
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 16:02 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - diddy1234
oh god no.

looks like our road deaths will soar then :-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=INsrUGV3rww
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 16:23 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - sherlock47
Some interesting suggestions :)


www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcBoVgyKjH8&feature=related
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 16:29 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - RattleandSmoke
Don't they own Volvo or did that deal fall through?

Don't confuse the crap they make for the Chineese domestic market with what they may produce the European market. I assume the stuff will go through NCAP so if it fails that they have a limited market anyway.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 16:46 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - ....
They bought Volvo and also have a 20% stake in LTI.
The CK1 model didn't do very well in the Brazilian NCAP test. CK1 probably stands for Colin Klein (Calvin's younger brother) it was his first attempt at car design.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 16:51 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - RattleandSmoke
Really don't think there is any market for this in the Uk though!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kav4epNjzeU

It looks like a mid 90's Escort.

Really is quite shocking when you think how well even the smallest of European city cars perform in crash tests.

I would hope that any Geely imported into the UK would be a much better car, and they have Volvo on hand to make it safe.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:11 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Meldrew
Minor thread drift re Chinese cars - has any one here seen a Chinese MG in the road?
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:14 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - RattleandSmoke
Not seen any MG6s but I have a post MG Rover TF on a 59 plate I think it was.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:19 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Zero
>> Minor thread drift re Chinese cars - has any one here seen a Chinese MG
>> in the road?

Yeah, as it happens I have - last weekend. There is an MG / Ford dealer in Datchet, they pushed the only MG they had onto the road so they could load more Fords onto the sales forecourt.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:24 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - spamcan61
>> Minor thread drift re Chinese cars - has any one here seen a Chinese MG
>> in the road?
>>
No, not a single one.
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:33 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Iffy
Strange to relate, I happened across the MG dealer in Newcastle on my travels today.

As might be expected, the used stock was non-MG, but there were a handful of new MGs on the forecourt.



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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:33 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Zero
>> Strange to relate, I happened across the MG dealer in Newcastle on my travels today.
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>> As might be expected, the used stock was non-MG, but there were a handful of
>> new MGs on the forecourt.

But none on the road?
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 Mon 5 Dec 11 17:36 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Iffy
...But none on the road?...

No, but there would have been if I'd asked for a test drive.

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 Mon 5 Dec 11 19:53 
 Geely - Piece of Chinese Car Production coming soon - Alastairw
Actually Geely's latest model has been given 4 stars by Euro NCAP. Not a stellar result, granted, but the Jag XF only got 4 and don't think of it as unsafe.
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