There’s no denying that Chinese cars can be polarising. The average person doesn’t really care where their car is coming from, though, and with non-Chinese brands like Tesla, Mini, BMW, Volvo and others already making and delivering cars to our market from China, the idea of a Chinese car is actually rather blurry.
The fit and finish of the interiors was also a huge step up from what we are used to here today. The last time we attended the Beijing motor show was before COVID, and the rate of change has been marked as the Chinese have hired foreign engineers, production managers and designers – MG, for example, recently appointed the guy who penned the Bugatti Veyron as a designer. Now I know you’re thinking, “But the quality is crap!” It’s really not.