Compared to many years ago, I find motoring journalists (with the exception of a few like Clarkson) these days not so critical when carrying out test reports on new cars. This makes reading these reports quite worthless and a waste of time.
In my opinion, in this age of commercialisation, one bad report and thats the last time that magazine would get another new car to test. Pitty!
Some testers tend to throw in a few bad remarks, but I find these to be rather pathetic excuses then anything quite tangible.
Here are few such comments from various local and foreign magazines........
Toyota Hilux D/Cab.........."central locking makes noise" (does this matter???)
Honda Civic............" looks a bit like a frog" (shouldn't it be the buyer that should make this conclusion?)
350Z.........."not much boot space" (it's a sports car for crying out loud!!)
Nissan Murano........."not so much an off-roader" (Nissan does not clain this to be an off-roader. So tell us something new!)
I'm going to buy a car in SL for 2 mil while being in Germany. Then I'm going to put up a public raffle draw and pick one lucky winner to gift that car when I have 600 participants registered in the raffle draw. Registration fee for each participant is Rs. 5000/-
Why didnt I think of this before
So for a spirited convo like this old times; ?BYD
My father has gone ninja about getting one, despite being the new hype/fad here these are common across the world and I've seen a few cross 100,000km in Nepal and Australia.
Seal - Looks nice, very premium interior but too low for my applications
Sealion - Very Premium, feels very well built, BUT that 1.5L on that reasonable chunk of car with a measly 18KW battery seems like a recipe for trouble, incase they sink in value at least the fuel economy must justify that (They say it's a BYD engine - though the lore is it is a hyundai engine)
Atto 3 - Most sold from their lot apparently, common af, Seems to be the best bang for buck IMHO, Its electric since BYD is famed for that, Interior is kinda good, the thing is larger than a vezel but not too large like the Sealion, cheap mobility I guess with less things to go wrong
Dolphin, almost a smaller atto and again too car like and not suited for my application.
JK nailed it on the price and distribution but the only guaranteed thing here is the lot are gonna muck up the aftersales. The Kandy center staff behave like the crew from a Govt. post office.
What are your thoughts and opinions? Could this be the next Wagon R or is this a passing fad like the Micros of 2000s-2010s?
I have an empty parking slot at home previously occupied for 6 years by the starlet and 3 months by an AD wagon -what would be a bang-for-the-buck fun shitbox? Preferably auto as I live in a crowded suburb that has sapped the joy of stick shift out of my system.
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Duncan
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Compared to many years ago, I find motoring journalists (with the exception of a few like Clarkson) these days not so critical when carrying out test reports on new cars. This makes reading these reports quite worthless and a waste of time.
In my opinion, in this age of commercialisation, one bad report and thats the last time that magazine would get another new car to test. Pitty!
Some testers tend to throw in a few bad remarks, but I find these to be rather pathetic excuses then anything quite tangible.
Here are few such comments from various local and foreign magazines........
Toyota Hilux D/Cab.........."central locking makes noise" (does this matter???)
Honda Civic............" looks a bit like a frog" (shouldn't it be the buyer that should make this conclusion?)
350Z.........."not much boot space" (it's a sports car for crying out loud!!)
Nissan Murano........."not so much an off-roader" (Nissan does not clain this to be an off-roader. So tell us something new!)
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