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- Geely is the biggest car company, that you’ve never heard of. Their Chinese badge may be only 30 years old, but in that time, they’ve managed to sell millions of cars, like the Geely Haoqing, and the Geely Borui, win an FIA manufacturer’s cup, and set a lap record at the Nurburgring in the Lynk & Co.'s Lynk 03. But how in the world did they go from making unreliable cars in the 90s to BUYING VOLVO? And what made the founder so mad that he drove a steamroller over an entire lot of cars? Join James Pumphrey as he gets you up to speed, on the largest Chinese car brand you've never heard of.
►Episode Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:36 A Crushing Defeat
09:08 Sweden The Deal
10:37 A Lynk To The Future
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Li: cars are just two sofas on four wheels
Me: never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree on
I get it, from an engineering standpoint it couldn't be more wrong, however, as is evident from manufacturer's offerings, all to often they think it's true.
Li has spoken the truth
He's outa line but he's right.
I 100% want the shirt.
It is hard to take any truth from Stalin🤣
Oh, and Geely own one more small company, maybe you heard of it... LOTUS
and a smaller one called Proton
yeah but they suck.... cars only people under 5ft 5 can drive comfortably.... also you never see them on the road...
and they own Daimler too 😆
@@wormer66 really? I see them a lot on the road. Lol
@@mingz7067 and in short time turned them around in terms of quality and sales.
"Cars are just two couches on four wheels."
HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE FORD CROWN VIC!!!
I'm up for it. And the car to come back
*1997 Lincoln Town Car - Same thing, just better couches.
I own a 2019 Volvo S60, one of the ‘geely Volvo’s’ and let me tell you....Geely truly saved Volvo and turned them into something absolutely fantastic
To bad volvo didn't really needed saving and now they are producing terrible cars, beautiful, but unreliable, seen to many cracked pistons, broken valves and failing hybrid systems in new volvos. I'm a volvo guy btw so don't get me wrong
Glenn Tjan A Sem interesting, outside of some Hybrid difficulties (as all first generation cars have), I’ve had no issues with mine. I also work for a Volvo and haven’t had many complaints with the cars at all. As for saving, Volvo definitely needed it. Ford wasn’t funding them at all and was essentially letting the brand die. No investment into advancing the cars and therefore no sales, and Vice versa. The Ford era reliability was terrible, the Geely era outside of first gen 2016 XC90s, have been VERY reliable thanks to the universally used SPA Platform and Drive-E motor we have used in EVERY model for the last 5+ years. Ford essentially bought Volvo for the safety patents and let the company die. Geely has caused it to be one of fastest growing luxury brands on the market outside of Tesla with some of the highest ratings we’ve ever had.
Geely did that Ford did'nt do. Invest in Volvo and open the Chinese market.
Ford forced their dual-clutch gearbox on Volvo at the time. It makes them the most unreliable Volvo in its history
So a "made in China" Volvo is actually superior to a "made in America" Volvo? Wow! Like seriously...wtf.
Now that James has lost weight the next step is for him to become Hugh Jackman level ripped. Lightning! Lightning lightning!
He can scream "More power baby" while deadlifting
And then he becomes a track cyclist and scream MO pawa beby
Buff james
A-Bomb he’s also gonna have to grow out his hair and wear some wrap around shades
So he would get BUFF as Nolan ? 🤯🤯
"The mieri which translates to..." "LETS PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS"
As a Malaysian, I think Geely really saved our national car Proton and even took them to next level in terms of quality.
I had seen Proton Wira as a kid in Iran and Gen2 was assembled and sold here. Pretty popular. And just found out they were Malaysian! Nice!👏
Totally agreed, even saga are much better than bezza in terms of build quality, design and funtionality
I learnt to drive in a proton jumbuck in Australia. I count myself fortunate to still be alive, that pos was a death machine
@@aimangaming4182 even a 10 year old Saga had better handling then the new Bezza..
@@faisfaizal5194 bro proton saga release 1985 , mean while the produa bezza was release 2016 .
You know what James... whenever I'm having a really shitty day, I can always watch a Donut Media video especially the ones you narrate and have my day turned around instantly. You're a real blessing to the car community. Positivity, a great sense of humor, and knowledge to keep us informed. I've been car crazy since I can remember and sometimes get anxiety over what's the best car as embarrassing and dumb as it sounds. I just love automobiles! I'm greatful that you've exposed us to the brilliance of Chinese engineering and motorsport. For I now have a new dream to chase. I would've never found my dream car if not for this video. The Lynk & Co 03 +/Cyan Racing Concept ❤️Thank you for all that you do for the car community and please take care of yourself after your heart attack. I had two strokes at 24 and life is no joke bruh. Love you and wish you well!
When James said “meiri translates to...” I got a McDonald’s ad and I thought it literally translated to McDonald’s.
Same. I also got a Macdonald’s ad.
Mine translates to "summer drink days."
Mine translates to, “How it feels to chew 5 Gum.”
And It’s wholesome how James says, “I love you” after every video.
@@simplymax2125 you wish
"Auspicious Beauty Leopard" sounds like something James came up with.
@Ross Bourne Hear that, Donut? You've got another Shirt design idea right here! Maybe make it look like that Duran Duran Rio album cover or something kinda SynthWavey like that.
i can assure u it is not hahahah
But no. Beauty Leopard is very much a thing, and it's a banging hit in China as you can new buy a supercar look-alike (close enough to fool Chinese non-car people 20 years ago) for the price of a regular cheap sedan. It looks terrible now, but boy oh boy was it stylish back when you see something like that on the streets.
It's a supra replica gone wrong 😂
@BMK nah the design is actually copied off the jdm DC2R
I own a Geely, and it's fantastic. The technology and creature comfort it ships with have only so far been available for luxury cars here in the Philippines. Thanks for the explainer!
Dmskfn
@@kindiankid6228 rkfm
As a Chinese, it feels so good to see an western youtuber introduce a Chinese company without bias and based on research not proganda. especially when I see many comments say Chinese compamy only do reverse engineering and reverse engineering is bad thing bla bla. for those people I want to say if you have a little bit more knowledge about car manufacture history, you would know a lot of famous car brand start from reverse engineering.just google Toyota victoria, A1, KIA Brisa, you will know what Iam saying. I can give more examples but I don't think it is necessay. and regarding to FTT, when foreign car brands want to come in China amd use chinese cheap labour and market sharing and goverent investigating, Chinese government ask technology as price. These brands could say no if they didn't want. it is called business, being a grown man! compared with Chinese government who make everything clear before the deal, some countries just want to Tiktok for "national security reason " and wanted to make benefit of it. I think that is calling stealing is more appropriate.
Everyone: *doesn't turn up to the premiere party*
Li: RODA ROLLA DA
« HAOQING!!
You’re next!! »
-Bastard...
LI!!!
« Ho? You’re approaching me?
Even if I have the power to cancell your production you’re comming right at me? »
-I can’t ruin the shit outta your bank account without getting closer...
« Ho-Ho!
Then come as close as you wish... »
I had a feeling a jojo reference was coming
Dad is that you?
KO NO LIO DA！！WRYYY～
JoJo reference indeed is everywhere
in other words, Volvo now is much happier under Geely rather than under Ford
Maybe because the CCP gives them money in order to grow bigger and steal more data?
@@fritzmueller6759 nope, Geely uses Volvo technology to improve their quality, it's like sharing knowledge.
@@fritzmueller6759 Steal? They bought Volvo fair and square, with real money, if it's yours how come it's called stealing?
@@fritzmueller6759 why CCP wan everybody data? Who are u by the way?
@@samredleg8107 because data is Power. When you know everybody you could Blackmail people in order to get critical Information. But the CCP uses this data to train their AIs to make surveillance of their own people better. Probably they use this technology also to keep an eye on you and if you say something against the CCP or you criticize the chinese governemt for putting uighurs in concentration camps, you can end up in trouble while living to China. All this surveillance is so powerful that even the Stasi in east Germany could just dream of it.
i like how well researched your videos are, I trust you for this :D
This is the best car channel I've watched on youtube (and I've watched many, in english, portuguese, spanish and german).
Geely owned 49% shares in Proton who happened to be owning Lotus.
Lotus is a disgrace..proton couldnt sell proton if they wanted to
Qayyum Zulkiflee you dare speak of lotus in that manner?
@@tony_5156 😹
@@qayyumzulkiflee7603 true, i was expecting new Proton cars to be faster than their Mitsubishi counterpart but sadly it got worst, the so called Lotus chassis is a joke and the engine is nothing more but a left of Rover engines :(
Protons is broke.. that's why thay sold
Dude u totally skipped over the fact that they bought Lotus. Guess u have to do a part 2.
That's one of the reason why Geely bought Proton. The Lotus...
To be honest, if Proton owns Lotus since the 1990s, the Esprit wont be so crappy
@@rep100Luxio esprit not a crap they just too underrated that time. thats it.
@@gotbigdreams.5257 but....Ranult gearbox isnt that good
I was waiting for him to talk about lotus
I love you channel man. Such a rich history of Geely.
I’m quite curious to know of the history of Chery.
I love your coverage of the history of Geely. I heard about Geely in the mid1990s. I own over 10,000 shares of Geely. I bought the stock in the 1990s for $0.075 and later for $0.11 per share.
The following is what wrote in another video of yours before I saw this video :
Geely started out making refrigerators.This Chinese car manufacturer now ranks #716 in the 2020 Forbes top 2000 most valuable companies in the world. Geely now owns Volvo, Jaguar, about 10% of Daimler, about 50% of Proton(Malaysian car) and the British Black Cab company in London. Volvo is going hybrid and will be totally EV in the next several years. Volvo also now produces the Polestar which is an EV. Geely also owns the Terrafugia, a flying car developed by 6 MIT students from whom Geely bought the rights. Geely was never high tech but is an example of a company being successful in an area where they really had no expertise.
I hope you do a video on NIO. I own stock in Nio.
Jaguar?
As a malaysian the geely is pretty much a household name since they bought our national carmaker,Proton.
Though I hope it stays Mitsubishi
@@user-jo9qz4zw9w lol look what Mitsubishi has become now
Hah, really dude??
Proton Suckss!! Get over with it!! ESEMKA is a lot better from you Melayu guys
@@rere439 hahaha ESEMKA is a pure joke
Malaysians sees geely: waiting for proton to appear.
Sees the entire video without proton: SAD NOISE MALAYSIAN INTENSIFIES
K
And aussies
true shit bro i am sad hahahaah
Same bro same, I had my flag ready d 😢
same bro
06:25 im not gonna front, I fricken love this Lee dude at this point , straight up G moves
Pretty cool story how the man never gave up and made the right moves. Took some time, but at the end he got what he wanted.
Yeah. But its all sorta luck though. 80% of human endeavors fail.
@@mvd4436 it’s right place right time.
Similar to the IKEA and H&M founders. Started from Zero.
Geely also owns the London Black Cab Co, as well as Lotus & Proton!
Geely - been buying everything since 2000
I'm really disappoint that this wasn't mention.
Geely just own 49.9 stake on proton is not geely fully own proton or something the malaysia goverment just to make sure that proton can go outside of the malaysian market because of that malaysian goverment just give only below the half stake and it still owns by malaysian company DRB Hicom
Geely also own:
Lotus
Porton
Benelli Motorcycle
London Black Cap
Terrafugia Flying Car
FIA Formula 4 China Championship engine supplier
and they also put money on aerospace, they already make satellite, rocket are also on schedule
Essentially it’s the Chinese governments motor vehicle industry wing I’ve heard some say
Me, a Volvo fan: You underestimate my power.
haha im a volvo fan too!
same, who owns a volvo or doesnt know geely? clickbait
Haha Proton Fans know too😅
tbh they didn't mess up the management
As a swede that isn't a 20 year old single mom driving a leased xc60, I can say none call the Geely here, everyone just says "the chinese" xD
You better make that shirt brother. I’ll cop it for sure. “Couches are just two couches on for wheels.” Just beautiful.
Here in the Philippines, we were ahead of Malaysia when they released the Coolray or the X50 or S11. So far, the best Chinese car we have seen compared to many chinese cars now entering our country. Cant believe it's Volvo, but when you drive it, you'd be a lot surprise for its performance, reliability, appearance, and features. It is very affordable and you'll be amaze by how Geely has put a lot of work to come up with this unit. I hope Lynx @ Co and Polestar would be available here soon, also from Geely.
Sincere request to James:
Do some Up To Speed episodes on KDM brands like Kia and Hyundai...
That Veloster N is a certified RIPPER...
The fastest growing automaker in the world
I own 6 Volvos. I did own a Hyundai Elanta Sport for a year.
I was truly impressed by their engineering.
But for the price point the build quality just won't hold up for 25k mi/ yr driving.
I was always replacing wearable parts.
Aaron Whitesell and Volvo will?
Kia Stinger should definitely be in that one!
We non-Americans are jealous of you guys getting the Veloster N. We have the i30 N and i30 Fastback N instead.
"You know Geely?"
Me : Yeah, but where I came from, we call them by another name. Proton.
Yuppppp
Cant wait for X50 tho
Yeees
i hope they don't destroy proton's reliability
@@fidaletto I have high hopes for it
hey!dude!My first car was Geely Haoqing,LI.crashed them because some owner said they have quality problems ,but he remake them by improve those old types,its a start of Chinese car industry history,and also a good chilhood memory for me!
Yea not gonna lie. That Cyan Lynk & Co looks really good as a track car, and the 528hp road car one looks 😱 dumb good.
I would love to see an up to speed on companies like Kawasaki, Suzuki, Polaris, and Can-am.
I would like an episode for Ayrton Senna the uncontested greatest F1 driver ever (R.I.P. May/1/1994 Imola,Italy
+1 for Can Am
They should do an episode on the Can Am race series from the 1960's and early 70's. It was wild!
Theyre not gonna do an up to speed on a company that doesnt make cars. No, you cant say suzuki makes cars because they make a handful of cars that suck.
Hexed Hero yea I was like that’s motocross bud
Jokes on you:
I've played Asphalt 8 so I've already heard of Geely.
750HPUNDERTHEHOOD I knew I have seen this car company badge somewhere
ME TO
Same
I also knew that they own Volvo. I play Asphalt 8 too :D.
Lmao same
After Volvo, in the year 2017, Geely bought Proton the Malaysian national car to penetrate the South East Asia market who dominate by Japanese Car like Toyota, Honda & Mazda.
Bangladesh's PHP group assembles Proton now
Proton is also entering Pakistan and our local market is dominated by Japanese Corolla, Suzuki and Honda. Right now they're getting positive reception.
@@arminius6506 yes very much they sold 1000 units in Lahore
But Mg is tough competition
The fuck they even bought Malaysian car Company? Wtf is this guy doing lmao he is unstoppable
As time goes.. I learned more about geely history... no wonder they could turn volvo around ...
It is interesting to see what they going to do with lotus in the future.. might turn lotus into home of supercar EV division.
I really hoping that they could consider bring lynk & co platform into compact sedan.
Do an episode of Colin McRae of Up to Speed James Pumphrey, mo powa baby, yo!
Damn thats a good idea!
Bruh I was boutta write that.
@@captainautismo5452 you 11 minutes too late, yo! Bro..
@@keeganherries9772 of course, yo!
I believe these Petrolheads would love too see Colin McRae being featured in the Up to Speed of Donut Media, because the dude is very awesome
"Took a steam roller and drove over 100 cars he made" idk thats some florida man type stuff
Roda rolla da
WRRRRYYYYY
@@mateorios1636 MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!
That’s what you do with junk haha 😂
As a “Florida man”, it’s true!
I live in China and true story on those 2nd Gen Passats. They love em and def keep em pristine clean. Some even made theirs to look like the Initial D AE86.
Literally every city I’ve visited in China has an arsenal of 2nd gen Passat taxis lol
"donated" to the local government.
Exactly
Right on the spot
Typical CCP scheme
that’s how he made friends with future president Xi
Thats called identifying a future need for a HUGE FAVOR!!!!
I love how James can’t even get the right pronunciation of those cars names once.
And a Charade with a 1.8? It never had bigger than a 1.3 as I know and the most powerful was the Gtti with a 1.0 3cyl 12v turbo. Am I right Daihatsu enthusiasts?
@@BarthaBMX you're probably the only Daihatsu enthusiast on earth... At least close to it... Which is why, if what you're saying is true, nobody else called him out on it
Rob L Tbh I’m really not, but I was surprised that they really exist (I mean the enthusiasts are exist). I’ve just been checking on them because they had the Applause Zi 4wd which could be a funny drift shitbox and the Charade Gtti which could be a really fun hatchback, but they starting to get some value here in Hungary (yes that’s the reason why can’ speak English properly) so I gave up on them... or at least on the Gttis
Trucks are cooler anyways! On my channel I take em to the mountains and bag on em. Hope to make a few folks laugh.
Bush Truck But but but we were talking about japanese eco shitboxes here.:(
There's a lot about Geely you didn't mention.. Like the fact that they bought the London taxi company.. As well as Lotus! They also bought a stake in Smart from Mercedes...
Yeah, they are gearing up. Volvo, Proton, Smart, London Taxis, Lotus, plus significant stakes in Daimler and even Saxo Bank I think. Could be wrong but I think they’re teaming up with Waymo (via Volvo) to do some self-driving car.
@@paksta Lotus gives them one of the finest engineering firms in the world.. Without lotus Tesla wouldn't have had a product to start with... The future of Geely is incredibly prosperous.. Particularly if they carry on their current momentum.
S Al-Khafaji Thanks) I’d read their reasons for buying Lotus, but I didn’t know about the Tesla connection. Very interesting.
But do you think the trade war, China’s relations with the West in general, global economic downturn or self-driving disruption of ownership models might derail Geely’s growth? Already it stunted the share price the past few years, and might impact chances of realising the Volvo merger.
@@paksta the US is going to take the planet in to ww3. China will survive this economic crisis that we're currently in the middle of... In a few months it will all become clear.. China is much more stable economically despite the US efforts to reign in the Chinese economy. The US has bullied most of the world to give it what it wants since ww2 through various means including NATO.. The US and the UK are specifically targeting Russia and China in order to facilitate their debt and war driven economies while the Chinese and Russians grow their stable, positive and gold backed economies. The next few years are scary years in historical terms.. Especially with upcoming nuclear talks...
@overclockeador the facts on the ground suggest otherwise... Free your mind from the mainstream cack that is leading you in to ww3 blindly..
Bro thank you for giving us a fair, unbiased and entertaining presentation of a Chinese car company.
@@justincase8037 Toyota straight up dissected and resembled Ford and basically copied ford including it's assembly lines. Geely doesn't need to copy now because they bought all these companies (Volvo, lotus, London Cab, proton) to share tech. Geely actually makes some pretty solid car now.
So sure call it as you will, that's how all industries starts and grow in all countries, imitation, implementation and innovation
i own a Proton X50...its basically a Geely Binyue / Coolray. Since Geely bought Proton (Malaysian car manufacturer), it has done a lot to our national brand. Im getting a volvo gear + lotus handling at an affordable price. really love my car and what Geely has done
What do you thing about the coolray. It's coming to Algeria and we are scared if it's not reliable
@@ALGfunk right now it's been great. But then again, there are stories or cases of dead battery etc. but I can't say much about Geely. Cos I'm using Proton (Geely rebadge, but the internal are all from Proton)
Dude as a Chinese this episode cracks me up every second. So good James!!
I have huge respect for Li. He is real serious about making good cars. Also, I'm excited to see what they gonna do with Lotus
Hey Donut, you just can't ignore this. You've done UTS on Shelby and Ken Miles right? Now, can we have an Up To Speed on
Keiichi Tsuchiya?
Dori-kin 👍👍👍 The G.O.A.T from Japan !
yes.
YESSS PLEASEEE
*I NEEEED IT*
I second... to the nth "Mooar Powah, Baby!"
Ghosting someone in person is absolutely amazing.
That sent me lol
And in no twist of sheer irony, coming back to a full circle, Daimler (Mercedes Benz) and Geely have signed a joint agreement to cooperate on restarting the Smart Car.
Me, a Malaysian:
Finally, a reason for me to ask for an Up to Speed on Proton because Geely owns Proton even though Proton wasn't mentioned in this Up to Speed on Geely... please do an Up to Speed on Proton.
yessir
Lama dah tunggu ni
@@abdullatifmamat7019 Mungkin kena tunggu lagi 😅
Woah I thought Proton is a state owned company. Do Geely hold majority of their share now?
@@hotmabayu8304 Not quite, they own 49.9% of Proton, but in many Malaysians' eye, it makes little difference.
They’re still selling that exact Passat, the marketing was “ buy a classic” essentially .. saw it at the auto show when I was there last in 2017
In many places they still use those old Polo and Passats as taxis 😂
Jerry Guo 长春车展吗 我当时也看到了
视频做的挺棒的，喜欢。
nice one
I just have to say that I just love you and this show. Good job! I skipped by it forever thinking it was some bro car show. Well it kinda is but I f-ing love it. Keep it up. Oh! And can I get a job interview?
0:55 a small village called zhejiang.
Also Zhejiang,: population of 57million
57 mil now or then?
@@yosephjoda right now, but for your convinience, in the year of 1964 there was a population of 29 mil.
Considered small when the population is 1 billion plus
我他妈笑死
I'm quite sure it was sarcastic at this point
Dude had only 1 person show up to his premiere party, and then drove a steam roller over all 100 cars that he built? That is so freakin’ sad.
for real
As much money as he lost, that had to be fun to do
There has to be a catch here, either he was super wealthy or he was getting money from the Chinese gov to do all this craziness, like donating the fridge company!!! I don't know something doesn't add up 🤔
That's some seriously gangster type stuff.
@@Drskopf um China is a communist country im sure they took it id doubt he really "donated" it.
The MO Power at the end!! So cool
That quote "cars are just 2 couches on wheels" is so stupid and true i love it. Thank you for this history lesson
If I dint own it in Forza, it obviously doesn’t exist...
Just kidding, but y’all did a great job explaining a company that I’ve never heard of to me. Props.
I guess my '05 accord doesn't exist then...
Ben M. xD
Yamato Cannon r/whoooosh
@@theun-knownmusician5468
r/epicredditmoment
r/wholesomekeanuchungus100
r/wosh
Geely is in Asphalt 8 Airb. In this same game, we have a Dodge Dart, wich is now in F Horizon after debuts in Asphalt...
I can attest... when my family got a 1st gen Jetta back then we literally threw a party in tha village
you still live in China?
Wtf
That's awesome not gonna lie!
That is a great and interesting report!
I was waiting for you to mention Geely motorcycles. Their mopeds were popular in Hawaii in the early 2000s, but I refused to buy anything for which no parts were available.
"you never heard of geely"
Oh yes I have James. :)
Haha same
Same I lived in the Middle East for a long time and they made cars there
Donut media: "The Biggest Car Company You've Never Heard Of"
Third world countries: "I´m I a joke to you?"
Sorry I had a strokes reading this, you what now???
guess what, China is a third world country
@@NoobGamer3D its simultaneously a third world country and a superpower
*South Africa has entered the chat*
Russian Federation: "Hello there..."
So Good laughter and knowledge at the same time, hats off to you.
took them a part... piece by piece..
oh my god i will have that in my dream TT
Me: That's different, what kind of car is that?
Guy: It's a Geely Austicious Beauty Leopard
Me: oh I see.
Geely trying copy the Hyundai Coupe, ngl
Oh yes, the Geely Beauty Leopard, that wasn't beautiful or leopardy.
@@Legend-oka nah, actually they copied the old Toyota Supra lol
i mean with a name like that its a bangger!
And also Li: the largest stakeholder of Daimler(mercedes). Almost 10%. Jesus holy Christ.
chinese taking over lol. watch them destroy Tesla, facebook, and microsoft.
@@NineteenEighty8 search another Chinese car company, BYD. Def my fav. Really wanna import one to Canada.
@@KongxiaoZhao or Haval one of the best Chinese brands
Geely and volvo is too conservative.
@@KongxiaoZhao Buying a BYD is easy, just Bring Your Dollar. Doesn't matter if it's USD or CAD.
love your style and this video!
I enjoy watching your video 😊
Geely in 1 sentence:
Fake it till you make it
That's every Chinese venture.
Totally accurate
@@HazeGreyAndUnderway So did toyota
Just throw the money on it untill it's done
@@jinjinweiwei
Reverse engineer massively. That's Chinese dna for yaaaaaa
"Their future is fast" is a solid line. Who wrote that? I dig it.
it gave me mini-goosebumps
shirt design
@@herejust4cars723 ME TOO!!!!!!
Mungkin kereta proton tak sebagus kereta keluaran lotus dll. Tapi, bagi aku proton sangat bermakna untuk aku dan Malaysia. Kita pernah berbangga dengan kereta keluaran Malaysia satu masa dulu. Masa proton dah ada ura² untuk bangkrap, Geely beli saham proton. Masa tu baru lah proton bangkit. Aku rasa bukan org biasa² yang boleh beli saham dalam keadaan company banyak dengan hutang. Orang kaya Malaysia pun tak sanggup beli. Ayah aku antara pekerja first batch dalam proton. Pahit, manis dalam company ni semua ayah aku lalui untuk besarkan anak². Tahun depan nak pencen dah ayah aku. Semoga Proton terus sukses. Walaupun jolokan nama sebagai kereta Nasional tu dah tak ada.
Tengoklah comment section ni. Geely pun kena maki sebb diorang China. Cuba kalau proton, aku rasa memang lgi ramai ler😵
Bukan tak sanggup usaha tiada dalam bidang kereta. Ramai org2 kaya d Malaysia sebenarnya
By witnessing the arrive of Geely in Perú back in 2008 with a FWD Lexus IS/Altezza copycat... I can truly say they made quite an advance in 12 years!! They even got into Dakar with one sick truck!!
Just imagine getting gapped by a car you didn’t know existed
I would pay money to see that happen to a GTR/Supra fanboy
The front of the 03+ looks like a baby Charger with misplaced headlights. Looks neat overall.
Yeah looks pretty cool, honestly wouldn't mind them in the US
I think 11 mustang gt
Bryan Williams the 03+ has crazy luxury interior in all alcantara which limited the production so ppl can buy this car in China but the demand is much higher than the supply. I guess it can be in the US market with a Volvo badge. Also according to the Chinese media, this car is like a gti with all wheel drive system, less sporty and more comfy than a golf r. The interior is definitely better than vw but not sure about the quality.
@@dariuszhang6602 could always use more AWD sports cars over here
Darius Cheung VW has best in class interiors for compact cars, at least here in Europe
Geely also was heavily involved in motorsports across China, since at least 2005.
Nice Video. LinkCo 03+ looks impressive. Hope it comes to the North America market
Do a D-list on members of donut media.
BigDaddyChiTown boooo
Up To Speed on all the Donut team’s cars!
@BigDaddyChiTown What happened to the guy that used to run Science Garage? Why so much hate for Nolan? Ma boi is a good dude, I like Nolan.
We're seeing a bunch of Geely Coolrays here in the Philippines and oh boy they do look COOL indeed but some people here has a stigma with Chinese vehicles. Fair enough for a country that usually favors Japanese and American car brands over Chinese.
Looks like a sturdy built car to me thou. Same goes with their Okavango here but I like that Coolray!
Tite
Nice to see the companies collaborating after acquisition and allowing the og company to remain independent.
mad respect for the guy's hustle. Been kicked down a bunch of times and got back up each time.
I used to work for a company that makes electric motor bikes and my job was taking the prototype to China to solve issues that would prevent mass production, we had the frames and wiring harnesses manufactured by the motorbike division of Geely (they also own Benelli motorbikes). Geely’s hq in Zhejiang is absolutely enormous, it’s pretty much a city in itself
dude, I saw that SUV twice now in my town and I was so confused about what it was until now!
The lynk&co cars that won the cup was basically a V40 with another badge and developed mostly in Gothenburg Sweden
friend: what day is it?
me: up to speed
Hey James, are you gonna do an episode of the car brand Renault or of the Renault espace, I think it has a great history
An Up to Speed on the Renault Clio would be cool.
@@ultraguy8771 up to speed on the allmighty T W I N G O
I suspect you're a Frenchie
1994 Renault Espace F1
Dude, you forget that Geely also own Proton- Malaysian national car brand since few years back...Can you do video on Proton cars? Im happy to share Proton experience with you guys as this is my home country brand...
Thanks for putting a scene from the marrakech Grand prix. ❤️
“the MEIRI, which translates to...” “HEY WE’RE ROOT” gotta love the timing of these adcuts
“Yes, yes” - Biden
I thought it was Old Spice?
Mine said "Which translates to-Ad: HOW BOUT NO?"
Root sucks btw lmao
I got, which translates to ' NOW TV '
Hey Donut, thanks for making this video on Geely. I live in the Middle East and my dad owns one.
He was so happy to have seen this episode. Keep up the work guys!!
They just won top 3 at WTRC.... Amazing.
I am in love with Up to Speed. The intro sound. James shouting. Lmao
I live in gothenburg, where Volvo hq is located. I frequently see geelys and lynk&cos beeing test driven. Pretty cool cars to be honest!
When I first saw Lynk in Jalopnik, I liked them! It's like Juke but designed right
They're like modern day Volvos. Love them!
Cool cars but I dont like the CCP spying on me
Fritz Mueller just as much as you like the first Porsche 356 or Mercedes 770 K but hated Nazi Germany, right?
@@isleofauto Right. This is a pretty good comparison regarding the concentration camps in China. But I personally decided to act wise and not buy those cars anymore. Especially because nowadays those cars spy on you and use the data to rate and judge you
Never thought I'll be seeing 溜溜哥 yelling "moar power baby" in a donut video
Damn this was really well done. Subscribed dude!
When LI bought Volvo (at huge financial loss at the time), Geely was already huge and he insisted that no Chinese executives sent to Volvo HQ, but requested Volvo to build the best cars on earth. Geely subsequently spent millions on Volvo & turned them around, built a new R&D center. Today, Volvo also helped design Geely's other brands, Zeekr, Link & Co, Polestar. Zeekr is pure EV, with awesome design & driving experience. However, on EV, Geely needs to compete with 200 other Chinese EV firms, including Nio, BYD, HiPhi, Wuling, etc, which are already dominating the EV space, and started export globally.
Li: "cars are just 2 couches on 4 wheels..." 3:14
James: "let's make a shirt about it "
The Shirt: "i have only 1 couch and 2 wheels"
It's a motorcycle
A CHASE LOUNGE
I noticed that too lmao. But for real @donut you should make that shirt for purchase. But make sure it has two couches and the quote.
basically a motorcycle
@@ddjohnson9717 thats a stool
1:10 "a small Chinese village"
*Marking the entire province of Zhejiang
Haha but I like him when he confessed he would pronounce wrong a lot in rest of video so I don't blame him too much
I was there in HZ!
@@lsh19930713 Yep haha
Yes.it's a province
给爷整笑了
Excellent episode
Hey guys! Brand new to the channel and absolutely love the videos y'all make! Especially the up to speed videos. Just wondering if y'all could do some on diesel trucks, preferably the 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks. Maybe be able to gain even more of an audience than just car/speed enthusiasts
You forgot to mention that bought into 49% of Proton Cars which part of the deal the got full ownership of lotus.
Yeah. I'm surprised that they didn't mention that.