And in china cars get driven harder than western countries. Thanks to cheap parts and labour vehicles generally run to 500-600k kms before they become too expensive to repair and pass inspections. Africa takes that to a whole new level.
Chinese cars from that time period are designed to go a maximum of 100.000 kilometres before the show was over, because in older days laws in china forbade cars doing more than 100k km.
Ah, Foton View, an absolute classic. This model originated from the 1989 Toyota HiAce H100. In the 2000s, many Chinese car companies introduced Toyota's technology and launched their own modified HiAce models. This is an early Foton View, which is very rare and may have been brought to Africa by the Chinese engineering team. It uses a 2.5-litre 4J25TC TDi engine, which is also rare, because the common H100 uses a gasoline engine or a 2.8-litre 4JB1. It doesn't seem to be in a good state now, but this is a precious classic. Please treat it well.
Foton View is basically a knock-off Hiace with Isuzu engines on them. No wonder they're also a bit common here in the Philippines. It's on the lowest level or cheapest option on buying a van here.
I'm impressed how you guys keep those vehicles running with little tips & tricks you have learned because I'm sure getting the correct parts you need can be expensive for you. I have a 2003 Toyota Scion that looks bad but its a great work car and great on fuel. You guys are very creative. Much respect!!
Haven't seen a cool test drive on your channel for a long time. Well, finally you did a test drive, by the way, the car is certainly not in excellent condition, but for a taxi or something else, it’s quite normal. Looking forward to another test drive in Africa. And I also wish you good health, good mood and more cars with a test drive. Your subscriber from Ukraine.
5:31 that motorist is wearing a classic Derrick Rose Bulls Jersey #1. Drose was a big thing back from 2008-2012. Everyone knew about Drose, cool to still see his influence around the world in 2022 Great video as always Passy!
@@thewafen763 I'm pretty sure you are a 100% right. Can't believe there are people who assume that people over there care about or have money to buy something "famous"...
Probably "thrifting" haul We have similar situation here (there are a lot of shop selling used clothes from Japan, Korea, Europe, and USA, here it's called thrifting) albeit with run-in with customs. And not all type of clothes, it's usually something like coats, jeans, jackets, etc.
Tus videos están buenos y espero subas más de este tipo de transportes y de otro tipo de autos que tengas la disposición de probarlos, saludos desde México 😎🤙
Hi. I am Branko Lazić, documentary filmmaker. I have an idea to make a documentary film with the question "What are all the things people hang on their car's rearview mirror?". I see that in this yours film you have a great video of what your companions put on the rearview mirror. I have a small request, could I use this 30 second clip of yours in my movie. Of course I would sign you as the author at the end of the film. Thank you very much and have a good trip.
China has made many vans that copied the Toyota Hiace. Many parts are broken and the steering wheel is not at the right angle, but it doesn't appear to have any major problems with use. Africa seems to have a lot of used cars imported from various countries around the world. It would be fun to look for traces of homeland in some cars! Ford SUV from America. Mercedes truck from Germany. Nissan hatchback from Japan. From the perspective of automobiles, Africa is both a new second life and a land that will become a graveyard.
In West Africa they have 2nd hands mainly from Europ and the US In east Africa, used cars are mainly from Japan In Congo (dr) we used to import from Western countries but these last 15 years market has been flooded by used cars from Japan - althought they got their wheel on the right side
@@juniorboweya Importing cars from geographically close continents would be advantageous in terms of transportation. The used car market in Africa is very interesting. It feels so mysterious that a car from a faraway country runs in a completely unfamiliar place!
@@Snufkin812 one thing : the dr Congo is huge; one side is turned towards athlantic and the other towards indian ocean exchanges... On an other register, used cars market from Western Europe and north america sends too much refurbished cars that dies after 2 years approx Whilst japan send younger cars, in better conditions (makes that have cheaper spares) so they conquered the market (basicaly indians take from Japan to dubai, then sell it from there) But even on the brand new cars market, european makes (merc, beemer, vw, Peugeot...) vanished... it's now Toyall the way (eg; the LC 100 200 or 300 replaced the s class & lc 90 120 150 replaced the E class - thanks to road conditions)
@@juniorboweya I believe that the condition of a used car that comes to Africa depends on many factors. 1. How the previous owner took care of the car. 2. Environment and culture of the exporting country. 3. And the conscience of the seller. One thing is for sure, we agree that Japanese used cars are in many ways better than American or European used cars! North America and Japan are very different in every way.
My guess would be, having a wrench isn't as normal there as you might think. And if the car drives, why "waste" money on a mechanic or tools. The bolt locking the steering wheel might be worn as well. Although i do think, that people over there don't want to put in the time. Some maintenance is really easy and just not done.
@@edwinvanderveen5527 there is nothing in this countries, not even tools, the van is probably aligned but im pretty sure nobody has the tools or know how on removing the steering wheel
As long as it drives, why not? In some area, some angkots here has this problem too (especially the one that looks beaten up just like this). This is also combined with broken piston rings (resulting in blue smoke), and bald tyres.
It's a manual transmission car so you could use engine break with the engine still running, and the fuel consumprion would be still zero. So much starting is bad for the the starter motor and the battery.
It's not really dangerous, even if the car has power steering you can still steer without it Similarly with assisted brakes, they will still work for a few minutes or several full brake pedal pushes before vacuum runs out, and after that you can still brake without issue, just need to push the pedal harder the real danger is from turning off the engine by the key, you can very easily turn the key barrel too far back, and the steering lock may engage! This is very dangerous when driving if this occurs.
@@RohanSanjith steering will get locked if you take the key off, I've driven my mk4 downhill with the engine off and it's totally manageable, albeit quite dumb and dangerous
It's dangerous because the car is basically freewheeling. With the engine on and in gear, the engine itself helps the car to brake, but besides that you also have vacuum on the brake lines which makes the pedal a LOT softer, without vacuum you almost have to put your whole weight on the pedal. You will also have power steering, ESC, ABS and all other electronic driving assists. You can drive a car with the engine off but keep the key on the barrel for the steering not to lock. You just won't have any assist and it's very dangerous to do so because you're basically inside a 2ton metal jail soapbox car.
7:04 ? good fuel saving ? the brakes are not going to work nearly as good, as if the engine was still running and if you let of the throttle the engine will not use any fuel at all, but the power steering, brake assist and everything else still works, because of the momentum of the car rotating the engine, if you dont use the clutch also the engine will brake the car depending on which gear you are in more or less, therefore you will have to use the brakes way less and they wont overheat as quickly, saving you brakes and potential crashes ...
but what if the slope gives you just the right speed without braking ? If you need to slow down sure killing the engine seems like a bad idea, but if you don't then I guess you're saving a tiny bit of fuel by killing it. As for safety well it's another matter
Need to show this to all those Made in China cars naysayers. Most Sprinters and Ducatos would not last that much abuse over nearly 20 years, at very least without getting all clapped out. This Foton is hanging by a thread and still soldiers on.
if the engine's not running the brake would still work, but since the Brake Booster doesn't work you need to put a lot of weight on the brake pedal to stop the vehicle unless it has Air Brakes 🤷♂ you still have assisted brakes as long as the Air Supply Tank has sufficient pressure
You can still use the brakes about 5 full pedal pushes before the booster looses vacuum, and even afterwards it's fine using the brakes unassisted, just need more force
It is so interesting to see car culture in Africa and reliability of those things, thank you
its a rebadged toyota thats why lol
It's the most unreliable machine of all time this.
@@taz89ful it's also owned by a car fanatic
@@user-kr1or1hm4v the most reliable*
Reliable... Maybe because engine and transmission working and all the other dead
This sort of vehicle has disappeared in Chinese roads for some time, happy to see it having a second life serving everyone
And in china cars get driven harder than western countries. Thanks to cheap parts and labour vehicles generally run to 500-600k kms before they become too expensive to repair and pass inspections.
Africa takes that to a whole new level.
Chinese cars from that time period are designed to go a maximum of 100.000 kilometres before the show was over, because in older days laws in china forbade cars doing more than 100k km.
@@BubbaSnipe As a Chinese I can responsibly say that China does not have this law.
@@FTMO_9986 No they do not have that kind of law today, but in older days it was like so according to what i have read.
@@BubbaSnipe Wtf did you read
Ah, Foton View, an absolute classic. This model originated from the 1989 Toyota HiAce H100. In the 2000s, many Chinese car companies introduced Toyota's technology and launched their own modified HiAce models. This is an early Foton View, which is very rare and may have been brought to Africa by the Chinese engineering team. It uses a 2.5-litre 4J25TC TDi engine, which is also rare, because the common H100 uses a gasoline engine or a 2.8-litre 4JB1. It doesn't seem to be in a good state now, but this is a precious classic. Please treat it well.
thanks for the fun fact. Very interesting...
"Mom, can we have a Toyota bus?"
"We have a Toyota bus at home"
Toyota bus at home:
haha
Foton View is basically a knock-off Hiace with Isuzu engines on them. No wonder they're also a bit common here in the Philippines. It's on the lowest level or cheapest option on buying a van here.
@@padorukurumi6572 this explains the GM steering wheel
@@recycleman975 that's the OEM Foton steering wheel... No, General Motors anything un this van
Back in Malaysia lots of these Foton have been upbadged to Toyota Hiace.
I'm impressed how you guys keep those vehicles running with little tips & tricks you have learned because I'm sure getting the correct parts you need can be expensive for you. I have a 2003 Toyota Scion that looks bad but its a great work car and great on fuel.
You guys are very creative. Much respect!!
Это вы ещё в Приднестровье не были
A Chevy Avalanche and Hummer H3 at 11:03, two popular vehicles from the 2000s in North America. They were common sights back in the 2000s in the US.
And a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe behind it.
H2
They're still a common sight in Louisiana
those roads are crazy, can't imagine with heavy rain
it almost never rains there
@@recycleman975 no man, we're among the most rainy places on earth
@@recycleman975Congratulations!!! your comment is whitest comment on TH-cam.
@@juniorboweya AMONG
@@juniorboweya then why cars do not have window glass ? they would fill with water
Haven't seen a cool test drive on your channel for a long time. Well, finally you did a test drive, by the way, the car is certainly not in excellent condition, but for a taxi or something else, it’s quite normal. Looking forward to another test drive in Africa. And I also wish you good health, good mood and more cars with a test drive. Your subscriber from Ukraine.
Wheel alignment dudes, you got served!
Beautiful car, Passy 👍🏽 keep doing videos like this, no one does it like you.
I'm addicted to your videos!!! Greetings from Italy, bro 🇮🇹 🇨🇩
5:31 that motorist is wearing a classic Derrick Rose Bulls Jersey #1. Drose was a big thing back from 2008-2012. Everyone knew about Drose, cool to still see his influence around the world in 2022
Great video as always Passy!
Most likely the shirt made it to Africa as a donation. I'm gonna make a guess and say he doesn't know about drose
@@thewafen763 I'm pretty sure you are a 100% right. Can't believe there are people who assume that people over there care about or have money to buy something "famous"...
@@gentle285 I agree most of these people don't have internet and if they do they don't keep up with western culture
Probably "thrifting" haul
We have similar situation here (there are a lot of shop selling used clothes from Japan, Korea, Europe, and USA, here it's called thrifting) albeit with run-in with customs. And not all type of clothes, it's usually something like coats, jeans, jackets, etc.
Greetings from Germany! Keep up the good work!
The more i see your video, the more i grateful to Allah.. alhamdulillah
man, I should start up an alignment shop in Congo. I'd be a billionaire.
Don't think it would matter since they wouldnt repair the cars properly anyway.
It Runs and Drives, surely beats walkin' 😂😂😂
Amazing chinese car, i love watching your videos passy.
大体ステアリングのセンターズレてんのすこ
One thing I noticed is the steering wheel is almost 90 deg off centre for these cars and it still run good.
nice diesel sound
these Hiace based vans a still wildly popular in Oceania and Southeast Asis to this day!
How do you manage the handling. Didnt understand
Tus videos están buenos y espero subas más de este tipo de transportes y de otro tipo de autos que tengas la disposición de probarlos, saludos desde México 😎🤙
I have recovered there are too much Scion aX/Toyota Ist - perhaps it very reliable model
"Mom can we have a Toyota hiace?"
"We already have a hiace at home"
The hiace at home:
Hi. I am Branko Lazić, documentary filmmaker. I have an idea to make a documentary film with the question "What are all the things people hang on their car's rearview mirror?". I see that in this yours film you have a great video of what your companions put on the rearview mirror. I have a small request, could I use this 30 second clip of yours in my movie. Of course I would sign you as the author at the end of the film. Thank you very much and have a good trip.
China has made many vans that copied the Toyota Hiace.
Many parts are broken and the steering wheel is not at the right angle, but it doesn't appear to have any major problems with use.
Africa seems to have a lot of used cars imported from various countries around the world.
It would be fun to look for traces of homeland in some cars!
Ford SUV from America. Mercedes truck from Germany. Nissan hatchback from Japan.
From the perspective of automobiles, Africa is both a new second life and a land that will become a graveyard.
In West Africa they have 2nd hands mainly from Europ and the US
In east Africa, used cars are mainly from Japan
In Congo (dr) we used to import from Western countries but these last 15 years market has been flooded by used cars from Japan - althought they got their wheel on the right side
@@juniorboweya Importing cars from geographically close continents would be advantageous in terms of transportation.
The used car market in Africa is very interesting. It feels so mysterious that a car from a faraway country runs in a completely unfamiliar place!
@@Snufkin812 one thing : the dr Congo is huge; one side is turned towards athlantic and the other towards indian ocean exchanges...
On an other register, used cars market from Western Europe and north america sends too much refurbished cars that dies after 2 years approx
Whilst japan send younger cars, in better conditions (makes that have cheaper spares) so they conquered the market (basicaly indians take from Japan to dubai, then sell it from there)
But even on the brand new cars market, european makes (merc, beemer, vw, Peugeot...) vanished... it's now Toyall the way (eg; the LC 100 200 or 300 replaced the s class & lc 90 120 150 replaced the E class - thanks to road conditions)
@@juniorboweya I believe that the condition of a used car that comes to Africa depends on many factors.
1. How the previous owner took care of the car.
2. Environment and culture of the exporting country.
3. And the conscience of the seller.
One thing is for sure, we agree that Japanese used cars are in many ways better than American or European used cars!
North America and Japan are very different in every way.
They are actually licensed by Toyota,Foton bought the design of old gen hiace from Toyota.......But equipped with an Isuzu/cummins engine
It’s very easy to fix the alignment with just string and wrenches. I don’t understand why it’s so bad on most cars there.
My guess would be, having a wrench isn't as normal there as you might think. And if the car drives, why "waste" money on a mechanic or tools. The bolt locking the steering wheel might be worn as well. Although i do think, that people over there don't want to put in the time. Some maintenance is really easy and just not done.
@@edwinvanderveen5527 there is nothing in this countries, not even tools, the van is probably aligned but im pretty sure nobody has the tools or know how on removing the steering wheel
As long as it drives, why not?
In some area, some angkots here has this problem too (especially the one that looks beaten up just like this). This is also combined with broken piston rings (resulting in blue smoke), and bald tyres.
Under that horrible road condition, the van will be out of alignment again within the first 20km drive after the fix
@@ericericeric888 Your being a little dramatic.
Green backview mirror is awesome )
Boa Edu, mas pra mim quem inventou essa peça foi o Mr Bean só pode kkkkk. Eita encrenca difícil de entender
Едешь всей семьёй в соседнее село😂😂
А так минивэн классный, китайские, японские минивэны хорошие и устойчивые
7:02 It's real ecology!
That is technically a left hand
In Africa the vehicles there are mostly right hand drives
MASHALLAH toyota has grown extremely fast since last two decades to a degree that libya cars are 99.6% toyota!
Alignment needed
Like toyota hiace. This car has a long life.
Great content!
It's a manual transmission car so you could use engine break with the engine still running, and the fuel consumprion would be still zero. So much starting is bad for the the starter motor and the battery.
who fitted the steering wheel? Do they know to put it on straight?
If it runs and drivers, that's all that matters. And actually looks comfy with the friendly people and plush carpeting :D
i dont care its broken, i would accept it as a first car. Also, good work!
best driver ever
isn't it dangerous turning off the engine ? it might make you lose steering or brakes
It's not really dangerous, even if the car has power steering you can still steer without it
Similarly with assisted brakes, they will still work for a few minutes or several full brake pedal pushes before vacuum runs out, and after that you can still brake without issue, just need to push the pedal harder
the real danger is from turning off the engine by the key, you can very easily turn the key barrel too far back, and the steering lock may engage! This is very dangerous when driving if this occurs.
It is dangerous, abs don't work, and steering will get locked
@@RohanSanjith steering will get locked if you take the key off, I've driven my mk4 downhill with the engine off and it's totally manageable, albeit quite dumb and dangerous
It's dangerous because the car is basically freewheeling. With the engine on and in gear, the engine itself helps the car to brake, but besides that you also have vacuum on the brake lines which makes the pedal a LOT softer, without vacuum you almost have to put your whole weight on the pedal. You will also have power steering, ESC, ABS and all other electronic driving assists.
You can drive a car with the engine off but keep the key on the barrel for the steering not to lock. You just won't have any assist and it's very dangerous to do so because you're basically inside a 2ton metal jail soapbox car.
@@RohanSanjith this car doesn't have power steering and it certainly does not have ABS.
Do they not have wheel alignments in Africa? That is a serious turn on that wheel just to go straight, seems to be a common theme in these videos.
poor country, poor problems.
Which other van parts can fit into this china van
Muito bom 👍👍
This Toyota Hiace-like van is my interest a lot.
Keep going🤜🤜🤜🤜
7:04 ? good fuel saving ?
the brakes are not going to work nearly as good, as if the engine was still running and if you let of the throttle the engine will not use any fuel at all, but the power steering, brake assist and everything else still works, because of the momentum of the car rotating the engine, if you dont use the clutch
also the engine will brake the car depending on which gear you are in more or less, therefore you will have to use the brakes way less and they wont overheat as quickly, saving you brakes and potential crashes ...
but what if the slope gives you just the right speed without braking ? If you need to slow down sure killing the engine seems like a bad idea, but if you don't then I guess you're saving a tiny bit of fuel by killing it.
As for safety well it's another matter
@@polosh100 it could work
Wait if the steering wheel is straight u drive straight if it is turned 180* u go also straight. 😂😂
Look at the Steering Wheel Position 😂
The new farcry its pretty realistic. IA its awesome! look at this 5:13
You know turn left to go right, but do you know turn right to go straight?
Those people got to be breathing dust all day long with them dirt roads
0:56 - "Глуши, заебал"
XD
Ахахахахаха
road rage
I see it's also a hard Work to be a Cab driver in Africa
Por qué no tienen los volantes alineados a la dirección?!!!
show how many kms/ miles it has!!!
if it never stopped since 2003
it probably did no less than 1,000,000km's 😂
or double that if it has long distance routes
endless right turn road
GM Steering wheel
yep
wana eza ba cote nini ?
Bro how can we get in contact to discuss some business
Need to show this to all those Made in China cars naysayers. Most Sprinters and Ducatos would not last that much abuse over nearly 20 years, at very least without getting all clapped out. This Foton is hanging by a thread and still soldiers on.
I hecking love Congo
The sheer amount of garbage randomly lying around the roadsides are startling.
If the engine is off does the brakes work ?
if the engine's not running
the brake would still work, but since the Brake Booster doesn't work
you need to put a lot of weight on the brake pedal to stop the vehicle
unless it has Air Brakes 🤷♂
you still have assisted brakes as long as the Air Supply Tank has sufficient pressure
You can still use the brakes about 5 full pedal pushes before the booster looses vacuum, and even afterwards it's fine using the brakes unassisted, just need more force
central republic of africa at 2005 was only 27 percent toyota now its 92,4 percent
Chinese Toyota Hiace in Congo, good combination
Comfy
In vietnam,this car has been scapped for a long time
Is this the Chinese Toyota Hiace?
Yep，but is toyota license car.
yep
Muito interessante
🔥🔥🔥
the engine sounds very similar to a ISUZU NHR
What does POV mean?
Point of view. 1st person, like some videogames have.
@@xavalintm oh ok..I thought pov had a different meaning here other than point of view.
simple life
how's the condition so bad
african roads, it must be hard to mantain a car in a deprived country like the congo
Good bus
OMG culture of driving is close to zero.
And the city is so dirty everywhere...
Why?
It's Congo, what do you expect?
Nice..
Нормально так ездить как хочеш так и двигаешся сфетофоров нет гаеров нет все время тепло сломаешся ремонтируйся сколько хочеш ,✊
i never horn so much than u in one day 🤣
Far cry 2 vehicles be like:
How Come my car breaks down with not even 100000 on the meter but these people drive corpses on wheels over rocky roads...
핸들이 절반이상 틀어져 있어..😢
Выглядит как россия 😍😍
Looks like Ukraine 😍
@@RyukendoRaijin the same country)
@@ANT4FUN no, Ukraine looks poor compare to mighty Russia 🇷🇺
i feel sad for the people living there with those roads and cars they have
Please drive Renault Safrane 1993
To nie Afryka to Sosnowiec w poniedziałek rano
XD
bruh what wrong with the steering wheel?
Alignment is off is what I think.
How almost every car he shows doesent have a Key to start the car xD
top
so basically a knockoff toyota hiace with an ah10 alphard front end. got it.
bro got adidas car
как в Омске. Ничем от передачи "Омск на диване" не отличается
Foton Ambulance O Foton Taxi
Камеру выше подними
Why isnt even the steering wheel in the right position? I mean, old and crapy, ok, but wtf?
Very China.
These cars are in barely running condition. And yet they still manage to drive it with 0 care