Five Surprising, Fast, and Expensive Chinese Cars
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Are supercars like the YangWang U9 ready to take on Ferrari?
UPDATE 25 Feb 2024: The Yangwang U9 seems to be one step closer to reality. BYD released official power (1,287 hp), acceleration (2.36s 0-62 mph), price ($233,000), and is taking initial orders.
Over the past decade, China's automotive companies have revealed dozens of supercars, like the NIO EP9. Not only is that real, it's really fast! It has a Nurburgring lap time among the ten fastest ever recorded. Today, we’re gonna dig into these supercars, and figure out if five unbelievable cars actually exist... and can do what their manufacturers claim. Includes the BYD Yangwang U9, Hyper SSR, ArcFox 7, Techrules Ren, and NIO EP9. Could supercars from a country that manufactures more cars than any other, and home to BYD, a company that sells more EVs than Tesla, compete with the Ferrari 296 GTB or mighty Rimac Nevera? Could one of these supercar bargains even be a spiritual successor to the original Honda NSX? Only time will tell...
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Gimme Callum and Will 😭
OVERDRIVE
3 weeks ago
Hi, everyone. This is Scott from OVERDRIVE.
First, thank you to the half-million of you who’ve subscribed since we began in 2021, it's your support that drives us. I know we haven't posted new videos lately, but the channel is still here, and I have an update to share with you.
Running OVERDRIVE for the past three years has been an incredible journey, albeit with its challenges. In 2023, we hit a rough patch with expenses nearly doubling our income. As an independent channel, that’s not sustainable.
Last November, I made the heartbreaking decision to cease production at OVERDRIVE. This meant we had to let most of OVERDRIVE's amazing staff go and significantly change the roles of others. That wasn’t something anyone wanted, but there wasn’t an alternative.
However, following recent conversations with my family, mentors, and other creators, it became apparent that OVERDRIVE could continue IF we adapt and change. That means minimal staff and no expensive races or stunts. We won’t be finding out which £2000 car can jump the farthest - not just yet, anyway.
In the coming weeks, OVERDRIVE will be making focused automotive content that satisfies curiosity and is still fun to watch. We’ll be diving into cutting-edge technology, sharing forgotten stories from automotive history, and examining the science, engineering, and design behind your car, as well as some of the most unique cars ever made. We’ll try to make that entertaining, too!
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idk of they got gid of Callum and will. btw this is on the commuty tab on the channel
@@RH_Racing163 Yeah, I saw that post too, but I was hoping they would have at least kept Callum and Will around to at least present videos with Scott. 2k pound cars or not 😥
Callum announced that he left a few weeks ago.
Maybe they'll start their own channel @@0NoQuarter14
I also miss Scott and Will unmercifully teasing Callum.
I wish we were given an opportunity to save the old overdrive via patreon or smth.
I rarely donate or use patreon, but if I knew the channel was on the edge I very possibly would opt in to support it.
Same :/
That's the exact reason why they changed. Nobody had paid until it was free. And being British they don't ask for money.
I think the whole upside down f1 car thing has a lot to do with it why they are cutting costs.
"I've got a yangwang" just isn't going to have the same gravitas as "I've got a Lambo".
😂
true, but Toyota kinda broke through with Lexus (and LFA in particular).
china will figure it out eventually.
They said the same exact thing of the early Japanese products. Until they became the epitome of quality and reliability. Whilst Toyota becoming the biggest car producer in the entire world.
Dude, times are continuosly changing , just try to keep up with them!
@@stupidocanerosa Except china have been making cars for decades and they're still lacking in style, build quality, and in many cases performance versus their western/japanese/korean rivals.
@@InsertCleverUsername You do know ALL the cars produced in China OR JUST the ones sold abroad?
Callum and Will made Overdrive what it was, and it's such a shame that it came to this, but understandable.
Overdrive is becoming driver 61
"end the Italian Dominance" shows a distinct misunderstanding of why people by Ferraris.
So you’re telling me the random weird car i saw and quickly photographed is a chinese supercar that costs like 3 million? Damn
Bring back THE REAL OVERDRIVE
You had something good going, and now you have 2 of the exact same channels. Just like grand tour and old top gear, i only care if you've got all 3 host.
I doubt youll be able to convert this audience into injoying one guy monologing for 8 minutes so he can put midrole ads
Do you guys have plans to evolve back into the more irl videos slowly when financial stuff can be more stable?
TH-cam views weren’t paying enough. I don’t think it’s a stability problem as much as an audience problem.
Scott asking if his audience is going to buy a racecar 😂
I liked all the old road trip vids like ye ust to do can you bring that back ?
Gonna miss this channel. Really felt like something special.
I wonder what dance moves that one car has. Imagine you’re just driving and the car starts doing the Macarena.
Doubt a key fob with "Yangwang" on it will have the disired effect when left on a bar top.
Yeah I totally want a 1,100 hp super car that also dances and jumps as I send it in the corners.
RIP to this channel 😢
And thanking God, to useless comments.
Theres already enough hypercars that you can never remember from brands no ones ever heard of.
Hehheh the Ren name was chosen from the 8 values.
It's the same word for person lol.
And the Nio ep9 also shows off Nio's most important innovation. You can swap batteries.
Why I'm feeling like the naming of cars is taken from Burnout Paradise 😂
Mentions dancing car. All I could think of is Lowrider hydraulics competitions.
And dodging crossing cats.
Fun overview
Would have been interesting to see what the Nürburgring Lap Time of the Lotus Evija X would have set.
Shoulda talked about the Hongqi S9. That thing is sickkkk
Agreed! Couldn't find any evidence that they've delivered one yet. The other cool one is the Qiantu K50. There's a US startup trying to import and sell those as the Mullen GT.
@@OVERDRIVE.studios that would be so cool! Btw all your channels are amazing. Amongst the best automotive content on TH-cam!
@@OVERDRIVE.studios Qiantu K50 is a fake supercar. It's made to resemble one but perform like a normal sedan
I want og overdrive back
You cannot. You should have paid so they weren't forced to shut it down.
There have been track tests of the hyper ssr by car reviewers and journalists. But only in china apparently cus the car will only be sold there. Idk about the u9 yet
Please continue the cheap cars series
Cuando van a sacar un video en overdrive en español
it's actually pretty cool if your car can run on 3 wheel even if you get a flat tire it seems like a good idea if that tech could be integrated in modern cars
Citroën DS from the 50's: "am I a joke to you?"
They might not steal your girls but they will definitely steal your personal data and social security numbers 😂
I think it will take a long time to build similar prestige as McLaren or Ferrari. Are there any Chinese cars participating in motorsports along established brands? I wouldn’t recall, but maybe I‘m wrong. It was an interesting video :)
Nio competes in Formula E. GWM competed in Dakar Rally a while back.
Nio was in Formula E for a while, under the NextEV name before they were Nio, but sold their team in... 2019, I think? The buyer continued to use the Nio name, just to keep things confusing ;)
@@OVERDRIVE.studioslynk & co has been rather successful in TCR
Nice
1100hp for 145k is surprisingly cheap for a production car
I felt donut media vibe good job
As a chinese, I've never heard of Techrules either XD. There are too many new EV/Hybrid brands coming up, claiming a "cool" car and dying for lack of money or technology.
I saw the ep9 at goodwood in 2018 or 19
"But it's made in China!!!"
(Yes but so is a lot of our tech, or the PCBs and components inside!)
yangwang u8 seems very promising
Hola Scott te sugeriría que que pasaras todas las traducciones de tus vídeos anteriores al canal original y des de baja tus canales en otros idiomas, así tus suscriptores de otros países sabrán lo que paso y la nueva idea que estas llevando a cabo y lo mismo podrías hacer con driver 61, además de subir mas shorts y abrir ya sea un patreon o miembros del canal, saludos desde México
Wait I just found this channel a couple weeks ago and got really into it. Are you telling me it's already over?!
lmaoo yup. Callum and Will have left.
Video idea
Weighted rims ,more rear wheel down force , more fast .
Miss the old whacky videos , this could tie in with those
Personally I think the U9 was the best looking, and for $145K! If it was real, and if I had $145k, I'd buy it!
Unfortunately, they just announced the price is 1.68 million yuan, which is about 233,000 US dollars.😁
I have seen a arc fox 7 driven by an actual driver on TH-cam shorts.
I would. But I can't
Make a video on new toyota water engine
Driver61 = Racing videos
OVERDRIVE = Car videos
It's as simple as that. I don't get why you're all crying for the old format when you were notified with enough time and reasons of the inevitable changes. If this isn't your cup of tea there is the door.
That said, some kind of membership goal with a progress bar for one video in the old format might work. If we want it, we'll fund it.
Because we really like the old videos and are lamenting their end. People are expressing their love of what the channel used to be. Why does that offend you so much?
@@PeterTeal77why did they end
@@Irongonz_Airsoft financial problems
@@PeterTeal77Because Scott told that they have no money to make old-style videos but people still complain
@@lukasmuursepp2267 yeah we know. People are right to voice their opinion about a business changing it's product, whatever the cause. If a local italian restaurant turned into a donut shop for financial reasons, it's customers have a right to say "Man, that fvcking sucks. I could go for some spaghetti and clams". Just because you guys enjoy donuts doesn't mean we all have to be happy about it.
$3.2 million does not have to be followed by "dollars" ¿`_
When you are driving one of those ?:)
I’d get the yangwang
We will surely see more chinese supercars and sooner or later we will be forced to buy one. Isn't MG a chinese brand nowadays?
Chinese and good in the same sentence is a rare statement.
Oh really? Ever took a look on the origin of ANY electronics you have? Chinese products are good if you will pay the right price. Compare the cheap Temu or Aliexpress smartphones with your very phone you have in your hands right now. Are they the same quality? But they probably are both made in China.
What color is yangwang?😂
Jesus Christ. Is this what we’ve got to look forward to from this channel now?
Give them a break man! They're probably just testing out different content types n see what drives viewer engagement. Afterall, with the viewership n the revenue it brings in, it's gonna be difficult to keep putting out good content. It takes a lot of money to book tracks, get hold of vehicles etc to do the usual stuff.
Yes. If you paid them when they were smashing cars, maybe you'll be still watching that kind of content.
I drove in a rented byd suv once, it was the worst car I've ever been in, it just looked good, for now my trust in chinese cars is very low and I couldn't ever imagine buying one.
4:03 bruh the Chinese literally copied the SSC Tuatara, both the name and the body........the only difference is that the SSR is electric.
you know, i wouldnt buy any of these, not even if i was a millionaire lol. Atleast the EP9 is in Forza Horizon 5 XD
You are not a millionaire, so you cannot tell what you'll buy if you were.
Turbine engines in cars will always, always be vapourware
Why ep9 is not road legal?
Just wasn't built to any countries specifications for road legality. I think it was intended to be a rolling advertisement for what Nio could build, and they didn't want any limitations on that!
@@OVERDRIVE.studios ok nice
How many times have you changed the title of this video? 🤣
Top tip , if your that broke and have to buy one of these Chinese cars , whip the old badges off and stick Ferrari badges in replacement.
neither your neighbours or potential girlfriend won’t have a clue .
If your that broke then a night round Doncaster on a budget big enough for 6 pints and a kebab ( that’s for the ladies drinks ) and the world is your oyster 😂😂😂
To answer the question in the title: No, they are all missing a soul. Those "supercars" might be fast because of the car, but not because of the driver.
That's wrong. A skilled driver will always be faster in an electronic assisted car than an analogic one. No car or motorbike has any soul. They are just mechanic gizmos to go faster as possible without getting killed in the meantime.
If you are a believer that there's a soul in some pistons going up and down, I hope Santa will bring you one. If you behaved, naturally.
😂😂😂
@@stupidocanerosasome people cannot be taught to feel the soul.
@@VikramAdithya48 Because a living creature may have one. Not lump of metal.
So the Nio was way slower (20s) than the VW (half the HP)
Sir,you forgot one word: Aerodynamics
@@chanhkhiemtran9010 what do you mean. Both racing cars, not street legal
@@Waruumm1304 yes.but the VW has far more aggressive aero than the Nio does
@@chanhkhiemtran9010 Ok, then you should ask nio, why they didnt do it. If they want to build a racecar, they should make it fast not whatever you assume it is.
Yo
So no legitimate cars then
The BYD one is where I would put my money, this manufacturer is pretty serious and their cars are reeeally good.
Almost as real as the decline of this channel
If you had paid them in time, maybe you would be able to see the previous content still now.
@@stupidocanerosa Huh?
Supercar brands will die within the next 15 years because it everything will be EVs. All the other brands are going to produce just as fast cars, just as nice interiors and so on. So either Ferrari, lower their prices or close up shop.
Furthermore, I just cannot see what a Rimac can do that a Tesla Plaid cannot. The Rimac seems like a less comfortable Tesla Plaid imho. (Edit: current Plaid Nurburgring lap 7:25!!)
I knew all of them are electric
that's a big meh
So many times F1 drivers complained about how safety cars are slow. If FIA allow new companies like Rimac (before they get bigger) with faster cars it would show a real racing spirit instead of a money gangrene machine.
No matter what brand of street legal car you use as a pace car. They are all slow compared to an F1. Just to be clear, at maximum Rimac speed around the circuit, a Formula 1 is barely using aerodynamics and tires struggle to get warm. The F1 are made to go insanely fast, especially in the corners. Any lower speed than expected means the F1 would have to do a couple of laps at 95% to re-warm up before going 100% again.
2 videos which aren't on the track and people are crying??? Relax guys
The reason videos probably cant be found is cuz you cant use youtube in china 💀
A VPN is pretty common, that's just the price they have to pay for shutting Western propaganda out
Yea I think the Chinese government probably has some restriction on those too it can't be that easy
@@awesomeav3134 It's that easy, why would they restrict it? They're not like the West.
Everything in China is highly scrutinised before getting to the public. There are no private companies there and every single product they made has to be politically approved. So it is for advertising.
Why would you buy or promote them?
my grandpa had bought an arcfox 7 and he got all the paper work done. but after a couple weeks he got a letter from the company where they told him that he would not get the car. (sorry for my bad english, i'm from germany)
🖤🤍❤️
No.
For when videos on the channel in Spanish, greetings.
why is the car being able to jump 'really useful'?
To avoid those nasty british pot holes
I guess if it can jump it can be programmed to maintain maximum traction across a variety of surface conditions?
sarcasm?
As a latino's low rider?
Scott,
I'm confused, mate.
If you want someone to do overdrive, give me a call.
Are you also paying for it?
@@stupidocanerosa do for free 😆
A rich person isnt gonna drive up to a gala event in a chinese SuperFox car and then brag to his friends how cheap it is.
Thats not how luxury or exclusivity works.
Define rich?
rich person in China will dare not to drive imported luxury sports car any more. culture revolution 2.0 will come soon.
@at least Chinese cars have better QC than Ferrari@
My problem with Chinese cars is they seem soulless. They all seem to be targeting the higher end of the market since they're all about face. They all want something that screams luxury and sophistication with a strong brand cache. I see nothing in the vein of a Civic Si or MX5 or Mustang that stokes the flame of traditional car enthusiasm, it all seems like toys for tech bros.
"I got my supercar off of aliexpress, how about you?"
This isn't driver 62
Personally I wouldn’t buy a Chinese car, even if it’s cheaper. The Chinese government banned Tesla’s from driving near or past government buildings. If they think Tesla cars are spying, then what are they doing with there cars?
Got a source for that?
America thinks China is spying
😂😂😂😂
45 mins less gooo
Where the oh format?
Gone. No money.
first two brings up : never heard of;
hyper ssr : 3-4s slower than typical sf90
u9: turd marketing, braging 10% laptime faster than sf90 (yes they claim 10%)Zhejiang Circuit, while track manager never seen them registered，turns out 10s slower than ssr in themselves simulation, clown
nio ep9:rarely anyone call it Chinese made
you have my words --Chinese viewer
It still is just a Chinese car
Thumbs down for the annoying tiktok style captions lol. Stop being cringe chasing editing trends and just make no BS vids.
This is not Driver61 channel.
The problem with EV supercars is the battery. A battery that can store a decent amount of energy and mainly can discharge it very quickly is expensive and definitly not something you want to cheap out on. China does have a reputation for producing all sorts of things on the cheap, so I would be extremly careful when buying one such car and immediatly let some expert check the battery.
"Tofu dreg" comes to mind. Buildings that just collapses. Then there is that "cheap or cheat" mentality.
Not the least bit racist, are we?
China makes everything for us, that you think they only make crap is a personal failing honestly, just shows you're too cheap to pay for quality stuff.
Oh, so you "immediately" went to check the battery of EVERY phone and smartphone you bought in the past 30 years? 😂😂😂
@@stupidocanerosa no, as a smartphone battery holds nowhere near as much energy, does not have to discharge it as quickly and if it does catch fire, I can throw the smartphone away. If a car battery catches fire, there is way more energy and I can not get away from it as quickly.
@@Sir_Cactus You didn't get it, did you? It's years we buy batteries from China, they know what they do simply because they are the best .
people crying in the comments... lmao
😂😂😂😂 having a blast replying
Scott, I'm sorry to say but you are very boring. The overdrive channel is dead
So why are you still here?
@@stupidocanerosa I'm not, I unsubscribed right after i left that comment
@@K-Y-L-E Commenting, I mean.
Keep in mind, its still made in China. Complete rip offs of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc.
chinese cars are either better than most cars or the opposite
"Chinese cars are targeting Ferrari" what a ridiculous video title. As if chinese car companies could ever even get close to Ferrari's level of excellence and legendary status lmao. People lately putting crazier and crazier video titles just to get more views. Stop.
There is no such thing as a "supercar" or a "hypercar", there are sports cars that are involved in a sport and everything else is called, "a car".
Honest reviews with no PR bull haha.
The biggest wolrd experts in automotive strongly disagree. Maybe you should call them one by one and tell them they are wrong.
Chinese cars made by children and sold on temu
Any other cliché?
I will never buy ANYTHING Chinese.
Why not Chinese super cars can be prestigious one day , I think they must enter Formula 1 or Rallying events and prove themselves one day