Not blocking but certainly applying tariffs having discovered some Chinese EVs were being exported at less than cost. And we'd quite like a European market too.
@@kevinmobile Well 100% tariffs (USA) is actually blocking. The Chinese EVs will build plants in Europe to avoid the tariffs. It's good to have competition, especially for the consumers.
And no wonder why European Domestic Luxury Brands look and perform like shit while weighing a ton, because theyre amied at being stuck in chinese traffic jams. BMWS sales last year, 33% was China sales exclusively
As a Zeekr employee I'm glad to see Top Gear showing this to the world. Price of the new 2024 ver 009 starts around 439000CNY, which is about 63000 USD, and it's better than what you get in this video all around. We got good stuffs from other brands too. Let's hope the competition will give the world better cars eventually.😊
Then please tell your management there’s a huge market for luxury MPV in Indonesia that is dominated by Alphard, please start selling here. I went to BYD asking when the Denza or U8 will be available and looks like not until 2025 for Denza and no plans for U8.
@@WarrenKLiu I'll certainly tell them but please understand that it's a long and gradual process to expand our overseas market, considering that we're founded just 3 yrs ago. Thank you for the info.
Zeekr is an independent brand like Lotus & Volvo. It's under the Geely Holding Group but separated from those Geely Auto brands. You might still have to wait but hope we get there soon.
That is until you get rashes it anthrax if the leather is not treated properly. It's most likely to be Vinyl. Which is more plastic ending up in landfill.
@@sp-tw8ij That's right, once a colonized country, an ancient civilization with a population of more than one billion, in just a few decades, not only accepted and decomposed countless European and American waste, but also provided a large number of cheap resources such as rare earths. But the most odious thing is to endure the slander and attacks of United States strategic propaganda, and if you have time, you can look at the past reports of the BBC and CNN. Before coming to China, keep a clear head would be helpful.
How refreshing to view a BBC TV program that avoided all the usual loaded cliches and subtle swipes at China. An impressive car with an even more impressive insight into the shape and pace of the internal Chinese auto market.
Not only in China but in Asia in general, VIPs, Politicians and CEOs are chauffeured in luxury MPVs than luxury sedans. MPVs has the road presence - Alphard, Vellfire, Lexus LM350 are the preferred choice, but Chinese MPVs are raising fast. And lets be realistic, most of the rich and powerful are in their old age. MPV makes more sense ergonomically and doesn't hurt your knees and back going in and out.. lol
In the old days of Thailand, rich people would use custom VIP modded VW Caravelle, Mercedes V Class. But now there's none of them anymore. In these days, there's millions of... -Alphard 2.5 HEV E-FOUR: $119,741 -Vellfire 2.5 HEV E-FOUR: $124,091 -Alphard 2.5 HEV Luxury E-FOUR: $130,471 And the richer is going to sit happily in... -LM 350h Executive 7-Seater: $182,410 -LM 500h Executive 6-Seater: $202,710 -LM 350h Executive 4-Seater: $220,110 -LM 500h Executive 4-Seater: $240,410 The best way of transporting in Bangkok traffic. EVERY rich person got one of them. If you saw 7-series or S class, its mean they got one of these van at home.
"Alphard, Vellfire" That might be the case across Asia, not for the rest of the World. And while in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia etc lots will use MPVs, they'd still rather drive an S Class and put the maid with the kids in the Alphard.
@@yangerek78 and why do you think that is Sherlock? Because manufactures know what consumers in respective markets would buy and what they wouldn’t. And neither of the Toyotas would be in demand outside Asia.
Was in China in June 2024 and saw this car in the mall gallery shop. It's super sleek and high tech is quite impressive. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it were allowed in the US. The pricing may be cheap but they are not low quality.
@@Ivan-bg1jp same in China, The high price is due to the fact that many famous people use this car, at least in China, when I go to Macau I use Alphards to get around the city and in my opinion they are very overrated
I’ve just spent a month in China - the cars are amazing, their luxury is highly affordable - a Roewe (Rover) or Buick MPV with business seating and massage seats are like £35K cost…
@@PelleWessman I love the looks of the ID Buzz but it has some shortcomings : - It has a bench on the 2nd row, rather than individual seats - you cannot open the rear (2nd row) windows - the range is 250ish miles official, but in real world you get about 215 miles - High price - glitchy infotainment
The sheer ignorance that the European People have towards China and other emerging countries in the east is baffling. East is where the growth is fellas.
@@Baimobile7 exactly... they cannot fathom another part of the world growing better than them or living harmoniously. They also want us to care or take care of their problems and when it is expected of them they turn a blind eye.
You are correct , lekin main mudda reliability ka hai , more components mean more chances of breakdowns. I'd rather take an ICE engine that is larger in size over this to be honest.
And what’s even more baffling is the ignorance of European brands who’ve been printing money there for years and now wonder why their sales are falling off a cliff.
I wonder how soon Namibia would get them in. I'm a Namibian living in China and have bought myself an Avatr 11. How do you guys charge them that side? I imagine there are almost no public chargers? Or do you have a hybrid model?
Every time a Chinese product get reviewed, political comments invariably appeared. Geely is a listed company and not a state owned company. Most people outside China have no idea how the Chinese government is run and simply labelled it “authoritarian”. The Chinese government is a meritocracy where promotion within is based upon achieving goals set by seniors in improving people‘s lives and solving problems within whichever village, town etc that the junior government officer is in charge of….and not run by politicians giving empty promises to achieve popularity amongst voters at election times, and then go off to do their own things “with a public mandate” (or, most likely, not able to do anything at all in such a short term of office). Each polictical system has its own good and bad points, but there is no right and wrong. 65 million British chose their own political system: a constitutional monarchy with parlimentary democracy painfully developed over hundreds of years. No one is questioing their choice. So when 1.4 billion Chinese chose their own political system (also painfully developed but over thousands of years) which, as an undisputed fact (eg. National GDP), vastly improved their living standards over the last 40 years, people outside China should respect their choice! (And even better, just visit China first and see with their own eyes before raising those uninformed comments!)
Nice to see this on a British canal. I drive the Zeekr 001 Privilege in Holland (for now only for sale in Sweden and Holland in Europe) and I love it! High quality, high tech, high luxury!
The party is proud of you, comrade. Zeekr is looking good though, so others should stop pumping out more expensive car and remember that most people want a painless affordable ride.
Actually, there is a even more luxurious version of this car in China which has only two seats in the back, a 42 inches 4k mini-led tv in front of them and surrounded by a stereo system has 31 speakers and 3000w of power consumptions😅
hahahahhahhahahaahhaaa I always said stop showing Shanghai to the world, everyone will want to move there, making it even more crowded for when I visit! hahahaa
hahamoving electric bomb😂😂😂 guess why so many electric vehicles are not sold in Europe, but being remained in centigrade, because it’s a potential threat to people’s lives and safety issues 😅😅
@@难过牛小排 The truth is that Europe's infrastructure is not developed enough to support such a large EV market. However, the most important thing is that the cost control of Chinese cars , if exported to Western countries will cause market shock, and the United States is still spreading " china is dangerous " , European countries must follow their big master
@@Alfred-li0421 actually the vehicle market in China is collapsing and not competing in a proper way, European countries are not expecting to see their own markets being affected, it’s not just about the US propaganda,but also CCP’s culture invasion through the Internet. It’s hard to define who’s right or wrong, but considering how Chinese automobile companies have done, and the accidents happened in China daily. The insecurity of a potential bomb should be controlled strictly and the vehicles should be prohibited temporarily
12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾. Benefits= 1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods 2. Latour Localization 3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled) 4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
Had a long trip in one of this's backseat. Gonna say it is outstandingly comfortable as a passenger, definitely better than the Lexus LM. The finish quality is top-notch, yet the improvement space is obvious in the use of materials. However, after considering one's price, it is not an issue. No, it's not Rolls-Royce comfort, but it doesn't ask for Rolls-Royce money either. By the way, the facelift version can be optioned to have 700+ HP for some reason. We are definitely gonna see some idiots take this to the Nurburgring.
Ever since my first real life encounter with high end chinese cars a few years ago, I realised they were on a completely different level compared to traditional western OEMs.
They use higher manufacturing technology and technology, such as integrated die casting machine, and use a more strengthened chassis structure to protect the battery. Moreover, the car companies that are ahead of the world have used high-strength steel of nuclear submarine level, even reaching a horrible 2000 MPa, which is due to the existence of the dominant steel industry in China.
The Volvo EM90 is a completely downgraded version of this car, most importantly the twin motors become single motors.The 009 was launched in 2022, two years before the Volvo, and the EM90 is more of a hybrid as it has to be generic and some parts can't be retained from the Volvo design. It's not the most luxurious, last year Zeekr introduced a more luxurious 4-seater version with a centre divider. Cumulative deliveries of the Zeekr 009 exceed 22,000 units by April 2024
I do appreciate that Chinese EV are making more bold moves in terms of automobile design and decision making, a lot more chance of awkward products but definitely more competition, which is good for customers.
Nice 12:51 Nice, Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾. Benefits= 1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods 2. Latour Localization 3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled) 4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
It is interesting that Geely, who also owned Volvo brand, decided to make its new brand Zeekr more premium than Volvo. Sound like a new direction for Geely.
Forget the nonsense from the western media. I was on a business trip in Dubai last month and I chatted with an Uber driver. He liked BYD and Zeekr very much. After test driving BYD, he said the Hyundai he had was simply industrial garbage. If you doubt the quality of Chinese cars, go test drive and experience them yourself instead of spreading hatred on the Internet.
So why chinese bestsellers are Volkswagen and Toyota and Nissan? Why Tesla got a lot sales in China? And Buick? If chinese have money, he will not buy chinese car, he will prefer BMW or Mercedes
@@PMC-wargenar , wtf? Man, VW have the best sales in 2023 in china. Thats record! The best result ever. Where are you from? Im russian, and every chinese car saller got audi or mercedes on his profile photo))) thats already meme there. Once again: when chinese got money for buying not chinese he do it. Thats normal, cause spend 100k euros for Jeng Peng Huai 7000 ultra pro plus - thats cringe)
This is very normal in China's first- and second-tier cities. The Chinese government has made a great determination to improve the infrastructure for electric vehicles. Now even in inland small and medium-sized cities, many high-voltage charging piles are installed in public places to charge electric vehicles.
Honestly you need to review huawei car. It’s really mind blowing car. I am not Chinese but I go everywhere in the world from us, Europe, UK, and some asian countries, but nothing like huawei car. It’s superb.
I saw on Chinese website that Huawei has built a small European city in order to retain European and American talents and make European technical talents feel at home. This is crazy
Recently, a zeekr001 collided head-on with a Nissan Sylphy. The paint of the zeekr was damaged, but the front of the Nissan was completely destroyed. This is just the zeekr001. The safety of the Huawei M9 is even higher than that of the zeekr. The proportion of high-strength steel in the whole vehicle is very exaggerated. So, throw away those Japan iron coffins.
They are paid not to give visibility to Huawei, the Western propaganda anti China campaign. These western reviewers are prepped on it. Even in this video notice how he intentionally doesn't mention the software in the car app, it's because its Huawei that built it, but he mentioned Snapdragon but not Huawei. They're all involved in the propaganda
Visited Shanghai recently, all of these interesting Chinese car brands give me the same feeling of the made-up cars in games like Grand Theft Auto or Cyberpunk, not in a bad way though! Just all weird and wonderful designs you don't see elsewhere
@@HowToSpec lol, there's no such thing as "social score" -- how do I know? 'cause I actually went there recently...the place is super modern, clean and safe, so GTFO with your BS please
This is True: 12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾. Benefits= 1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods 2. Latour Localization 3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled) 4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
This is what happens when established brands are building mediocre cars at an extremely high price point, with only a focus on a flashy exterior. This is why america just wants to ban them outright (national security they say)
it is indeed a national security threat, as people are going to question whether they are still the No.1 and thus the question whether the system is still indeed be best.
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash I don't think Westerners are in any position to be lecturing about authortarianism or human rights also what about tax credits in the US and tax breaks on EV's in the UK? At the end of the day the customer gets a better product for less. Compete or die.
@@CaptainHoratioPugwashI give credit to GM for building the C8 with government bailout money… I guess we aren’t an authoritarian regime, but come November that may change 😂
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash Actual proof? And I think any government would invest in its country's fast-growing industry when there are potential foreign markets. That's how it works. If I am the US government I surely will provide assistance for Tesla to compete in foreign markets. I'm sure Japan and Korea government will give beneficial policies and financial assistance for their automobile and electronics industries as well. Why not? I don't see any problem with that. In the end it's still the customers choice of which car they are buying. Sure thing many of Chinese younger buyer will buy a Tesla or domestic electric car over something like a Mustang and an American will more likely to buy a fun driving car as well.
Zoom? Lol, so you do not move forward, zoom is a virtual bigger view is same reality, but with lacks! This conference software, one of the too numerous parodies of Time Pad Scheduler, is not at all an effective solution as it does not spare any waste of time and does not use EJFJ Cumulative Cleverness as Time Pad Scheduler does, no voice recognition and no voice synthesis, only for humans playing with humans for nothing serious, so no fake AI... Nothing can be artificial when we are on the phone or talking! Only the best is legal, only benefit counts! Zoom is not TH-cam, not at all, unfortunately! No protection of any personal daten, nor in Zoom, nor in published videos on TH-cam, but in EJFJ Positively Contextualized registerings, yes!
The Chinese market is not satisfied with the global market, what Europe and America has to offer, so they do one better and be what they want. I admire that and it shows in the quality and attention to detail...I'm jealous of their options and offers for the auto market. I've been wanting to a BYD here in Thailand for awhile now...I think I'll be making that decision sooner rather than later.
When I was in Shenzhen for business 2 months ago we got around in cars similar to these and my god, I would not go back if I could. They know what they're doing over there, who wouldn't want to get around in that level of comfort. I just need to find myself a driver
@@906puuK0T I've driven a Wraith, the interior quality seemed to be not the emphasis for that generation. But ride quality is soo special. I highly doubt Zeeker can get anything close to a Rolls when it comes to how it moves.
@@NeojhunI think your statement not gonna age too well. My friend in Philippines owns the RR distributor so our group of friends have all test driven various RRs over the years. One of the wives who happens to be a celebrity turned mom influencer was recently given a Hongqi EHS9, probably for marketing purposes by Hongqi. All the guys who took it out for a spin said it was comparable if not better handling than RR, Maserati and Porsche, which was shocking to me since they also own cars from those European brands, I have no reason to doubt, just took a moment for me to pick up my jaws from their comments. So it’s possible Zeekr isn’t at RR handling level yet for luxury vehicles but I won’t be surprised if they get to parity quickly given the shocking reactions on Hongqi.
UK based, but I've sat and played in a couple of Zeekrs [001 and 007] at car shows, and they were very impressive indeed. I'm a bit of a nerd, so I love the tech, and boy do they have it. Think of truly premium build, great styling and functionality, and near Tesla levels of superb software. The Chinese certainly get closest, possibly level in some cases, in that department. Legacy European and USA car makers need to up their games big time, to be competitive with these. It's no wonder the tariffs are out there. The UK is welcoming them though.
Only been to Shanghai once for business in 2023, it's not the coolest city, to me the only impressive aspect is personal safety. Kids and girls out and about in downtown late at night, also I left my Airpod Pro on a busy subway 7-11 table and 3 hours later it's still here. But I couldn't careless about Chinese cars. Now though, this van is pretty cool to me.
European cars have 1 major problem. Price inflation. A golf gte cost 35500 pounds from new with a 30 mile electric range. For that king 0f money, with no anti chinese tariff, i wonder what they would sell to us.
@@ballerblocks Right, the price I said was for the top spec, base SU7 is 216K RMB and base E8 is 176K RMB, which translates to about 23.6K and 19.2K GBP
@@angli2794 wow, I feel like we are being robbed in the EU, we buy basic cars at higher prices whilst the rest of the world but top spec cars at even lower prices. No wonder they are putting tariffs on imports.
After watching this video, my perspective about Chinese carmakers aiming higher in quality n standards has changed a lot... Zeekr brand has impressed me a lot... Not everyone wants to build cheap throwable stuff.
I'm amazed that they're not a thing in the West, but I've also watched the limo drivers collecting Emirates passengers from the airport and they've used Mercedes Vito and VW Caravelles that are like the inside of a private jet. If Rolls Royce produced a Minibus like this, it would be a massive hit!
Bentley did it, a cheap one, under Volkswagen request, or quite (only their official support) as the Xpeng X9! New versions are arriving soonly... The price is very very high compared to the Xpeng models which are much better than Toyota and Lexus in durability! You will see this as soon as you search for more accurate informations about Xpeng Motors, Xpeng Robotics, Xpeng AeroHT, ...
I always get a chuckle when British reviewers constantly jabber about how massive and humongous a vehicle like this is. Here in the US this would be kind of a mid sized SUV, a little bit smaller than a Ford Expedition, but a full three feet shorter than a Chevy Suburban.
lol I thought you were exaggerating until I looked it up! Almost four feet shorter in length than a Ford F-150 Crew Cab, the best selling vehicle in America!
I am 100% saying this, and if you blindly hate me (for any reason) just because i SUPPORT Chinese brands (then it completely means there is something wrong with YOU.) All i can say is that if i had a luxury car option for a lifetime that i can wish for and own it. This is the brand, luxury and prestige that I want. I look at these BEAUTIFUL cars (Zeekr), and i already subscribe and sign up to wish for owning this (and really wish that i have these cars including a Rolls-Royce) in my lifetime.
Just spent eight days touring China and saw this Zeekr in person. It looks much better in person, it stands out in the crowd with that square and imposing front and eye catching lines.
Mpvs don't sell well in the UK yet alone a Chinese mpv. The ignorant stereotypes and sinophobia towards the Chinese and Chinese tech is too infested in Britain.
It's amazing that the Chinese car makers upped their game not only in the designs, quality and amount of EVs. But their English is improving a lot. Imagine Japanese carmakers with proficient and fluent English. And Chinese dropped their ego and learn English so that they can market their car faster and better to the world.
Chinese has the same SVO structure as English which makes it much easier to learn, even if you translated Chinese sentences word by word it would make sense 80% of the time, it's completely opposite for Japanese unfortunately
Damn. I knew China was changing the perception it has had of being cheap, ripoff, poorly made, low quality, etc. But look at this. And yes, I agree. Safety first, comfort and usability second. Not some fashion statement that is useless, expensive, annoying.
Only your local Walmart goes to China and buy only the cheap, ripoff, poorly made, low quality sh!t and resell to you 10x money. Chinese culture has always valued exquisite and refined craftsmanship for thousands years.
Didn't know top gear made a video on this car till now! I am a Chinese owner of Zeekr 001, the electric wagon from the same company, and it has been amazing. Although I think this video perhaps was sponsored, these cars are still worthwhile to take a look at. I owned some luxury cars in the past, like the Audi A7, Porsche 911, MB GLC and GLEs, and I am quite satisfied with what they offer here for a significant lower price than other brands. I am still a petrol person tho, I'd go electric for practical use, and gasoline for fun. I honestly would like to see these cars get reviewed by other youtubers so more people can see the potential they've got, and some manufacturers can actually get motivation from competition.
Wow, I’ve been a huge fan of wookie since fifth gear days when he was faffing about with johniewani smiff. Can I just say how astonishingly good a presenter he has become?!
In Hong Kong, luxury 7-seaters (Lexus LM, Toyota Alphard and Welfire) sell like rocket! You can rarely find a Mercedes S class on Hong Kong roads nowadays.
I have had a couple of Mercedes V-Class as my family car, unbelivable piece of kit, electric sliding doors, great seats and multiple seating arrangements. People have had a hard time believing me how good it is compared to owning an SUV but going on road-trips with the wife, 3 kids a dog and a couple of bikes inside of the car is unparalel to being stuffed in the SUV with the bikes on the rear (I have an X5 now) I can only imagine how nice this is
There is no doubt at all that the quality of Chinese made cars are right up there. Perception however, means that depreciation will suffer for decades to come. They will need to maintain solid engineering and quality for that to change. Personally I have no problems whatsoever in buying the Zeekr 009 here in Malaysia over the Alphard/Vellfire stranglehold.
No, very very bad compared to others, Li Auto is a néfaste brand doing very very bad designed products,only the Li 9 was nice, before the Xpeng G9 arrived, but the inner doors are hawful, there are lot if bad choices, the software are not efficient, they do not evolute well as Xpeng Motors does, nor as Huawei does with its numerous brands... I do not remember which brand sell the Li Auto operating system but far than excellent! And it will be worse and worse as there are large material deficiencies! They are above 900V for the Li Mega and have worse results than 660V Xpeng Motors products (G6, X9) and take lot of risk to sell a very very quick charging method which is not cleverly limited based on what is scientifically possible, but based only on material limitation! The S5 chargers will destroy the battery or the whole vehicle as it may burn by over passing what the material was planned for! Xpeng Motors adapts continuously, they were copied or contributed to the Zeekr and Li Mega for some software improvements (Linux based as all computing systems in the world now, even the Huawei System is based on Linux!), like are Windows 10 and above and Mac OS 10 and above and iOS 10 and above... All use the same atoms, the same sciences, but differently! This is not to the consumer to manage any risk nor any deficiency! No constraint is acceptable, so it is fully illicit to not warranty secure freedom to all (even engineer) by making them all benefit of what already exists and make them work only to search accurately applied improvements! EJFJ Cumulative Cleverness and EJFJ Effective Collaboration are requested!
most chinese cars have very bad handling and steering feel. they are very very plush though and have really large backseat legroom and smartphone level tech, which I feel most western consumers don't value as much.
We visited Shanghai last month and were transported in one of these for a couple of days. As a car guy it totally blew me away. This level of detail/thought and the quality of materials is only found in the highest end european cars. For the price these are selling (our driver paid 55.000 euro for his car) it's just a no brainer. If these were to sell in the Netherlands for something close to that pricepoint or even 20K more, i think it would be a hit. We also experienced the lower budget offering from Chery, the Fulwin T9. That is a PHEV of comparable quality to eurpean bigger names but is less then half of the price of those competitors (16k euro). VW is rightly worried, and i'm not sure they are flexible enough to compete..Tariffs are a sign they cannot directly compete. China has such an enormous production potential it can flood any market. With products like this, it is not a bad thing.
@@jakobrecina The Europeans have gone from making all the high end products in the past to only providing the artists who draw the curves of the exterior
This is what we needed. No one knows what the Chinese buyer finds to be valuable. Spending time to give us a definitive answer is great. If luxury and tech innovations are their interests, that can spell nothing but good cars for us going forward.
News flash for Euro car companies, Europeans love tech too. Slow systems that are only slow because you've skimped on processing power will not be appreciated.
Trying to make himself feel better by saying "different tastes". Truth we just get 💩 here in Europe, milking us with SUV or whatever boomer car fashion of yesteryear. I mean he said the display unit was so fast and the Chinese like that. Wtf he's implying Europeans like slow displays? 🤣🤣
I don't know about you guys, but here in Europe, especially in Italy where I come from, people (even young people) are fighting so hard against technology in cars, that I understand why he specified that the Chinese do... I own a Tesla and when I drive around, so many people tell me they would never buy a car with such a big screen, that they would never want to control the car from the screen and someone my age (28) even told me he will never buy a car with a rear camera!
Premium cars having low end CPU's and cheap touchscreens from the 2010's never ceases to amaze me, well done Zeekr for actually caring about everything.
We may not agree with their methods but their population certainly seems to be OK with it. It's remarkable how far China has come without being somebody else's vassal state.
I drive a Geely sedan car and I got the most basic from their lineup, literal taxi spec in China but the build, looks and ride comfort are way better than the same offerings from legacy brands in my country. Its just that US is pushing a lot of propaganda against China here so the market is still not wanting to go all out on chinese brands.
Wow finally....12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾. Benefits= 1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods 2. Latour Localization 3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled) 4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
What an incredible car that would normally not be on ones radar. It looks nice on it's airsuspension when parked and it has all the bits and bobs to make it super comfortable as a daily
i still dont get why western media (and this reporter in particular) are treating this car and the chinese market as some sort of strange and foreign anomaly..... big luxe vans have been a thing in asia forever
Envy my friend....I thought I was the only who noticed poisoned adjectives from tne reporter. I guess he would not be British without a poisonous edge. But Britain does not produce a single car. So he should suck it up.
No wonder the US and EU are blocking Chinese EVs
These cars make the traditional brands look like Nokia.
Not blocking but certainly applying tariffs having discovered some Chinese EVs were being exported at less than cost. And we'd quite like a European market too.
@@kevinmobile effectively blocking.
@@kevinmobile Well 100% tariffs (USA) is actually blocking. The Chinese EVs will build plants in Europe to avoid the tariffs. It's good to have competition, especially for the consumers.
Chinese gov. is subsidizing EV export to win EU/USA markets. So yes, they is a need for import tax to make this even fight.
And no wonder why European Domestic Luxury Brands look and perform like shit while weighing a ton, because theyre amied at being stuck in chinese traffic jams.
BMWS sales last year, 33% was China sales exclusively
As a Zeekr employee I'm glad to see Top Gear showing this to the world. Price of the new 2024 ver 009 starts around 439000CNY, which is about 63000 USD, and it's better than what you get in this video all around. We got good stuffs from other brands too. Let's hope the competition will give the world better cars eventually.😊
Then please tell your management there’s a huge market for luxury MPV in Indonesia that is dominated by Alphard, please start selling here. I went to BYD asking when the Denza or U8 will be available and looks like not until 2025 for Denza and no plans for U8.
@@WarrenKLiu I'll certainly tell them but please understand that it's a long and gradual process to expand our overseas market, considering that we're founded just 3 yrs ago. Thank you for the info.
@@amoymous272 well Geely already here so......
Zeekr is an independent brand like Lotus & Volvo. It's under the Geely Holding Group but separated from those Geely Auto brands. You might still have to wait but hope we get there soon.
@@amoymous272 can you get these with more seats?7.8or 9 thanks
I see why America panicked and imposed tariffs on Chinese vehicles. My god those captain's chairs in the back look so comfortable.
That is until you get rashes it anthrax if the leather is not treated properly. It's most likely to be Vinyl. Which is more plastic ending up in landfill.
@@sp-tw8ijbetter than std with made in USA
@@sp-tw8ij That's right, once a colonized country, an ancient civilization with a population of more than one billion, in just a few decades, not only accepted and decomposed countless European and American waste, but also provided a large number of cheap resources such as rare earths. But the most odious thing is to endure the slander and attacks of United States strategic propaganda, and if you have time, you can look at the past reports of the BBC and CNN. Before coming to China, keep a clear head would be helpful.
@@sp-tw8ijwow😂
@@sp-tw8ijStop yapping
How refreshing to view a BBC TV program that avoided all the usual loaded cliches and subtle swipes at China. An impressive car with an even more impressive insight into the shape and pace of the internal Chinese auto market.
just shows how fucking lame Top Gear has gotten.
@@Dueilangoisseusthen you have no idea what you talking about. Even the trio talked about emergence of the Chinese car makers on GT
So you want to be fed fake news 😂@@Dueilangoisseus
Not only in China but in Asia in general, VIPs, Politicians and CEOs are chauffeured in luxury MPVs than luxury sedans.
MPVs has the road presence - Alphard, Vellfire, Lexus LM350 are the preferred choice, but Chinese MPVs are raising fast.
And lets be realistic, most of the rich and powerful are in their old age. MPV makes more sense ergonomically and doesn't hurt your knees and back going in and out.. lol
And can't forget my personal favorite, the Lexus LM500h 😍
In the old days of Thailand, rich people would use custom VIP modded VW Caravelle, Mercedes V Class. But now there's none of them anymore.
In these days, there's millions of...
-Alphard 2.5 HEV E-FOUR: $119,741
-Vellfire 2.5 HEV E-FOUR: $124,091
-Alphard 2.5 HEV Luxury E-FOUR: $130,471
And the richer is going to sit happily in...
-LM 350h Executive 7-Seater: $182,410
-LM 500h Executive 6-Seater: $202,710
-LM 350h Executive 4-Seater: $220,110
-LM 500h Executive 4-Seater: $240,410
The best way of transporting in Bangkok traffic. EVERY rich person got one of them.
If you saw 7-series or S class, its mean they got one of these van at home.
"Alphard, Vellfire" That might be the case across Asia, not for the rest of the World. And while in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia etc lots will use MPVs, they'd still rather drive an S Class and put the maid with the kids in the Alphard.
its bcos not every nations on this planet even know the Alphard or Velfire existed@Mazeboxx
@@yangerek78 and why do you think that is Sherlock? Because manufactures know what consumers in respective markets would buy and what they wouldn’t. And neither of the Toyotas would be in demand outside Asia.
Was in China in June 2024 and saw this car in the mall gallery shop. It's super sleek and high tech is quite impressive. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it were allowed in the US. The pricing may be cheap but they are not low quality.
Man, China already won USA😂 say to you as russian
In fact, it is not cheap, in China the price starts from 60k USD to 110k USD
@@Elchinoleno Just letting you know that here in Philippines, a luxury MPV like the Toyota Alphard already costs 100k USD
@@Ivan-bg1jp same in China, The high price is due to the fact that many famous people use this car, at least in China, when I go to Macau I use Alphards to get around the city and in my opinion they are very overrated
You won't have to wait long, I suspect.
I’ve just spent a month in China - the cars are amazing, their luxury is highly affordable - a Roewe (Rover) or Buick MPV with business seating and massage seats are like £35K cost…
It’s a pity that we, Europeans, don’t get good MPVs anymore.
This car is amazing, I would love to have a family version of it.
The new 7 seater VW ID Buzz would beg to differ that there are no good MPV:s in Europe anymore :)
@@PelleWessman I love the looks of the ID Buzz but it has some shortcomings :
- It has a bench on the 2nd row, rather than individual seats
- you cannot open the rear (2nd row) windows
- the range is 250ish miles official, but in real world you get about 215 miles
- High price
- glitchy infotainment
Nobody is having kids, we dont need them anymore🤣
THere is one under development, Zeekr MIX, a car similar to VW id buzz
@@PelleWessman Zeekr Mix will be much better than that
The sheer ignorance that the European People have towards China and other emerging countries in the east is baffling. East is where the growth is fellas.
Not just European, American too.
@@Baimobile7 exactly... they cannot fathom another part of the world growing better than them or living harmoniously. They also want us to care or take care of their problems and when it is expected of them they turn a blind eye.
@@Baimobile7 apple is an american brand? but the parts are made in China... but US hates China... work that out... haha
You are correct , lekin main mudda reliability ka hai , more components mean more chances of breakdowns. I'd rather take an ICE engine that is larger in size over this to be honest.
And what’s even more baffling is the ignorance of European brands who’ve been printing money there for years and now wonder why their sales are falling off a cliff.
l am a proud BYD car owner and since here in Zimbabwe we have an official dealer the Service is top notch
I wonder how soon Namibia would get them in. I'm a Namibian living in China and have bought myself an Avatr 11. How do you guys charge them that side? I imagine there are almost no public chargers? Or do you have a hybrid model?
Imagine Americans can't even get BYD but Africans can LOL
Imagine, it comes thru SA but we don't have it here😂😊
Good going cde
@@YCHTT wyf?
Every time a Chinese product get reviewed, political comments invariably appeared. Geely is a listed company and not a state owned company.
Most people outside China have no idea how the Chinese government is run and simply labelled it “authoritarian”.
The Chinese government is a meritocracy where promotion within is based upon achieving goals set by seniors in improving people‘s lives and solving problems within whichever village, town etc that the junior government officer is in charge of….and not run by politicians giving empty promises to achieve popularity amongst voters at election times, and then go off to do their own things “with a public mandate” (or, most likely, not able to do anything at all in such a short term of office).
Each polictical system has its own good and bad points, but there is no right and wrong.
65 million British chose their own political system: a constitutional monarchy with parlimentary democracy painfully developed over hundreds of years. No one is questioing their choice.
So when 1.4 billion Chinese chose their own political system (also painfully developed but over thousands of years) which, as an undisputed fact (eg. National GDP), vastly improved their living standards over the last 40 years, people outside China should respect their choice!
(And even better, just visit China first and see with their own eyes before raising those uninformed comments!)
good！❤❤
Well said
Its run by Winne the Pooh... Listed companies can still get subsidises in China as many companies do in the US
You are obviously not Chinese 😂 or you are just trying to spread lies
They're in denial, because they're not the center of the world anymore
Nice to see this on a British canal.
I drive the Zeekr 001 Privilege in Holland (for now only for sale in Sweden and Holland in Europe) and I love it! High quality, high tech, high luxury!
Zeekr 001 is a very versatile car, with the emphasis on comfort and safety. Two of my colleagues bought 001 in China.
in china they have GE3 001already.the 2025 new 001
Holland?
I thought it's NETHERLANDS?
The party is proud of you, comrade. Zeekr is looking good though, so others should stop pumping out more expensive car and remember that most people want a painless affordable ride.
@@РоманСоловьёв-к9и Ja, zeker ;)
Please interview hasan Blitz! This Guy is a legend and very sympathic
Actually, there is a even more luxurious version of this car in China which has only two seats in the back, a 42 inches 4k mini-led tv in front of them and surrounded by a stereo system has 31 speakers and 3000w of power consumptions😅
How dare you show up the Chinese products to the rest of the world !? They are gonna love it !!!! Stop showing that !!!
hahahahhahhahahaahhaaa I always said stop showing Shanghai to the world, everyone will want to move there, making it even more crowded for when I visit! hahahaa
hahamoving electric bomb😂😂😂 guess why so many electric vehicles are not sold in Europe, but being remained in centigrade, because it’s a potential threat to people’s lives and safety issues 😅😅
@@难过牛小排 The truth is that Europe's infrastructure is not developed enough to support such a large EV market. However, the most important thing is that the cost control of Chinese cars , if exported to Western countries will cause market shock, and the United States is still spreading " china is dangerous " , European countries must follow their big master
@@Alfred-li0421 actually the vehicle market in China is collapsing and not competing in a proper way, European countries are not expecting to see their own markets being affected, it’s not just about the US propaganda,but also CCP’s culture invasion through the Internet. It’s hard to define who’s right or wrong, but considering how Chinese automobile companies have done, and the accidents happened in China daily. The insecurity of a potential bomb should be controlled strictly and the vehicles should be prohibited temporarily
@@难过牛小排 If my source of information is US dominated media. i would agree
you buy this car to be a passenger, not to drive.
i would love to replace my dodge caravan with a Zikeer
I believe electric cars do have an advantage of quite and comfort when there is no engine running.
You buy this cat to drive executives to and from the airport.
spoil my children who would be the passengers
12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾.
Benefits=
1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods
2. Latour Localization
3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled)
4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
China loves family cars, the proudest thing for chinese adult is offering his/her family a pleasant ride
Yes, but the market in China is so big that there is room for many kind of car.
The proudest thing for me as a chinaman is serving sweet and sour dog to my 4 year old after he has just got off a 12 hour shift at the sweatshop
Thats why long wheelbase version of cars prioritising rear space are so popular in China. These LWB cars are usually not available in other countries
Had a long trip in one of this's backseat. Gonna say it is outstandingly comfortable as a passenger, definitely better than the Lexus LM. The finish quality is top-notch, yet the improvement space is obvious in the use of materials. However, after considering one's price, it is not an issue. No, it's not Rolls-Royce comfort, but it doesn't ask for Rolls-Royce money either.
By the way, the facelift version can be optioned to have 700+ HP for some reason. We are definitely gonna see some idiots take this to the Nurburgring.
Somehow I'd love to see the lap time of it lol
10€ says the brakes will be cooked by Breidscheid
@@thatcopenguy Unless they do a carbon version
@@thatcopenguy it`s said it will come to Nordschleife this or next year. I am so curious about it 😂😂
@@thatcopenguyEV comes with Regen braking. But a good pair of carbon ceramic rotors will definitely help stopping this 3 tons giant.
Ever since my first real life encounter with high end chinese cars a few years ago, I realised they were on a completely different level compared to traditional western OEMs.
They use higher manufacturing technology and technology, such as integrated die casting machine, and use a more strengthened chassis structure to protect the battery. Moreover, the car companies that are ahead of the world have used high-strength steel of nuclear submarine level, even reaching a horrible 2000 MPa, which is due to the existence of the dominant steel industry in China.
As someone who knows a lot about steel: Nobody uses the same steel for submarines and cars. That would be moronic.
This is pure Cyberpunk.
Then you'd better take a look at the Xpeng X9, or Li auto MEGA
Looks more like GTAs attempt @ a presidential Escalade.
😎
No this is pure China 🙄..
without the crime...
Look at the HiPhi Z
The Volvo EM90 is a completely downgraded version of this car, most importantly the twin motors become single motors.The 009 was launched in 2022, two years before the Volvo, and the EM90 is more of a hybrid as it has to be generic and some parts can't be retained from the Volvo design. It's not the most luxurious, last year Zeekr introduced a more luxurious 4-seater version with a centre divider. Cumulative deliveries of the Zeekr 009 exceed 22,000 units by April 2024
I do appreciate that Chinese EV are making more bold moves in terms of automobile design and decision making, a lot more chance of awkward products but definitely more competition, which is good for customers.
Nice 12:51 Nice, Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾.
Benefits=
1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods
2. Latour Localization
3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled)
4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
This is why I would appreciate european and chinese brands to remain separate creators of specialty, not of homogenised smart steel.
It is interesting that Geely, who also owned Volvo brand, decided to make its new brand Zeekr more premium than Volvo. Sound like a new direction for Geely.
Not really, Volvo EM90 is sold way more expensive than Zeekr 009 in Hong Kong. BTW, they share the same architecture under Geely group.
Forget the nonsense from the western media. I was on a business trip in Dubai last month and I chatted with an Uber driver. He liked BYD and Zeekr very much. After test driving BYD, he said the Hyundai he had was simply industrial garbage. If you doubt the quality of Chinese cars, go test drive and experience them yourself instead of spreading hatred on the Internet.
So why chinese bestsellers are Volkswagen and Toyota and Nissan? Why Tesla got a lot sales in China? And Buick? If chinese have money, he will not buy chinese car, he will prefer BMW or Mercedes
@@railsafin5910 Volkswagen? Toyota? Nisssan? Bestseller? They were...... 😂😂
@@liangli4956 , check stat, man) Chinese know good cars, and they respect European brands thats normal
@@railsafin5910 The sales of Volkswagen and Toyota and Nissan are already in a rapid decline, which is a process unless you ignore it.
@@PMC-wargenar , wtf? Man, VW have the best sales in 2023 in china. Thats record! The best result ever. Where are you from? Im russian, and every chinese car saller got audi or mercedes on his profile photo))) thats already meme there.
Once again: when chinese got money for buying not chinese he do it. Thats normal, cause spend 100k euros for Jeng Peng Huai 7000 ultra pro plus - thats cringe)
The infrastructure of that city is outstanding!
Just average Chinese city looking
Most bigger cities in China have that similar infrastructures.
This is very normal in China's first- and second-tier cities. The Chinese government has made a great determination to improve the infrastructure for electric vehicles. Now even in inland small and medium-sized cities, many high-voltage charging piles are installed in public places to charge electric vehicles.
It's Shanghai
@@lzr11451其他城市都差不多不只是一二线
Honestly you need to review huawei car. It’s really mind blowing car. I am not Chinese but I go everywhere in the world from us, Europe, UK, and some asian countries, but nothing like huawei car. It’s superb.
I saw on Chinese website that Huawei has built a small European city in order to retain European and American talents and make European technical talents feel at home. This is crazy
🤣😂
yes, S9 and M9 are very good!
Recently, a zeekr001 collided head-on with a Nissan Sylphy. The paint of the zeekr was damaged, but the front of the Nissan was completely destroyed. This is just the zeekr001. The safety of the Huawei M9 is even higher than that of the zeekr. The proportion of high-strength steel in the whole vehicle is very exaggerated. So, throw away those Japan iron coffins.
They are paid not to give visibility to Huawei, the Western propaganda anti China campaign. These western reviewers are prepped on it. Even in this video notice how he intentionally doesn't mention the software in the car app, it's because its Huawei that built it, but he mentioned Snapdragon but not Huawei. They're all involved in the propaganda
Visited Shanghai recently, all of these interesting Chinese car brands give me the same feeling of the made-up cars in games like Grand Theft Auto or Cyberpunk, not in a bad way though! Just all weird and wonderful designs you don't see elsewhere
a vast country that the West hides from its people...
China is super cool, especially the night skyline in the end
Shanghai is super cool city 😎
@@djdad2482 And Shanghai is unlike most other places in China...
@@everpuremusicmost tier 1&2 cities have similar skyline
@@HowToSpec lol, there's no such thing as "social score" -- how do I know? 'cause I actually went there recently...the place is super modern, clean and safe, so GTFO with your BS please
@@HowToSpec作为一个中国人，我也不知道西方所谓信用评分是什么东西，只有一个银行信用分，这个只是评估你贷款后是否有能力还款，这个银行信用分跟西方银行机构没什么区别
European cars are like stuck in the 90s compared to modern chinese ones. China went straight to year 2030 already
This is True: 12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾.
Benefits=
1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods
2. Latour Localization
3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled)
4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
exactly..
TBH，this makes most of the legacy automakers' products from Europe and the US look like cultural relics that belong in the museum.
When it comes to another theater, the AI assist driving capabilities, Chinese brands like Aito are at least one light-year ahead.
@@hermesliteratus882 bot farming for desperation
That water front is like 100x time cleaner than anything in the US or India. Holy cow.
And extremely safe
India and SUA are pretty indistinguishable these days except UAS folk defecate less on the city streets......Indians are of course less ugly😂😂😂
If you stop at a conjunction in Moscow you're gonna see like 6 of those around you
because the westerners simply gifted the russian market to china
@@drzhanga Russians don’t like China.
@@drzhanga we have same opinions ✝️✝️✝️✝️❣️💗💗💗☦️☦️☦️
Russia says China is soulless nation full of dirty plebs. More than West combined.
Russians not buying Chinese EVs....they buy Chinese oil car instead, which is a completely different product and market.
@@drzhanga Chinese cars don’t sell that well in Russia.
This is what happens when established brands are building mediocre cars at an extremely high price point, with only a focus on a flashy exterior.
This is why america just wants to ban them outright (national security they say)
it is indeed a national security threat, as people are going to question whether they are still the No.1 and thus the question whether the system is still indeed be best.
@@mouseisbroken that's a brilliant observation actually. It's a national threat to established American car brands. I never thought of it that way
damn so american prefers to support their own economy? who would've thought
FXXK the national security
Moreover, these cars from China are relatively cheaper than most brands for similar quality/luxury.
Credit where credit is due, Chinese or not
Do you still get credit if your company receives billions in assistance from an authoritarian regime?
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash I don't think Westerners are in any position to be lecturing about authortarianism or human rights also what about tax credits in the US and tax breaks on EV's in the UK? At the end of the day the customer gets a better product for less. Compete or die.
CCP credit
@@CaptainHoratioPugwashI give credit to GM for building the C8 with government bailout money… I guess we aren’t an authoritarian regime, but come November that may change 😂
@@CaptainHoratioPugwash Actual proof? And I think any government would invest in its country's fast-growing industry when there are potential foreign markets. That's how it works. If I am the US government I surely will provide assistance for Tesla to compete in foreign markets. I'm sure Japan and Korea government will give beneficial policies and financial assistance for their automobile and electronics industries as well. Why not? I don't see any problem with that. In the end it's still the customers choice of which car they are buying. Sure thing many of Chinese younger buyer will buy a Tesla or domestic electric car over something like a Mustang and an American will more likely to buy a fun driving car as well.
Sat in the back of one in a showroom. Honestly the most comfortable thing I’ve sat in
Zeeker is going places
This is a business van That CEOs love.
Absolutely amazing. More Chinese content please!
It's 💩
@@matpk Funny that someone's afraid to compete with shit, seems no need to name it.
Wow this is seriously impressive! Imagine taking zoom calls while reclined in the massage chair, all while you get driven to wherever you need to go..
Zoom? Lol, so you do not move forward, zoom is a virtual bigger view is same reality, but with lacks! This conference software, one of the too numerous parodies of Time Pad Scheduler, is not at all an effective solution as it does not spare any waste of time and does not use EJFJ Cumulative Cleverness as Time Pad Scheduler does, no voice recognition and no voice synthesis, only for humans playing with humans for nothing serious, so no fake AI... Nothing can be artificial when we are on the phone or talking! Only the best is legal, only benefit counts! Zoom is not TH-cam, not at all, unfortunately! No protection of any personal daten, nor in Zoom, nor in published videos on TH-cam, but in EJFJ Positively Contextualized registerings, yes!
The Chinese market is not satisfied with the global market, what Europe and America has to offer, so they do one better and be what they want. I admire that and it shows in the quality and attention to detail...I'm jealous of their options and offers for the auto market. I've been wanting to a BYD here in Thailand for awhile now...I think I'll be making that decision sooner rather than later.
Those Zeekr's 009 are used is a TAXI here, in Moscow city!
That's dope.
Tom’s videos in Asia are by far the best videos on this channel 😊
When I was in Shenzhen for business 2 months ago we got around in cars similar to these and my god, I would not go back if I could. They know what they're doing over there, who wouldn't want to get around in that level of comfort. I just need to find myself a driver
I have sat in one. It’s better than a Rolls Royce.
It's the old model. I just watched the new one coming out now
Have you sat in Rolls?))
@@906puuK0T yes, why?
@@906puuK0T I've driven a Wraith, the interior quality seemed to be not the emphasis for that generation. But ride quality is soo special. I highly doubt Zeeker can get anything close to a Rolls when it comes to how it moves.
@@NeojhunI think your statement not gonna age too well. My friend in Philippines owns the RR distributor so our group of friends have all test driven various RRs over the years. One of the wives who happens to be a celebrity turned mom influencer was recently given a Hongqi EHS9, probably for marketing purposes by Hongqi. All the guys who took it out for a spin said it was comparable if not better handling than RR, Maserati and Porsche, which was shocking to me since they also own cars from those European brands, I have no reason to doubt, just took a moment for me to pick up my jaws from their comments. So it’s possible Zeekr isn’t at RR handling level yet for luxury vehicles but I won’t be surprised if they get to parity quickly given the shocking reactions on Hongqi.
Dammm makes everything else look bland now, rest of the automakers are cooked FR
TBH，this makes most of the legacy automakers' products from Europe and the US look like cultural relics that belong in the museum.
You think, not sure it's got as much tech as an i7 BMW.
@@danielbevan9024 It's cheaper, that's all u need
@@danielbevan9024 Of course it does, for 1/3 of price.
UK based, but I've sat and played in a couple of Zeekrs [001 and 007] at car shows, and they were very impressive indeed. I'm a bit of a nerd, so I love the tech, and boy do they have it. Think of truly premium build, great styling and functionality, and near Tesla levels of superb software. The Chinese certainly get closest, possibly level in some cases, in that department. Legacy European and USA car makers need to up their games big time, to be competitive with these. It's no wonder the tariffs are out there. The UK is welcoming them though.
@TopGear Zeekr X will launch in Nepal🇳🇵 later this year. Hoping this one will launch too, sooner rather than later🤞
Only been to Shanghai once for business in 2023, it's not the coolest city, to me the only impressive aspect is personal safety. Kids and girls out and about in downtown late at night, also I left my Airpod Pro on a busy subway 7-11 table and 3 hours later it's still here. But I couldn't careless about Chinese cars. Now though, this van is pretty cool to me.
@@pavlinggeorgiev CCTV😅
Trust me these cars are so comfy
European cars have 1 major problem. Price inflation. A golf gte cost 35500 pounds from new with a 30 mile electric range.
For that king 0f money, with no anti chinese tariff, i wonder what they would sell to us.
yup agree, tax, tax and more tax on tax in UK....
35500GBP is a bit over ¥ 323,000, Xiaomi SU7 Max is ¥ 299,900. But there are loads of choices around or below ¥ 200,000, For example, Geely Galaxy E8.
@@angli2794 35k GBP the base price for the GTE and then can be specified to 42k GBP.
@@ballerblocks Right, the price I said was for the top spec, base SU7 is 216K RMB and base E8 is 176K RMB, which translates to about 23.6K and 19.2K GBP
@@angli2794 wow, I feel like we are being robbed in the EU, we buy basic cars at higher prices whilst the rest of the world but top spec cars at even lower prices.
No wonder they are putting tariffs on imports.
I stay in China, Shanghai. And the automotive industry here is quite good. I see you guys were in Lingang lol
This is already an old vision, the 2024 vision is more fashon.
With cheaper price
After watching this video, my perspective about Chinese carmakers aiming higher in quality n standards has changed a lot... Zeekr brand has impressed me a lot... Not everyone wants to build cheap throwable stuff.
I'm amazed that they're not a thing in the West, but I've also watched the limo drivers collecting Emirates passengers from the airport and they've used Mercedes Vito and VW Caravelles that are like the inside of a private jet. If Rolls Royce produced a Minibus like this, it would be a massive hit!
Bentley did it, a cheap one, under Volkswagen request, or quite (only their official support) as the Xpeng X9! New versions are arriving soonly... The price is very very high compared to the Xpeng models which are much better than Toyota and Lexus in durability! You will see this as soon as you search for more accurate informations about Xpeng Motors, Xpeng Robotics, Xpeng AeroHT, ...
As someone who lives in Shanghai - seeing it play out on a Top Gear video is super cool.
I always get a chuckle when British reviewers constantly jabber about how massive and humongous a vehicle like this is. Here in the US this would be kind of a mid sized SUV, a little bit smaller than a Ford Expedition, but a full three feet shorter than a Chevy Suburban.
lol I thought you were exaggerating until I looked it up! Almost four feet shorter in length than a Ford F-150 Crew Cab, the best selling vehicle in America!
Yet still worse tech and features
Hummer EV
I am 100% saying this, and if you blindly hate me (for any reason) just because i SUPPORT Chinese brands (then it completely means there is something wrong with YOU.) All i can say is that if i had a luxury car option for a lifetime that i can wish for and own it. This is the brand, luxury and prestige that I want. I look at these BEAUTIFUL cars (Zeekr), and i already subscribe and sign up to wish for owning this (and really wish that i have these cars including a Rolls-Royce) in my lifetime.
Damn i need one.
That's a very interesting luxurious mini van. Btw the skyline where you were standing looked incredible...
Just spent eight days touring China and saw this Zeekr in person. It looks much better in person, it stands out in the crowd with that square and imposing front and eye catching lines.
My question is- Is this coming to the U.K. !!! What an awesome thing
Mpvs don't sell well in the UK yet alone a Chinese mpv. The ignorant stereotypes and sinophobia towards the Chinese and Chinese tech is too infested in Britain.
It's amazing that the Chinese car makers upped their game not only in the designs, quality and amount of EVs. But their English is improving a lot.
Imagine Japanese carmakers with proficient and fluent English. And Chinese dropped their ego and learn English so that they can market their car faster and better to the world.
Chinese speak english, its the rest of the world who should learn mandarin
Chinese has the same SVO structure as English which makes it much easier to learn, even if you translated Chinese sentences word by word it would make sense 80% of the time, it's completely opposite for Japanese unfortunately
The one that has an ego is you who thinks the whole world should speak English instead.
The western ruling elites that is the blocker😂
Damn. I knew China was changing the perception it has had of being cheap, ripoff, poorly made, low quality, etc. But look at this. And yes, I agree. Safety first, comfort and usability second. Not some fashion statement that is useless, expensive, annoying.
Only your local Walmart goes to China and buy only the cheap, ripoff, poorly made, low quality sh!t and resell to you 10x money.
Chinese culture has always valued exquisite and refined craftsmanship for thousands years.
16:30 The fact that Lego model of a car looks exactly like a real thing is quite amazing actually! lmao
I believe the indistinct word said by the Zeekr designer just before 04:00 is '大气' (da qi). It roughly means magnanimous, graceful, stylish.
Didn't know top gear made a video on this car till now! I am a Chinese owner of Zeekr 001, the electric wagon from the same company, and it has been amazing. Although I think this video perhaps was sponsored, these cars are still worthwhile to take a look at. I owned some luxury cars in the past, like the Audi A7, Porsche 911, MB GLC and GLEs, and I am quite satisfied with what they offer here for a significant lower price than other brands. I am still a petrol person tho, I'd go electric for practical use, and gasoline for fun. I honestly would like to see these cars get reviewed by other youtubers so more people can see the potential they've got, and some manufacturers can actually get motivation from competition.
Wow, I’ve been a huge fan of wookie since fifth gear days when he was faffing about with johniewani smiff. Can I just say how astonishingly good a presenter he has become?!
In Hong Kong, luxury 7-seaters (Lexus LM, Toyota Alphard and Welfire) sell like rocket! You can rarely find a Mercedes S class on Hong Kong roads nowadays.
And for good reason - these things are phenomenally comfortable
Loving having tom ford back great reviews
I have had a couple of Mercedes V-Class as my family car, unbelivable piece of kit, electric sliding doors, great seats and multiple seating arrangements. People have had a hard time believing me how good it is compared to owning an SUV but going on road-trips with the wife, 3 kids a dog and a couple of bikes inside of the car is unparalel to being stuffed in the SUV with the bikes on the rear (I have an X5 now)
I can only imagine how nice this is
It has been confirmed by zeekr that it will have this vehicle here in Japan next year. I will consider purchasing it.
really？ but I think the car they make is relatively chunky for Japanese market, except zeeker X
Zeekr❤ Geely Auto Group is the next Volks group.
yup ,new volks group of Asia ,even Malaysia National brand "Proton" are under Geely group now
There is no doubt at all that the quality of Chinese made cars are right up there. Perception however, means that depreciation will suffer for decades to come. They will need to maintain solid engineering and quality for that to change.
Personally I have no problems whatsoever in buying the Zeekr 009 here in Malaysia over the Alphard/Vellfire stranglehold.
Quality and Durability is getting more and more better! Just think of the evolution of Chinese products over the decades, it's incredible
Reckon it's the best looking Van there is. Definitely much much better looking than Vellfire. Well proportioned and elegant actually.
You should try Li Auto Mega, that one is definitely from the future.
No, very very bad compared to others, Li Auto is a néfaste brand doing very very bad designed products,only the Li 9 was nice, before the Xpeng G9 arrived, but the inner doors are hawful, there are lot if bad choices, the software are not efficient, they do not evolute well as Xpeng Motors does, nor as Huawei does with its numerous brands... I do not remember which brand sell the Li Auto operating system but far than excellent! And it will be worse and worse as there are large material deficiencies! They are above 900V for the Li Mega and have worse results than 660V Xpeng Motors products (G6, X9) and take lot of risk to sell a very very quick charging method which is not cleverly limited based on what is scientifically possible, but based only on material limitation! The S5 chargers will destroy the battery or the whole vehicle as it may burn by over passing what the material was planned for! Xpeng Motors adapts continuously, they were copied or contributed to the Zeekr and Li Mega for some software improvements (Linux based as all computing systems in the world now, even the Huawei System is based on Linux!), like are Windows 10 and above and Mac OS 10 and above and iOS 10 and above... All use the same atoms, the same sciences, but differently! This is not to the consumer to manage any risk nor any deficiency! No constraint is acceptable, so it is fully illicit to not warranty secure freedom to all (even engineer) by making them all benefit of what already exists and make them work only to search accurately applied improvements! EJFJ Cumulative Cleverness and EJFJ Effective Collaboration are requested!
this is the best presenter currently on top gear. the others are bland, to put it politely.
Good video. This would sell like crazy in the US. Everything you said the Chinese think is cool applies here as well.
most chinese cars have very bad handling and steering feel. they are very very plush though and have really large backseat legroom and smartphone level tech, which I feel most western consumers don't value as much.
@@alexli5279 Geely bought Volvo and Lotus, I would think they have good suspension and handling compared to other Chinese makers.
One thing Tom forgot to mention is price, top of range version bout £60000, a bargain!
I’d buy one.
We visited Shanghai last month and were transported in one of these for a couple of days. As a car guy it totally blew me away.
This level of detail/thought and the quality of materials is only found in the highest end european cars. For the price these are selling (our driver paid 55.000 euro for his car) it's just a no brainer. If these were to sell in the Netherlands for something close to that pricepoint or even 20K more, i think it would be a hit.
We also experienced the lower budget offering from Chery, the Fulwin T9. That is a PHEV of comparable quality to eurpean bigger names but is less then half of the price of those competitors (16k euro). VW is rightly worried, and i'm not sure they are flexible enough to compete..Tariffs are a sign they cannot directly compete. China has such an enormous production potential it can flood any market. With products like this, it is not a bad thing.
Wow that’s a great video but man the edit is just unbelievably good!
im sure this would do well stateside , depending on price. its honestly only a matter of time before the US market adopts chinese vehicles
Americans would absolutely gobble up a monster mini-van… this is such an American car.
Saw one of those in white back in 2023, a very stunning van in person ❤
首先需要说明一点，有很大一部分人对中国制造存在极大的认知错误，认为中国制造的产品，良率非常差是低端低质量产品，这种是认知偏见，是没有搞明白市场经济中的供需关系，很大一部分原因是品牌方，甲方为了利润，要求中国制造生产低端货好实现最大的利润率，俗话说得好，一分钱一分货，甲方提供的生产成本就这么低怎么可能会得到好货物？中国制造为全世界提供了最优质的生产供应链，从低端到高端，多少超级品牌选择在中国找到合作厂家进行代工？从吃穿住行，到世界基建工程的设备，你都能看到中国制造，既然能上网，就睁开眼睛选择看看更科学更有说服力的新闻及报道，中国汽车之所以能成功，是智能系统软件无人能敌，并且车内的配置也要高出传统车企，奔驰宝马奥迪路虎同样的车内配置，座椅音响等等一切都被中国超越并且价格还低，拥有绝对速度的跑车，也再被中国超越，只是消费人群基数不够大，为了广覆盖，中国车企选择先从最大使用群体使用的车辆入手研发设计生产。至于发动机因为技术积累中国在突破程度显得没有那么积极，就好比有了智能手机之后，谁还会选择在家庭有线电话中寻找技术突破？超级跑车中国也在寻找突破，法拉利可能快要颤抖了，停止偏见，世界才会有更美好的生活方式，才能有更接近合理的价格得到心仪的产品
很对，反观繁中圈一群🐸抱着逢中必反的心态喷中国电动车质量差不安全会自燃，非黑即白张口就来，从这群人身上我真是闻到了和极端粉红同样的配方同样的味道
Looks incredible imo
Designed by a European
@@jakobrecina And? Don't tell me you're feeling supremacy over it. Lmao.
@@jakobrecina The Europeans have gone from making all the high end products in the past to only providing the artists who draw the curves of the exterior
@@jakobrecina Europeans should sell them then, good luck with that
This is what we needed. No one knows what the Chinese buyer finds to be valuable. Spending time to give us a definitive answer is great. If luxury and tech innovations are their interests, that can spell nothing but good cars for us going forward.
tom is just next level when presenting these kind of piece, what a way to present an eye opener
Tom Ford? What a great name.
News flash for Euro car companies, Europeans love tech too. Slow systems that are only slow because you've skimped on processing power will not be appreciated.
Trying to make himself feel better by saying "different tastes".
Truth we just get 💩 here in Europe, milking us with SUV or whatever boomer car fashion of yesteryear.
I mean he said the display unit was so fast and the Chinese like that. Wtf he's implying Europeans like slow displays? 🤣🤣
Who doesn't like fast display unit😂
I don't know about you guys, but here in Europe, especially in Italy where I come from, people (even young people) are fighting so hard against technology in cars, that I understand why he specified that the Chinese do... I own a Tesla and when I drive around, so many people tell me they would never buy a car with such a big screen, that they would never want to control the car from the screen and someone my age (28) even told me he will never buy a car with a rear camera!
Yeah, in the USA, we only like slow displays, e.g., the one in Lexus GX460. You touch it, before the response comes up, your next baby is born
Premium cars having low end CPU's and cheap touchscreens from the 2010's never ceases to amaze me, well done Zeekr for actually caring about everything.
I saw the Zeekr X and the vehicle is thousands better than the Volvo EX40... this brand is not cheap but the quality is premium-level.
Nice to see China finally taking its own direction 👌🏼
We may not agree with their methods but their population certainly seems to be OK with it. It's remarkable how far China has come without being somebody else's vassal state.
Tom ford does the best reviews
Love his perfumes to
With distinctive looks and cool features, I noticed EVs are common in China(Saw a lot of them when they were talking).
Thanks for the awesome video about Zeekr 009! Can't wait to see more exciting updates in the future.
I drive a Geely sedan car and I got the most basic from their lineup, literal taxi spec in China but the build, looks and ride comfort are way better than the same offerings from legacy brands in my country. Its just that US is pushing a lot of propaganda against China here so the market is still not wanting to go all out on chinese brands.
RIP Das German Auto
Lol German cars look and drive way better.
@@1255XL For how long?
@@1255XLand rust too.
Wow finally....12:51 Finally through Platforms we can now import Cars in a box like on @johnnyq90 and 3D Print the REST. Which His video's should be the new Standard of STEM schools instead of teaching an entire classroom of children from multiple generations of from 1 old Mini Cooper engine. #ScaleitDown we being left behind in the words of Harry Champion - Any Old Iron👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾.
Benefits=
1. Lower Taxes on uncomplete vs complete Goods
2. Latour Localization
3. Skills Transfer (A lot of Mechanics need to be Reskilled)
4. Price Freedom and Volatility, less floor space
Not just yet.
6:35 That door chime is the same as Limp Bizkit's "Break stuff" bridge powerchords
Haha well spotted love that song
There are a lot of negative comments made by people who don’t even know what their day to day goals are. A sad bunch of sour grapes
What an incredible car that would normally not be on ones radar. It looks nice on it's airsuspension when parked and it has all the bits and bobs to make it super comfortable as a daily
i still dont get why western media (and this reporter in particular) are treating this car and the chinese market as some sort of strange and foreign anomaly..... big luxe vans have been a thing in asia forever
Envy my friend....I thought I was the only who noticed poisoned adjectives from tne reporter. I guess he would not be British without a poisonous edge. But Britain does not produce a single car. So he should suck it up.