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Re: Voyah Chasing Light Review | A review of a Luxury EV by DongFeng, China

Being an automobile enthusiast myself, after coming to China, every other day, I find something that I believe would be interesting for fellow enthusiasts as well, therefore, after filtering through a lot of stuff and only picking out the most interesting of vehicles, I share them here. As this is an automobile forum, and one of the largest ones with a lot of following, the intent here is to share with the brethren, vehicles that we normally don't get to hear about. I for one, did not know about a lot of these vehicles before coming to China, even though I quite actively follow the automobile sector and my view about them has drastically changed, seeing the current offerings.

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bijims

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Yes, I agree with you, here in Muscat too, Chinese cars have begun becoming best sellers with Changan, MG, and the like bringing in good numbers. Their cars look good, have all the necessary features, and are cheap as well. Definitely value for money! A few years ago, nobody would even consider them, now they are welcomed and are a regular sight on the roads. If the conditions in India weren't so prohibitive, MG and BYD would have been instant successes were they able to bring their best portfolio to India. they could have been able to produce Value for money cars that the competition couldn't even dream of, but the restrictions of the government curtailing Chinese investments and the like have curtailed their growth to a major extent. Moreover, the anti-China sentiment is also not in their favor.

P.S. I am not supportive of the Chinese manufacturers nor am I against the government's policies.

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2. Many of us closely follow the global car scene and like to stay abreast of developments. China is the global king of EVs today. Threads & Previews such as these tell us what's hot, what's not and a lot about the local car scene there.

3. If the thread doesn't interest you, there are about 200,000 other discussions on Team-BHP that you can browse .

@ Ovais: beautiful report. Thank you for sharing! We will add it to our homepage in the coming days.

1. On Team-BHP, we usually prefer it this way = if you don't have anything nice to say about an OP's efforts, better not to say anything at all2. Many of us closely follow the global car scene and like to stay abreast of developments. China is the global king of EVs today. Threads & Previews such as these tell us what's hot, what's not and a lot about the local car scene there.3. If the thread doesn't interest you, there are about 200,000 other discussions on Team-BHP that you can browse@ Ovais: beautiful report. Thank you for sharing! We will add it to our homepage in the coming days.

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Chinese have upped their game in manufacturing ,I am not sure about the mechanicals of this car but clearly they have aced the software and electronics in this car. What does not work for the Chinese manufacturers are the pre conceived notion that "Chinese Maal" is not good when investing on expensive products. I believe it holds good even in phones as well, the Chinese manufacturers do make decent phones but they are yet to crack the premium end of the market since people hesitate to spend on them and same holds good for the cars as well, had the Hector or the Gloster in India been priced say around the 15Lakh on Road it would have sold like hot cakes and people would have even gloated about their cars as well like how people gloat over the features in Korean twins(I doubt people use even 50% of those features).

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GTO, Thank you. You spoke my heart. Very well put. Last night when I saw this thread, I gave myself a mental note to pen down exactly such a post in the AM only to find you said it better. It needed to be said. Prejudice is not to be encouraged.

All,

Whether we like the Chinese or not they are roaring ahead in every respect in car design and manufacture. They are already leading in EVs in some respects. It is only a matter of time when some lead designs pioneer in China rather than in the West. Only a matter of time. The whole EV scene will upend a lot of accepted positions, hierarchies, listings and notions of what is good and what is great.

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Thank you for the excellent write-up, Ovais.

I've never heard of VOYAH or Dongfeng before but your article shows the strides some Chinese brands have made in the automotive sector. Looks like this vehicle is packed with some impressive features, including the extra screen at the bottom to control air conditioning.

Looking forward to more of your write-ups. And I've subscribed to Funcari as well.

I will soon have more to share.

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Appreciate your effort and please keep sharing more about your experiences, automotive or otherwise from there.

Regards,
Kiron

Beautifully written and well detailed. I have always been curious about the auto scene in China and your writings give a first hand view of it.Appreciate your effort and please keep sharing more about your experiences, automotive or otherwise from there.Regards,Kiron

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Correct. I was in Shanghai a few weeks ago. This was after 8 yrs. back in 2015, I was finding my amusement spotting 'Copy-Cars' of which there were plenty.

This time around, I was in awe of the strides they have made to move away from the copy-car segment. Truth be told, I was in Shanghai and most of the copy-car market has moved away from the big cities.

There were a generous sprinkling of European and Japanese cars but more importantly, sharing the same space on the roads, were several Chinese cars which, I must admit, have started to look attractive. Squint and one can always find quirks here and there but all-in-all, they are getting there in the Big leagues.



Trust me, there are more new car companies sprouting up in China than we can keep a track of. by the way, these are words of my Chinese friends who I hung around with during my trip.

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You've introduced me to a new brand of automobiles, which I never knew existed.

Great pictures and well written.

Please keep sharing!

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Especially that black Vellfire-esque MPV. That front grill looks like what BMW have in mind, few years down the road.

But if I am being really honest, as a sedan, Chasing Light looks stunning. Replace the electric drivetrain by a no-nonsense V6 petrol and I will fall head-over-heels for this thing.

I am also a die-hard petrol engine fan as well and the engine sound and feel matters a lot! I have been racing in the Desert with a 2JZ-GTE powered BJ60 Rally Vehicle and the engine sound is one of my favorite things and I have started believing in electric cars after experiencing them

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Great effort by the OP in familiarising us with these cars from an alien land. I never knew such brands existed. Thank you Ovais!

About 10-15 years ago, while taking a stride through some of the busy city centers, one could spot these cheap Chinese phones that had almost everything that mainstream mobile companies of those years provided, at half the price. Sure, their OS was terrible, and they never lasted as much, but they were really intriguing. Fast forward a few years and now we have big names like OnePlus, Realme, Oppo etc providing quality smartphones at affordable prices, some even nudging flagships. I see a similar landscape evolving in the automotive sector. Heck! I just converted the price of this Voyah into INR and it's almost 45L. That's tremendous VFM for something that does 0-60 in sub 4 seconds. And with all those cool and gimmicky features, it's a steal! Simultaneously, I couldn't help comparing our Indian stalwarts Tata and Mahindra with these Chinese companies and how they have revamped their models and grown over the past few years.

Ovais my friend, you have provided a first person perspective of an exciting automobile market that ordinary people like myself might never come across. Thanks again!

Thank you very much everyone for appreciating my effortsBeing an automobile enthusiast myself, after coming to China, every other day, I find something that I believe would be interesting for fellow enthusiasts as well, therefore, after filtering through a lot of stuff and only picking out the most interesting of vehicles, I share them here. As this is an automobile forum, and one of the largest ones with a lot of following, the intent here is to share with the brethren, vehicles that we normally don't get to hear about. I for one, did not know about a lot of these vehicles before coming to China, even though I quite actively follow the automobile sector and my view about them has drastically changed, seeing the current offerings.Agreed. Value for money is definitely one of the most notable features of these vehicles. I think the anti-China sentiment is also gradually shifting, it may take a lot more time to accept this, but I guess these manufacturers are here to stay.Thank you very much for the appreciation!I agree, the notion about the Chinese Maal does interfere with accepting these vehicles at first. But looking at how a major portion of all devices and merchandise are now being manufactured in China, they must be doing something right. However, while there is good quality stuff coming out of China, there still is a portion that produces substandard goods and the same can be seen in the automobile sector as well. This portion however is not huge now as far as I've seen, compared to even 5 years ago.Very nicely put. That is true, the dynamics are changing very fast. It is quite like when the Japanese started manufacturing vehicles and it was a sudden shift towards them with of course a huge portion of the population still not completely accepting them, and today, they can be considered as one of the leaders in the automobile industry. Today however, the competition is a lot tougher, with all players having access to and developing newer, more efficient forms of technology. We can only watch and see how it all unfolds.Thank you so much for the appreciation and subscribing to FuncariI will soon have more to share.Thank you so much for the appreciation! I will continue to share moreThat is completely accurate. I have also seen that the copycat manufacturers have moved away from the bigger cities. I've been in Wuhan for a few months now and I've hardly seen any of them here. The only vehicle I remember seeing is the Landwind X7 which is a copy of the Range Rover Evoque.Thank you very much for the appreciation!That MPV is the Voyah Dreamer, I will share more about it soon as well. Quite a well-built MPV I would say and while I'm not a fan of what BMW and Lexus have started doing to their grilles, this doesn't look as bad in real life as I imagined.I am also a die-hard petrol engine fan as well and the engine sound and feel matters a lot! I have been racing in the Desert with a 2JZ-GTE powered BJ60 Rally Vehicle and the engine sound is one of my favorite things and I have started believing in electric cars after experiencing themThank you so much for the appreciation! The appreciation helps keep me wanting to come back to share more of what I experience. Yes, the price point is one of the most notable features of these vehicles. And I agree with the earlier mobile phone producers, a friend bought a very early rendition of a resistive touch screen Chinese phone some 15 years back and compared to a nokia of the time, it was a joke. Today however, most of the phones are manufactured in China, with some of their own brands in the top ten manufacturers with amazing phones. I guess in the years to come, the same may be true in the automobile sector as well, as can be seen in some of the markets that they have already penetrated into.

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