The reliability of many "Germans": 5 Chinese cars that are worth taking now

  • Dec 24, 2019
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The compact 5-door hatchback DongFeng H30 Cross - one of the most reliable Chinese machines. | Photo: motorpage.ru.
The compact 5-door hatchback DongFeng H30 Cross - one of the most reliable Chinese machines. | Photo: motorpage.ru.

Both in Russia and in many other countries, that's one and a half decades, steadily gaining popularity Chinese cars. Most of them bribed generously equipped, automatic transmission and, most importantly, an affordable price list. On the other hand, about the models from China goes the dubious fame is not the most reliable cars. So what exactly samples should pay attention to, and what better to bypass the party - look further in this review, because the automotive experts have all figured out.

Small Chinese Lifan Smily hatchback looks "an amateur", but the car is very reliable. | Photo: wroom.ru.
Small Chinese Lifan Smily hatchback looks "an amateur", but the car is very reliable. | Photo: wroom.ru.

international company CarPrice for several years he engaged in sales of used cars on online auctions, and its experts in this case the dog ate. Evaluation of the machine, as well as the objective to determine its technical condition does not make them work as The original technique is used that takes into account more than 600 parameters, including on a body, and aggregates salon. Thus, examining a lot of cars, you can talk about the objective comparison of their reliability.

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That's what the experts CarPrice. Over the past year they visited nearly a thousand Chinese cars aged from two to four years and made interesting conclusions.

Traditionally, Chinese machine accepted blame as extremely unreliable. Indeed, the cars of 500-700 thousand rubles significantly behind foreign counterparts in terms of "technical conditions". But in models that are more safety factors exceed the average.

For a long time the body "Chinese" was frankly weak point. Steel was very thin and rot for a couple of seasons. But the study CarPrice (recall, this is a 2-, 3- and 4-year old cars) proves that these models have roughly match the average. A body machines worth more than 700 thousand and did better than average in the class.

The contours of the center console Lifan Smily many drivers clearly see Mickey Mouse. | Photo: all-test-drives.com.

The same situation is with the salons. Interior safety and performance features in cheaper models "not very", but for models from 700 thousand. and up to 1.5 million rubles, on the other hand, is significantly higher than most competitors.

Summing scores CarPrice experts say that Chinese cars in recent years have become much more reliable. A model from 700 to 1500 rubles, and do better than most competitors.

FAW Oley - the most reliable Chinese car version CarPrice site. | Photo: avtogide.ru.
FAW Oley - the most reliable Chinese car version CarPrice site. | Photo: avtogide.ru.

Experts have identified five the most reliable models. This list includes: budget sedan FAW Oley (A clear leader by a wide margin on points), a compact hatchback DongFeng H30 Cross, Restyled 3-door hatchback lifan SmilyAs well as compact crossovers lifan X50 and an updated version lifan X60.

The compact 5-door hatchback DongFeng H30 Cross got off-road kit. | Photo: auto-obzory.ru.
The compact 5-door hatchback DongFeng H30 Cross got off-road kit. | Photo: auto-obzory.ru.

A list of machines that do not differ reliability, no less colorful. IN the list of "worst" were: hatchback Geely MK Cross (Lowest score in the rating), SUVs Great Wall Hover H3 (Restyled version) and Great Wall Hover H5, Mid-size sedan and hatchback Geely Emgrand EC7, Restyled sedan Lifan Solano (630).

Chinese crossover Lifan X60. | Photo: auto.ironhorse.ru.
Chinese crossover Lifan X60. | Photo: auto.ironhorse.ru.

Thus, we can quite confidently say that the Chinese auto industry begins to take not only the cost but also quality. The time will come when Chinese car called "consumer goods" and the language is not rotated.

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