LIFAN 320: China's Mini?

[renzo_d10]

Doreamon inspired ...

[Starex_Gold]

Cool Bear lang talaga ang cute na china car.

I said Cute. Not maganda, not matibay..

[tidus1203]

Syempre cute kasi ginaya yung Scion xB eh... Meron bang cute Chinese original car??

[Starex_Gold]

Wala.

[norrissee]

Bringing back and old thread from the dead hahahaha

The same team that brought you:



Now brings you:





With team captain Alan Choachuy at the wheel before he went into Biggest Loser camp.

[norrissee]

So far the "demo car" has been through 2 full seasons of Autocross racing (read: used and abused by 10 different drivers every event) and hasn't broken down once.

Here's a video of Alan Choachuy driving the LIFAN 320 on a local autocross event.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81zkfCDLNc]autocross alan on LIFAN cone standing.MOV - YouTube[/ame]

[ghosthunter]

I had the opportunity to test drive the LIFAN 320 yesterday. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Although the manual gear box was rubbery, you do get to select the right gear. Aircon was cool and everything worked. Heck, even the stock chinese car-radio sounded nice.

[Ry_Tower]

Lifan 320: Clone for Mini Cooper : AUTOMAGAZINED



I saw the brochure at home (I think my father went to the Lifan display in our area). The local unit spec sheet states 65 horsepower and the radio is the 'built-in' variety with only AM/FM and AUX-IN (no CD/cassette). Brochure also states dual airbags, didn't see any mention of ABS.

No idea on price.

Mukhang car enthusiast din father mo Doc Otep ah.

[marg]

MNI Cooper with MUTA

[norrissee]

Lifan 320 * Balamban, Cebu. Rallycross last weekend.

[niky]

Interesting car. Not as bad as I'd expected it to be... certainly better underpinnings than the Benni I drove last year, though it lacks that car's style.

Still, long, long way to go before matching the Koreans. The old Getz was a much better product than this in every way, at a similar price. But it's a start. ;)

Was talking to the Lifan representative, on supply chain and parts issues for Chinese cars, and he says their mechanics have done their homework. They've got all the major parts needed for the car, and their boss has a shipment coming in every two weeks, so parts turnaround time for unusual parts won't be so long.

There's some compatibility with Japanese parts, which helps. Some parts like the air filters and belts are Toyota compatible... and when one customer brought in a car from another brand for a fuel pump replacement, their pump (floater, assembly and all) actually fit.

Lifan has a fleet of taxis running in the south. I'm wondering if it's worth testing a taxi unit.