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GEELY STARRAY EM-I INSPIRE: A FEW STAINS IN THE WASH-UP

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With a name like a washing-up liquid, the Starray has bubbled up in the mid-size SUV segment as an effervescent plug-in hybrid. Relatively new to Australia, the Chinese automobile manufacturer Geely has been in the business for almost half a century and owns brands like Volvo, Polestar, Zeekr and Lotus, so it should know a thing or two about ‘moving metal’. The Starray EM-I is only the second Geely to be launched Down Under and comes in two variants – the Complete and Inspire – which at $37,490, plus on-road… Read more

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JAECOO J7 – CHINA’S BEST YET?

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Another name to grapple with as the surge in Chinese imports gathers strength and they not only coming with quantity but also quality. This time we’re looking at Jaecoo which joins Omoda and Tiggo as sub-brands within the giant Chery group, the fourth-largest of China’s plethora of manufacturers and, along with SAIC one of its largest exporters Although Chery did make a brief and unsuccessful attempt to enter the Australian market about 10 years ago it has only just re-launched here and remains largely unknown. Which is a blessing in… Read more

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CHINESE CHECKERS – THE PLAYERS AND STAYERS

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It’s been more than a decade since the launch of the first Chinese-branded car in Australia. That vehicle was of course the first Great Wall ute way back in 2009, pitched at bang-for-your-buck tradies. Since then, a number of Chinese brands have come and gone, but three manufacturers stand out as the stickarounds. They are the aforementioned Great Wall, as well as LDV which launched here in 2014 and MG which joined the fray quite late in proceedings in 2017. Last year 1,049,831 new vehicles were sold in Australia. With… Read more