03-23-2021, 03:42 PM
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GM's newest pickup costs $9,000
....and turns into a flatbed But you can't buy one in the U.S.
To my jaded eye, it looks like a crew-cab Transporter with a hood stuck on the front.
What happens to the orange grab handles?
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03-23-2021, 05:54 PM
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Based on the same underpinnings of the microvans available as Chevrolet N400 in some Latin American countries.
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03-23-2021, 07:49 PM
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Yes, I like this very much.
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03-23-2021, 08:23 PM
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Yes, I like this very much.
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Get ready to move to China. There's not a snowball's chance in hell this will come to the US. Not just from the safety requirement aspect but from economics. Why sell a $9k truck when they're already selling $40k+ trucks like hot cakes?
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03-24-2021, 09:51 AM
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I wouldn't say snoballs chance because I have tried to source and buy parts and manuals for many of other similar Chinese vehicles that my employer surplussed from various US of A government entities. Might take ten years....... and can you say Wuling from Shenzhen Guangdong china?
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03-24-2021, 10:33 AM
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I wouldn't say snoballs chance because I have tried to source and buy parts and manuals for many of other similar Chinese vehicles that my employer surplussed from various US of A government entities. Might take ten years....... and can you say Wuling from Shenzhen Guangdong china?
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For an NEV, maybe. For this truck? 25 years. |
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03-27-2021, 02:57 AM
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Not just from the safety requirement aspect but from economics.
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I would consider the economics more relevant than the safety requirements as to why it wouldn't have real chances to make its way there. Eventually it could replace the Brazilian-made Tornado in Mexico, but I would also not really hold my breath for that. |
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04-05-2021, 07:58 PM
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I received a notification for a Shouty video that actually posted 2 days ago.
Then I found this thread.
Wuling also has a $4,400 electric car: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyl...ar-tesla-china
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04-05-2021, 08:09 PM
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Wuling also has a $4,400 electric car
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Which basically resembles the cabin of this truck bolted to a go-kart chassis with a drilling machine motor. |
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04-06-2021, 12:21 AM
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Which basically resembles the cabin of this truck bolted to a go-kart chassis with a drilling machine motor.
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Perfect! 
Home Depot rents trucks that fold down like that, but the sides fold 180°. A larger bed like that may be useful, but where could you drive around like that outside of a farm?
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