thanks. i notice you welcome everyone. nice job :thumb:
8-20K? that's a big range.
*sigh* chinese cars will not work unless they are decent and CHEAP. the price is what will get US consumers interested. no doubt about that. especially younger people looking to get a lot of value (like me).
IN China it sells for around $14000 USD, I dont' think they are gonna sell for anything cheaper than that in the states.
I own a landmark GX automatic for about a year now and it's running good. I had to change the water tank but other than that, it's quite robust. It sells cheaper than corolla in China but I feel it's much more comfy and safer than a sedan of similar price range. This is the 2nd Chinese car I've bought and so far i'm quite satisfied overall. The 1st chery i bought was a pure disaster! I wont give them another look for another 20 years.
The only thing bothers me is the humming sound when you reach around 80 kilo/hr point. It disappears over 80 kilo though. For a 2.4L engine, it's also quite a gas guzzler, mine is running 15-16 liters per 100 kilo. Traffic in china sucks i know, but still it's quite a lot of gas for this car. I had to change brake pads for just under 15000 kilos. Dunno if it's got something to do with the high gas mileage. The noise from engine gets louder too than when it was new.
This car is just started to hit the egyptian market yesterday, it's CKD assembled locally but they gave another name KOMODO.
Its price is ranging from 124,000 EGP (22,550 USD) for 2X4 M/T L model to 159,000 EGP (28,900 USD) for 4X4 A/T VLX model which comes fully loaded.
Its warranty is the longets I heared about in Egypt 5 years or 100,000 Km which comes first, and in the same time it's an international warranty working in several countries that have services centers for this car.
The egyptian dealer (AUTOGATE) annouced that it will be exported to other countries in the middle east including GCC countries.
The problem to this car in the Egyption market that it's such all Chineese cars her : 1- spare parts not coverage all the car parts .
2- there's not qualifiedservice senter/or even work shop to maintain car performance.
Is there any gurantee to buy it.
What i'm saying tat I'm suffering with my CHERRY car of those problemes above. Thank.
I second with the repair problem. I owned a chevy and I know how hard it can be, even though I am in China!!
landmark is remarkably reliable for a chinese car though.
I took it to the roughest road in southern china and rode with another toyota land cruiser. Landmark did just fine!!!
m_a_gamal
There's no Automatic transmission 4x4 model available in China. I would really love to get one. Do you know what transmission it uses? What is the engine?
In China, its a 2.4L mitsubishi 4G64.
The importer CHAMCO, has consistently been quoting a price of just under $14,000 to its prospective dealers. Seemed too low to be true to me. But now its management has suffered a serious split and is bogged down in a lawsuit that it will have to resolve before it can finally bring them into the U.S..
Zhongxing management must now be questioning their choice of a U.S. representative.
Grandtheft and M_A_Gamal we thank you for the excellent feedback on this (struggling) Chinese manufacturer.
yeah i heard about the fight inside CHAMCO.
Poor Zxauto, I wouldn't have totally trusted MY future with a foreign partner. I'd rather hire a local team in the states to be my employees, not partners. So I stay in control.
zxauto factory makes very good cars, :thumb: but I don't think much of their their marketing and sales. With a setback like this, I dont think you would see landmark for sale in the states any time soon.
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