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I need a Geely Panda Mini Little Yellow Duck Limited Edition

Discussion in 'EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion' started by hkmb, Apr 21, 2023.

  1. hkmb

    hkmb Senior Member

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    Great ... a toy like car? Sure, it's likely many will pay for this?
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    In China? Oh yes.

    For one thing, cars of this size are actually very popular. They're subject to different licensing rules, so they're cheaper to own and operate. And they're cheap - if you follow the link you'll see it's US$7,800.

    And in terms of the decals and stuff, oh, absolutely. People very much like this sort of thing in China.

    I used to regularly stay in the same serviced apartment complex whenever I went to Beijing. Nearby there was someone who had a Porsche Panamera. It had a white bonnet (hood in American), tailgate and doors, and pink front and rear left and right wings (fenders in American?). The hood had a Hello Kitty face that covered its entire width. The "P O R S C H E" writing on the back had alternating Hello Kittys and Dear Daniels (Hello Kitty's boyfriend) between the letters. There was a Hello Kitty covering most of the metal on each front door too. People thought it was cool.
     
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    This would sell well in the USA. Decals and all. Maybe not in Montana, but you could add that qualifier to just about anything.

    Hello Kitty means business.

    (our house is a bit more of a Gudetama fan zone)
     
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    Many people like having a car with personality :)
     
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    I'm already excited to see rev II
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    Don't knock it until you try it.

    When I was a starving student in need of wheels, the only thing I could afford was a very very brightly colored car offered up cheap by an actual clown retiring out of the business.

    It got a lot of funny looks, but it never really mattered other than saving me a bunch of money.
     
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    I like a more conservative look, like the Wuling Bingo.
     
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    Certainly more parkable than ordinary sized cars.

    Some years ago in a fairly densely used business district in Europe, I noticed that some Smart models were very popular. On parallel parking streets, these Smarts were parked nose-in, two cars per single parking space. In spaces that were quite compact by American standards.

    They didn't quite fit the spaces, with the rear ends sticking several inches over the painted marks into the streets. But the utility of doubling the parking capacity was so great that it had become standard practice.

    Much of China doesn't have enough room for Montana-Wyoming-sized parking, so this size ought to be quite useful.
     
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    One of the most popular EVs in China, possibly the highest selling BEV, is the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV.
     
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