GEELY - The Biggest Car Company You've Never Heard Of

GEELY - The Biggest Car Company You've Never Heard Of | Up To Speed

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Geely is the biggest car company, that you’ve never heard of. Their Chinese badge may be only 30 years old, but in that time, they’ve managed to sell millions of cars, like the Geely Haoqing, and the Geely Borui, win an FIA manufacturer’s cup, and set a lap record at the Nurburgring in the Lynk & Co.'s Lynk 03. But how in the world did they go from making unreliable cars in the 90s to BUYING VOLVO? And what made the founder so mad that he drove a steamroller over an entire lot of cars? Join James Pumphrey as he gets you up to speed, on the largest Chinese car brand you've never heard of.
►Episode Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:36 A Crushing Defeat
09:08 Sweden The Deal
10:37 A Lynk To The Future
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@diodhut 3 жыл бұрын

Li: cars are just two sofas on four wheels Me: never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree on

@ericgroff8486 3 жыл бұрын

I get it, from an engineering standpoint it couldn't be more wrong, however, as is evident from manufacturer's offerings, all to often they think it's true.

@trickshotcrhk 3 жыл бұрын

Li has spoken the truth

@goodday3023 3 жыл бұрын

He's outa line but he's right.

@bschena 3 жыл бұрын

I 100% want the shirt.

@chrisbecker5472 2 жыл бұрын

It is hard to take any truth from Stalin🤣

@deyan6558 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and Geely own one more small company, maybe you heard of it... LOTUS

@mingz7067 3 жыл бұрын

and a smaller one called Proton

@wormer66 3 жыл бұрын

yeah but they suck.... cars only people under 5ft 5 can drive comfortably.... also you never see them on the road...

@CharlesHD4846 3 жыл бұрын

and they own Daimler too 😆

@amyfarhan116 3 жыл бұрын

@@wormer66 really? I see them a lot on the road. Lol

@johnudason9362 3 жыл бұрын

@@mingz7067 and in short time turned them around in terms of quality and sales.

@paulxaviercyr 3 жыл бұрын

"Cars are just two couches on four wheels." HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE FORD CROWN VIC!!!

@Zynet_Eseled 2 жыл бұрын

I'm up for it. And the car to come back

@jaywhite15_AL Ай бұрын

*1997 Lincoln Town Car - Same thing, just better couches.

@MichaelReeves412 3 жыл бұрын

I own a 2019 Volvo S60, one of the ‘geely Volvo’s’ and let me tell you....Geely truly saved Volvo and turned them into something absolutely fantastic

@glenntjanasem 3 жыл бұрын

To bad volvo didn't really needed saving and now they are producing terrible cars, beautiful, but unreliable, seen to many cracked pistons, broken valves and failing hybrid systems in new volvos. I'm a volvo guy btw so don't get me wrong

@MichaelReeves412 3 жыл бұрын

Glenn Tjan A Sem interesting, outside of some Hybrid difficulties (as all first generation cars have), I’ve had no issues with mine. I also work for a Volvo and haven’t had many complaints with the cars at all. As for saving, Volvo definitely needed it. Ford wasn’t funding them at all and was essentially letting the brand die. No investment into advancing the cars and therefore no sales, and Vice versa. The Ford era reliability was terrible, the Geely era outside of first gen 2016 XC90s, have been VERY reliable thanks to the universally used SPA Platform and Drive-E motor we have used in EVERY model for the last 5+ years. Ford essentially bought Volvo for the safety patents and let the company die. Geely has caused it to be one of fastest growing luxury brands on the market outside of Tesla with some of the highest ratings we’ve ever had.

@damiena2962 3 жыл бұрын

Geely did that Ford did'nt do. Invest in Volvo and open the Chinese market.

@partrickw.gg.8541 3 жыл бұрын

Ford forced their dual-clutch gearbox on Volvo at the time. It makes them the most unreliable Volvo in its history

@walterdayrit675 3 жыл бұрын

So a "made in China" Volvo is actually superior to a "made in America" Volvo? Wow! Like seriously...wtf.

@sethallison5682 3 жыл бұрын

Now that James has lost weight the next step is for him to become Hugh Jackman level ripped. Lightning! Lightning lightning!

@arran9800 3 жыл бұрын

He can scream "More power baby" while deadlifting

@thebredebangbraadlandexpir5348 3 жыл бұрын

And then he becomes a track cyclist and scream MO pawa beby

@cormacmeegan5746 3 жыл бұрын

Buff james

@sethallison5682 3 жыл бұрын

A-Bomb he’s also gonna have to grow out his hair and wear some wrap around shades

@MrJeVai 3 жыл бұрын

So he would get BUFF as Nolan ? 🤯🤯

@360lateflip 3 жыл бұрын

"The mieri which translates to..." "LETS PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS"

@yapkeansin 2 жыл бұрын

As a Malaysian, I think Geely really saved our national car Proton and even took them to next level in terms of quality.

@persianhotshot 2 жыл бұрын

I had seen Proton Wira as a kid in Iran and Gen2 was assembled and sold here. Pretty popular. And just found out they were Malaysian! Nice!👏

@aimangaming4182 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed, even saga are much better than bezza in terms of build quality, design and funtionality

@Zantsui 2 жыл бұрын

I learnt to drive in a proton jumbuck in Australia. I count myself fortunate to still be alive, that pos was a death machine

@faisfaizal5194 2 жыл бұрын

@@aimangaming4182 even a 10 year old Saga had better handling then the new Bezza..

@kennykb8469 Жыл бұрын

@@faisfaizal5194 bro proton saga release 1985 , mean while the produa bezza was release 2016 .

@lewisharris6180 3 жыл бұрын

You know what James... whenever I'm having a really shitty day, I can always watch a Donut Media video especially the ones you narrate and have my day turned around instantly. You're a real blessing to the car community. Positivity, a great sense of humor, and knowledge to keep us informed. I've been car crazy since I can remember and sometimes get anxiety over what's the best car as embarrassing and dumb as it sounds. I just love automobiles! I'm greatful that you've exposed us to the brilliance of Chinese engineering and motorsport. For I now have a new dream to chase. I would've never found my dream car if not for this video. The Lynk & Co 03 +/Cyan Racing Concept ❤️Thank you for all that you do for the car community and please take care of yourself after your heart attack. I had two strokes at 24 and life is no joke bruh. Love you and wish you well!

@uneven1924 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone: *doesn't turn up to the premiere party* Li: RODA ROLLA DA

@justindesrosiers3145 3 жыл бұрын

« HAOQING!! You’re next!! » -Bastard... LI!!! « Ho? You’re approaching me? Even if I have the power to cancell your production you’re comming right at me? » -I can’t ruin the shit outta your bank account without getting closer... « Ho-Ho! Then come as close as you wish... »

@aerodisfunction9896 3 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling a jojo reference was coming

@sas1ha 3 жыл бұрын

Dad is that you?

@lawleokatsushika4621 3 жыл бұрын

KO NO LIO DA！！WRYYY～

@genxiang8296 3 жыл бұрын

JoJo reference indeed is everywhere

@matthewwitter3656 3 жыл бұрын

When James said “meiri translates to...” I got a McDonald’s ad and I thought it literally translated to McDonald’s.

@jacksonboyle8069 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I also got a Macdonald’s ad.

@lanezurowski6616 3 жыл бұрын

Mine translates to "summer drink days."

@simplymax2125 3 жыл бұрын

Mine translates to, “How it feels to chew 5 Gum.”

@simplymax2125 3 жыл бұрын

And It’s wholesome how James says, “I love you” after every video.

@teez386 3 жыл бұрын

@@simplymax2125 you wish

@alexandreribeiro78 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best car channel I've watched on youtube (and I've watched many, in english, portuguese, spanish and german).

@jacksmith4460 3 жыл бұрын

06:25 im not gonna front, I fricken love this Lee dude at this point , straight up G moves

@T1544767 3 жыл бұрын

"Auspicious Beauty Leopard" sounds like something James came up with.

@T1544767 3 жыл бұрын

@Ross Bourne Hear that, Donut? You've got another Shirt design idea right here! Maybe make it look like that Duran Duran Rio album cover or something kinda SynthWavey like that.

@jerryyeaaah15 3 жыл бұрын

i can assure u it is not hahahah

@andrewwang8204 3 жыл бұрын

But no. Beauty Leopard is very much a thing, and it's a banging hit in China as you can new buy a supercar look-alike (close enough to fool Chinese non-car people 20 years ago) for the price of a regular cheap sedan. It looks terrible now, but boy oh boy was it stylish back when you see something like that on the streets.

@bmk8116 3 жыл бұрын

It's a supra replica gone wrong 😂

@lancehuang1537 3 жыл бұрын

@BMK nah the design is actually copied off the jdm DC2R

@myMotoring 3 жыл бұрын

Geely owned 49% shares in Proton who happened to be owning Lotus.

@qayyumzulkiflee7603 3 жыл бұрын

Lotus is a disgrace..proton couldnt sell proton if they wanted to

@tony_5156 3 жыл бұрын

Qayyum Zulkiflee you dare speak of lotus in that manner?

@bleaach 3 жыл бұрын

@@tony_5156 😹

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

@@qayyumzulkiflee7603 true, i was expecting new Proton cars to be faster than their Mitsubishi counterpart but sadly it got worst, the so called Lotus chassis is a joke and the engine is nothing more but a left of Rover engines :(

@hisyamsam9301 3 жыл бұрын

Protons is broke.. that's why thay sold

@KixPanganiban 2 жыл бұрын

I own a Geely, and it's fantastic. The technology and creature comfort it ships with have only so far been available for luxury cars here in the Philippines. Thanks for the explainer!

@kindiankid6228 2 жыл бұрын

Dmskfn

@uglify1325 2 жыл бұрын

@@kindiankid6228 rkfm

@ZFnr4y058mr 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool story how the man never gave up and made the right moves. Took some time, but at the end he got what he wanted.

@mvd4436 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. But its all sorta luck though. 80% of human endeavors fail.

@ZFnr4y058mr 2 жыл бұрын

@@mvd4436 it’s right place right time.

@bafattvahetere 2 жыл бұрын

Similar to the IKEA and H&M founders. Started from Zero.

@Elmom_ 3 жыл бұрын

Me, a Volvo fan: You underestimate my power.

@zero240gl8 3 жыл бұрын

haha im a volvo fan too!

@DontBeClueless514 3 жыл бұрын

same, who owns a volvo or doesnt know geely? clickbait

@JohanJ2000 3 жыл бұрын

Haha Proton Fans know too😅

@zidan1hao917 3 жыл бұрын

tbh they didn't mess up the management

@LocalAutist 3 жыл бұрын

As a swede that isn't a 20 year old single mom driving a leased xc60, I can say none call the Geely here, everyone just says "the chinese" xD

@kennychan8886 3 жыл бұрын

Malaysians sees geely: waiting for proton to appear. Sees the entire video without proton: SAD NOISE MALAYSIAN INTENSIFIES

@justsomepandawithinternet 3 жыл бұрын

@ViktorVaughn135 3 жыл бұрын

And aussies

@zackesthetic2290 3 жыл бұрын

true shit bro i am sad hahahaah

@brianpereira5195 3 жыл бұрын

Same bro same, I had my flag ready d 😢

@afiqrizal9949 3 жыл бұрын

same bro

@coleelder2647 3 жыл бұрын

You better make that shirt brother. I’ll cop it for sure. “Couches are just two couches on for wheels.” Just beautiful.

@twonetflixflix2076 3 жыл бұрын

i like how well researched your videos are, I trust you for this :D

@renaldisaputra91 3 жыл бұрын

in other words, Volvo now is much happier under Geely rather than under Ford

@fritzmueller6759 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe because the CCP gives them money in order to grow bigger and steal more data?

@renaldisaputra91 3 жыл бұрын

@@fritzmueller6759 nope, Geely uses Volvo technology to improve their quality, it's like sharing knowledge.

@stoner27th 3 жыл бұрын

@@fritzmueller6759 Steal? They bought Volvo fair and square, with real money, if it's yours how come it's called stealing?

@samredleg8107 3 жыл бұрын

@@fritzmueller6759 why CCP wan everybody data? Who are u by the way?

@fritzmueller6759 3 жыл бұрын

@@samredleg8107 because data is Power. When you know everybody you could Blackmail people in order to get critical Information. But the CCP uses this data to train their AIs to make surveillance of their own people better. Probably they use this technology also to keep an eye on you and if you say something against the CCP or you criticize the chinese governemt for putting uighurs in concentration camps, you can end up in trouble while living to China. All this surveillance is so powerful that even the Stasi in east Germany could just dream of it.

@sarveshratnasuriyaramesh9157 3 жыл бұрын

As a malaysian the geely is pretty much a household name since they bought our national carmaker,Proton.

@user-jo9qz4zw9w 3 жыл бұрын

Though I hope it stays Mitsubishi

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-jo9qz4zw9w lol look what Mitsubishi has become now

@RidwanNurzeha 3 жыл бұрын

Hah, really dude??

@rere439 3 жыл бұрын

Proton Suckss!! Get over with it!! ESEMKA is a lot better from you Melayu guys

@RidwanNurzeha 3 жыл бұрын

@@rere439 hahaha ESEMKA is a pure joke

@philiplawler4236 3 жыл бұрын

"donated" to the local government.

@K4lr0b 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@johanherrera6413 3 жыл бұрын

Right on the spot

@wilcisco1159 3 жыл бұрын

Typical CCP scheme

@allansh828 3 жыл бұрын

that’s how he made friends with future president Xi

@Jdalio5 3 жыл бұрын

Thats called identifying a future need for a HUGE FAVOR!!!!

@Markwuatmelb 3 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese, it feels so good to see an western youtuber introduce a Chinese company without bias and based on research not proganda. especially when I see many comments say Chinese compamy only do reverse engineering and reverse engineering is bad thing bla bla. for those people I want to say if you have a little bit more knowledge about car manufacture history, you would know a lot of famous car brand start from reverse engineering.just google Toyota victoria, A1, KIA Brisa, you will know what Iam saying. I can give more examples but I don't think it is necessay. and regarding to FTT, when foreign car brands want to come in China amd use chinese cheap labour and market sharing and goverent investigating, Chinese government ask technology as price. These brands could say no if they didn't want. it is called business, being a grown man! compared with Chinese government who make everything clear before the deal, some countries just want to Tiktok for "national security reason " and wanted to make benefit of it. I think that is calling stealing is more appropriate.

@kevinmota2525 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see an up to speed on companies like Kawasaki, Suzuki, Polaris, and Can-am.

@arifj.chowhan9126 3 жыл бұрын

I would like an episode for Ayrton Senna the uncontested greatest F1 driver ever (R.I.P. May/1/1994 Imola,Italy

@is300Gang 3 жыл бұрын

+1 for Can Am

@martiniboy1811 3 жыл бұрын

They should do an episode on the Can Am race series from the 1960's and early 70's. It was wild!

@hexedhero6159 3 жыл бұрын

Theyre not gonna do an up to speed on a company that doesnt make cars. No, you cant say suzuki makes cars because they make a handful of cars that suck.

@hyperactive2882 3 жыл бұрын

Hexed Hero yea I was like that’s motocross bud

@garinakbar1907 3 жыл бұрын

Do an episode of Colin McRae of Up to Speed James Pumphrey, mo powa baby, yo!

@keeganherries9772 3 жыл бұрын

Damn thats a good idea!

@captainautismo5452 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh I was boutta write that.

@garinakbar1907 3 жыл бұрын

@@captainautismo5452 you 11 minutes too late, yo! Bro..

@garinakbar1907 3 жыл бұрын

@@keeganherries9772 of course, yo!

@garinakbar1907 3 жыл бұрын

I believe these Petrolheads would love too see Colin McRae being featured in the Up to Speed of Donut Media, because the dude is very awesome

@DrinkingStar 3 жыл бұрын

I love your coverage of the history of Geely. I heard about Geely in the mid1990s. I own over 10,000 shares of Geely. I bought the stock in the 1990s for $0.075 and later for $0.11 per share. The following is what wrote in another video of yours before I saw this video : Geely started out making refrigerators.This Chinese car manufacturer now ranks #716 in the 2020 Forbes top 2000 most valuable companies in the world. Geely now owns Volvo, Jaguar, about 10% of Daimler, about 50% of Proton(Malaysian car) and the British Black Cab company in London. Volvo is going hybrid and will be totally EV in the next several years. Volvo also now produces the Polestar which is an EV. Geely also owns the Terrafugia, a flying car developed by 6 MIT students from whom Geely bought the rights. Geely was never high tech but is an example of a company being successful in an area where they really had no expertise. I hope you do a video on NIO. I own stock in Nio.

@Mahalakshmi-Khan 2 жыл бұрын

Jaguar?

@Patrick_Hession98 3 жыл бұрын

Yea not gonna lie. That Cyan Lynk & Co looks really good as a track car, and the 528hp road car one looks 😱 dumb good.

@BkSMedia 3 жыл бұрын

Geely also owns the London Black Cab Co, as well as Lotus & Proton!

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

Geely - been buying everything since 2000

@vorakijpunyashthiti2820 3 жыл бұрын

I'm really disappoint that this wasn't mention.

@airielimran5250 3 жыл бұрын

Geely just own 49.9 stake on proton is not geely fully own proton or something the malaysia goverment just to make sure that proton can go outside of the malaysian market because of that malaysian goverment just give only below the half stake and it still owns by malaysian company DRB Hicom

@ScaniaFung 3 жыл бұрын

Geely also own: Lotus Porton Benelli Motorcycle London Black Cap Terrafugia Flying Car FIA Formula 4 China Championship engine supplier and they also put money on aerospace, they already make satellite, rocket are also on schedule

@stealthworx4371 3 жыл бұрын

Essentially it’s the Chinese governments motor vehicle industry wing I’ve heard some say

@bakhteria 3 жыл бұрын

Dude u totally skipped over the fact that they bought Lotus. Guess u have to do a part 2.

@chonghao4575 3 жыл бұрын

That's one of the reason why Geely bought Proton. The Lotus...

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, if Proton owns Lotus since the 1990s, the Esprit wont be so crappy

@gotbigdreams.5257 3 жыл бұрын

@@hybridAbsol esprit not a crap they just too underrated that time. thats it.

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

@@gotbigdreams.5257 but....Ranult gearbox isnt that good

@nicolasreny221 3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for him to talk about lotus

@andrewabogado 3 жыл бұрын

I love you channel man. Such a rich history of Geely. I’m quite curious to know of the history of Chery.

@choir1784 2 жыл бұрын

hey!dude!My first car was Geely Haoqing,LI.crashed them because some owner said they have quality problems ,but he remake them by improve those old types,its a start of Chinese car industry history,and also a good chilhood memory for me!

@prds25386 3 жыл бұрын

"Took a steam roller and drove over 100 cars he made" idk thats some florida man type stuff

@kevslaberecke8083 3 жыл бұрын

Roda rolla da

@mateorios1636 3 жыл бұрын

WRRRRYYYYY

@kellygames 3 жыл бұрын

@@mateorios1636 MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!

@slumericanfeller7441 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what you do with junk haha 😂

@gimmedaloot7828 3 жыл бұрын

As a “Florida man”, it’s true!

@monalisa3549 3 жыл бұрын

"You know Geely?" Me : Yeah, but where I came from, we call them by another name. Proton.

@am24760 3 жыл бұрын

Yuppppp

@fidaletto 3 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for X50 tho

@ironguy6482 3 жыл бұрын

Yeees

@irfanqayyum2983 3 жыл бұрын

i hope they don't destroy proton's reliability

@ironguy6482 3 жыл бұрын

@@fidaletto I have high hopes for it

@kbvg24 2 жыл бұрын

I live in China and true story on those 2nd Gen Passats. They love em and def keep em pristine clean. Some even made theirs to look like the Initial D AE86.

@Ethan-vj5mt Жыл бұрын

Literally every city I’ve visited in China has an arsenal of 2nd gen Passat taxis lol

@evacrawford412 3 жыл бұрын

Bro thank you for giving us a fair, unbiased and entertaining presentation of a Chinese car company.

@seanlee3863 2 жыл бұрын

@@justincase8037 Toyota straight up dissected and resembled Ford and basically copied ford including it's assembly lines. Geely doesn't need to copy now because they bought all these companies (Volvo, lotus, London Cab, proton) to share tech. Geely actually makes some pretty solid car now. So sure call it as you will, that's how all industries starts and grow in all countries, imitation, implementation and innovation

@siveysama 3 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you: I've played Asphalt 8 so I've already heard of Geely.

@briannam1082 3 жыл бұрын

750HPUNDERTHEHOOD I knew I have seen this car company badge somewhere

@aliamir6843 3 жыл бұрын

ME TO

@izabelachorazewicz7798 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@ishanbkumar3583 3 жыл бұрын

I also knew that they own Volvo. I play Asphalt 8 too :D.

@enzoferro3770 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao same

@benm.2097 3 жыл бұрын

If I dint own it in Forza, it obviously doesn’t exist... Just kidding, but y’all did a great job explaining a company that I’ve never heard of to me. Props.

@yamatocannon4856 3 жыл бұрын

I guess my '05 accord doesn't exist then...

@theun-knownmusician5468 3 жыл бұрын

Ben M. xD

@theun-knownmusician5468 3 жыл бұрын

Yamato Cannon r/whoooosh

@HKSFangirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@theun-knownmusician5468 r/epicredditmoment r/wholesomekeanuchungus100 r/wosh

@_baucooperativosocial_ 3 жыл бұрын

Geely is in Asphalt 8 Airb. In this same game, we have a Dodge Dart, wich is now in F Horizon after debuts in Asphalt...

@Sam-fu3by 2 жыл бұрын

That quote "cars are just 2 couches on wheels" is so stupid and true i love it. Thank you for this history lesson

@dylandreisbach1986 3 жыл бұрын

Ghosting someone in person is absolutely amazing.

@zfelps 3 жыл бұрын

That sent me lol

@canalee3312 3 жыл бұрын

I love how James can’t even get the right pronunciation of those cars names once.

@BarthaBMX 3 жыл бұрын

And a Charade with a 1.8? It never had bigger than a 1.3 as I know and the most powerful was the Gtti with a 1.0 3cyl 12v turbo. Am I right Daihatsu enthusiasts?

@JesusDisciple916 3 жыл бұрын

@@BarthaBMX you're probably the only Daihatsu enthusiast on earth... At least close to it... Which is why, if what you're saying is true, nobody else called him out on it

@BarthaBMX 3 жыл бұрын

Rob L Tbh I’m really not, but I was surprised that they really exist (I mean the enthusiasts are exist). I’ve just been checking on them because they had the Applause Zi 4wd which could be a funny drift shitbox and the Charade Gtti which could be a really fun hatchback, but they starting to get some value here in Hungary (yes that’s the reason why can’ speak English properly) so I gave up on them... or at least on the Gttis

@bushtruck 3 жыл бұрын

Trucks are cooler anyways! On my channel I take em to the mountains and bag on em. Hope to make a few folks laugh.

@BarthaBMX 3 жыл бұрын

Bush Truck But but but we were talking about japanese eco shitboxes here.:(

@JayL75 3 жыл бұрын

Dude as a Chinese this episode cracks me up every second. So good James!! I have huge respect for Li. He is real serious about making good cars. Also, I'm excited to see what they gonna do with Lotus

@fajaruldeen 3 жыл бұрын

After Volvo, in the year 2017, Geely bought Proton the Malaysian national car to penetrate the South East Asia market who dominate by Japanese Car like Toyota, Honda & Mazda.

@defencebangladesh4068 3 жыл бұрын

Bangladesh's PHP group assembles Proton now

@arminius6506 3 жыл бұрын

Proton is also entering Pakistan and our local market is dominated by Japanese Corolla, Suzuki and Honda. Right now they're getting positive reception.

@_rtx_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@arminius6506 yes very much they sold 1000 units in Lahore But Mg is tough competition

@goodboysady 3 жыл бұрын

The fuck they even bought Malaysian car Company? Wtf is this guy doing lmao he is unstoppable

@2ndchances542 3 жыл бұрын

The MO Power at the end!! So cool

@amanalishaikh2964 3 жыл бұрын

Sincere request to James: Do some Up To Speed episodes on KDM brands like Kia and Hyundai... That Veloster N is a certified RIPPER...

@popsandbangs8858 3 жыл бұрын

The fastest growing automaker in the world

@aaronwhitesell6418 3 жыл бұрын

I own 6 Volvos. I did own a Hyundai Elanta Sport for a year. I was truly impressed by their engineering. But for the price point the build quality just won't hold up for 25k mi/ yr driving. I was always replacing wearable parts.

@LunarStrike 3 жыл бұрын

Aaron Whitesell and Volvo will?

@MSportsEngineering 3 жыл бұрын

Kia Stinger should definitely be in that one!

@AppleSlipper 3 жыл бұрын

We non-Americans are jealous of you guys getting the Veloster N. We have the i30 N and i30 Fastback N instead.

@readmyusernamecauseitssoreally 3 жыл бұрын

"you never heard of geely" Oh yes I have James. :)

@isaacdejulian9766 3 жыл бұрын

Haha same

@zakariyawyatt1416 3 жыл бұрын

Same I lived in the Middle East for a long time and they made cars there

@user-ql3ud5gn9g 3 жыл бұрын

As time goes.. I learned more about geely history... no wonder they could turn volvo around ... It is interesting to see what they going to do with lotus in the future.. might turn lotus into home of supercar EV division. I really hoping that they could consider bring lynk & co platform into compact sedan.

@furdeylomibao3528 3 жыл бұрын

Here in the Philippines, we were ahead of Malaysia when they released the Coolray or the X50 or S11. So far, the best Chinese car we have seen compared to many chinese cars now entering our country. Cant believe it's Volvo, but when you drive it, you'd be a lot surprise for its performance, reliability, appearance, and features. It is very affordable and you'll be amaze by how Geely has put a lot of work to come up with this unit. I hope Lynx @ Co and Polestar would be available here soon, also from Geely.

@sayfolman7752 2 күн бұрын

But The Different Is We Get Money From Every Geely Sold While Philippines Gain Nothing

@adibmuhammad 3 жыл бұрын

Me, a Malaysian: Finally, a reason for me to ask for an Up to Speed on Proton because Geely owns Proton even though Proton wasn't mentioned in this Up to Speed on Geely... please do an Up to Speed on Proton.

@xniel952 3 жыл бұрын

yessir

@abdullatifmamat7019 3 жыл бұрын

Lama dah tunggu ni

@adibmuhammad 3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullatifmamat7019 Mungkin kena tunggu lagi 😅

@hotmabayu8304 3 жыл бұрын

Woah I thought Proton is a state owned company. Do Geely hold majority of their share now?

@adibmuhammad 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotmabayu8304 Not quite, they own 49.9% of Proton, but in many Malaysians' eye, it makes little difference.

@whattoeatryan 3 жыл бұрын

0:55 a small village called zhejiang. Also Zhejiang,: population of 57million

@yosephjoda 3 жыл бұрын

57 mil now or then?

@whattoeatryan 3 жыл бұрын

@@yosephjoda right now, but for your convinience, in the year of 1964 there was a population of 29 mil.

@camaroman101 3 жыл бұрын

Considered small when the population is 1 billion plus

@user-wb6tk4ln8v 3 жыл бұрын

我他妈笑死

@albertor1061 3 жыл бұрын

I'm quite sure it was sarcastic at this point

@ShuoZhang 3 жыл бұрын

视频做的挺棒的，喜欢。 nice one

@ChoySekMunSimon 3 жыл бұрын

And in no twist of sheer irony, coming back to a full circle, Daimler (Mercedes Benz) and Geely have signed a joint agreement to cooperate on restarting the Smart Car.

@hanfei6871 3 жыл бұрын

I can attest... when my family got a 1st gen Jetta back then we literally threw a party in tha village

@headmltr6247 3 жыл бұрын

you still live in China?

@sepehrkosari9775 3 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@BurnoutBushido 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome not gonna lie!

@jonnymac8925 3 жыл бұрын

Me: That's different, what kind of car is that? Guy: It's a Geely Austicious Beauty Leopard Me: oh I see.

@Legend-oka 3 жыл бұрын

Geely trying copy the Hyundai Coupe, ngl

@emlix1 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, the Geely Beauty Leopard, that wasn't beautiful or leopardy.

@hamilton3662 3 жыл бұрын

@@Legend-oka nah, actually they copied the old Toyota Supra lol

@twonetflixflix2076 3 жыл бұрын

i mean with a name like that its a bangger!

@DominicZaidan 3 жыл бұрын

love your style and this video!

@thenehd8882 2 жыл бұрын

I am in love with Up to Speed. The intro sound. James shouting. Lmao

@albertor1061 3 жыл бұрын

Geely in 1 sentence: Fake it till you make it

@HazeGreyAndUnderway 3 жыл бұрын

That's every Chinese venture.

@cerealistichoo8414 3 жыл бұрын

Totally accurate

@jinjinweiwei 3 жыл бұрын

@@HazeGreyAndUnderway So did toyota

@romka_ind 3 жыл бұрын

Just throw the money on it untill it's done

@astaloaf2113 3 жыл бұрын

@@jinjinweiwei Reverse engineer massively. That's Chinese dna for yaaaaaa

@rajeshsrivastava4717 3 жыл бұрын

Do a D-list on members of donut media.

@seattlekanteen 3 жыл бұрын

BigDaddyChiTown boooo

@johnjuiceshipper4963 3 жыл бұрын

Up To Speed on all the Donut team’s cars!

@labnux 3 жыл бұрын

@BigDaddyChiTown What happened to the guy that used to run Science Garage? Why so much hate for Nolan? Ma boi is a good dude, I like Nolan.

@oneworld2642 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching your video 😊

@learnwithrana 3 жыл бұрын

So Good laughter and knowledge at the same time, hats off to you.

@dsugioaga 3 жыл бұрын

The front of the 03+ looks like a baby Charger with misplaced headlights. Looks neat overall.

@amgnextdoor 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah looks pretty cool, honestly wouldn't mind them in the US

@DailyDriver. 3 жыл бұрын

I think 11 mustang gt

@dariuszhang6602 3 жыл бұрын

Bryan Williams the 03+ has crazy luxury interior in all alcantara which limited the production so ppl can buy this car in China but the demand is much higher than the supply. I guess it can be in the US market with a Volvo badge. Also according to the Chinese media, this car is like a gti with all wheel drive system, less sporty and more comfy than a golf r. The interior is definitely better than vw but not sure about the quality.

@amgnextdoor 3 жыл бұрын

@@dariuszhang6602 could always use more AWD sports cars over here

@johnnyj3498 3 жыл бұрын

Darius Cheung VW has best in class interiors for compact cars, at least here in Europe

@danielriverosdiaz1725 3 жыл бұрын

Donut media: "The Biggest Car Company You've Never Heard Of" Third world countries: "I´m I a joke to you?"

@okwardmexican3800 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry I had a strokes reading this, you what now???

@NoobGamer3D 3 жыл бұрын

guess what, China is a third world country

@rocksaltzwidaz3411 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoobGamer3D its simultaneously a third world country and a superpower

@antonykramer5152 3 жыл бұрын

*South Africa has entered the chat*

@Jacobovich1 3 жыл бұрын

Russian Federation: "Hello there..."

@Ergotfungi 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the companies collaborating after acquisition and allowing the og company to remain independent.

@leezhenxiang4146 3 жыл бұрын

took them a part... piece by piece.. oh my god i will have that in my dream TT

@jigxys924 3 жыл бұрын

Just imagine getting gapped by a car you didn’t know existed

@redcar9949 3 жыл бұрын

I would pay money to see that happen to a GTR/Supra fanboy

@dr.z1657 3 жыл бұрын

Dude had only 1 person show up to his premiere party, and then drove a steam roller over all 100 cars that he built? That is so freakin’ sad.

@tacticalplayer6337 3 жыл бұрын

for real

@mintwestwood7827 3 жыл бұрын

As much money as he lost, that had to be fun to do

@Drskopf 3 жыл бұрын

There has to be a catch here, either he was super wealthy or he was getting money from the Chinese gov to do all this craziness, like donating the fridge company!!! I don't know something doesn't add up 🤔

@CompOstang50 3 жыл бұрын

That's some seriously gangster type stuff.

@shawnshurtz9147 3 жыл бұрын

@@Drskopf um China is a communist country im sure they took it id doubt he really "donated" it.

@TheTubaEmporer 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! So cool to see original cars coming from China!

@rtgtx 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!

@youtubespectator669 3 жыл бұрын

mad respect for the guy's hustle. Been kicked down a bunch of times and got back up each time.

@JPHarringtonJr 3 жыл бұрын

"Their future is fast" is a solid line. Who wrote that? I dig it.

@herejust4cars723 3 жыл бұрын

it gave me mini-goosebumps

@alif96anwar 3 жыл бұрын

shirt design

@nytovaok516 3 жыл бұрын

@@herejust4cars723 ME TOO!!!!!!

@dreambuild8975 3 жыл бұрын

They just won top 3 at WTRC.... Amazing.

@volvosruinedmylife 3 жыл бұрын

I just have to say that I just love you and this show. Good job! I skipped by it forever thinking it was some bro car show. Well it kinda is but I f-ing love it. Keep it up. Oh! And can I get a job interview?

@estebanbedoya2004 3 жыл бұрын

“the MEIRI, which translates to...” “HEY WE’RE ROOT” gotta love the timing of these adcuts

@austinb.7744 3 жыл бұрын

“Yes, yes” - Biden

@bb2na473 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Old Spice?

@MB-nn3rx 3 жыл бұрын

Mine said "Which translates to-Ad: HOW BOUT NO?"

@derekwilliams6267 3 жыл бұрын

Root sucks btw lmao

@WhinedUp2004 3 жыл бұрын

I got, which translates to ' NOW TV '

@joshchu 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought I'll be seeing 溜溜哥 yelling "moar power baby" in a donut video

@andyofthecookiefactory5392 3 жыл бұрын

Very Informative video that make want to try a Lynk and Co Car...#YOLO#

@Jackrabbitt247 2 жыл бұрын

Dude you're saving the world one manufacturer at a time 😂💯

@liuhc 3 жыл бұрын

1:10 "a small Chinese village" *Marking the entire province of Zhejiang

@lsh19930713 3 жыл бұрын

Haha but I like him when he confessed he would pronounce wrong a lot in rest of video so I don't blame him too much

@jonrod1693 3 жыл бұрын

I was there in HZ!

@liuhc 3 жыл бұрын

@@lsh19930713 Yep haha

@betto3681 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.it's a province

@stephenchan7309 3 жыл бұрын

给爷整笑了

@thisIsCliffordWang 3 жыл бұрын

And also Li: the largest stakeholder of Daimler(mercedes). Almost 10%. Jesus holy Christ.

@NineteenEighty8 3 жыл бұрын

chinese taking over lol. watch them destroy Tesla, facebook, and microsoft.

@KongxiaoZhao 3 жыл бұрын

@@NineteenEighty8 search another Chinese car company, BYD. Def my fav. Really wanna import one to Canada.

@emiliojavier8268 3 жыл бұрын

@@KongxiaoZhao or Haval one of the best Chinese brands

@StudioLu 3 жыл бұрын

Geely and volvo is too conservative.

@ruemignon 3 жыл бұрын

@@KongxiaoZhao Buying a BYD is easy, just Bring Your Dollar. Doesn't matter if it's USD or CAD.

@sbsb4995 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent episode

@wearegoingtogoseeyousoonid1891 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I enjoyed this

@PettaroBeck 3 жыл бұрын

Li: "cars are just 2 couches on 4 wheels..." 3:14 James: "let's make a shirt about it " The Shirt: "i have only 1 couch and 2 wheels"

@toddjudd8657 3 жыл бұрын

It's a motorcycle

@joshpiotrowski3487 3 жыл бұрын

A CHASE LOUNGE

@theTylerMorale 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too lmao. But for real @donut you should make that shirt for purchase. But make sure it has two couches and the quote.

@ddjohnson9717 3 жыл бұрын

basically a motorcycle

@irfanyxp3489 3 жыл бұрын

@@ddjohnson9717 thats a stool

@PaganiGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Day 194 of asking James to do an Up to speed on his Dad

@joshki1962 3 жыл бұрын

keep it up

@hgrmc9416 3 жыл бұрын

R/madlads

@zaidansari533 3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you my man

@niksperience 3 жыл бұрын

Bro, haven't seen your comment this early for a long time, I was worried for you. Glad to see you

@HoracioPz 3 жыл бұрын

Don't give up, we shall not!

@ivancamacho7668 8 ай бұрын

That is a great and interesting report!

@ZZsunfire 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Video. LinkCo 03+ looks impressive. Hope it comes to the North America market

@danfird 3 жыл бұрын

Proton: exists Geely: its free real estate

@haavard1989 3 жыл бұрын

Geely: Its free

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

Proton seriously needs help these days lol

@123fourfive5 3 жыл бұрын

Is proton still alive?

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

@@123fourfive5 unfortunately, yes eventho this car wasnt sold to my country but i heard good history of them

@hybridAbsol 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbiscuit8272 i dont think anybody wants a electric car right now, seriously i dont want a electric powered 911 GT3

@varunculas8236 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Donut, you just can't ignore this. You've done UTS on Shelby and Ken Miles right? Now, can we have an Up To Speed on Keiichi Tsuchiya?

@mansiege9234 3 жыл бұрын

Dori-kin 👍👍👍 The G.O.A.T from Japan !

@zero240gl8 3 жыл бұрын

yes.

@adamelhassan8818 3 жыл бұрын

YESSS PLEASEEE

@DIGPLatinodriftking1 3 жыл бұрын

*I NEEEED IT*

@slippercream 3 жыл бұрын

I second... to the nth "Mooar Powah, Baby!"

@theforzator2661 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting a scene from the marrakech Grand prix. ❤️

@girabyt3 3 жыл бұрын

By witnessing the arrive of Geely in Perú back in 2008 with a FWD Lexus IS/Altezza copycat... I can truly say they made quite an advance in 12 years!! They even got into Dakar with one sick truck!!

@andreihristov7953 3 жыл бұрын

friend: what day is it? me: up to speed

@sal-khafaji3114 3 жыл бұрын

There's a lot about Geely you didn't mention.. Like the fact that they bought the London taxi company.. As well as Lotus! They also bought a stake in Smart from Mercedes...

@paksta 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they are gearing up. Volvo, Proton, Smart, London Taxis, Lotus, plus significant stakes in Daimler and even Saxo Bank I think. Could be wrong but I think they’re teaming up with Waymo (via Volvo) to do some self-driving car.

@sal-khafaji3114 3 жыл бұрын

@@paksta Lotus gives them one of the finest engineering firms in the world.. Without lotus Tesla wouldn't have had a product to start with... The future of Geely is incredibly prosperous.. Particularly if they carry on their current momentum.

@paksta 3 жыл бұрын

S Al-Khafaji Thanks) I’d read their reasons for buying Lotus, but I didn’t know about the Tesla connection. Very interesting. But do you think the trade war, China’s relations with the West in general, global economic downturn or self-driving disruption of ownership models might derail Geely’s growth? Already it stunted the share price the past few years, and might impact chances of realising the Volvo merger.

@sal-khafaji3114 3 жыл бұрын

@@paksta the US is going to take the planet in to ww3. China will survive this economic crisis that we're currently in the middle of... In a few months it will all become clear.. China is much more stable economically despite the US efforts to reign in the Chinese economy. The US has bullied most of the world to give it what it wants since ww2 through various means including NATO.. The US and the UK are specifically targeting Russia and China in order to facilitate their debt and war driven economies while the Chinese and Russians grow their stable, positive and gold backed economies. The next few years are scary years in historical terms.. Especially with upcoming nuclear talks...

@sal-khafaji3114 3 жыл бұрын

@overclockeador the facts on the ground suggest otherwise... Free your mind from the mainstream cack that is leading you in to ww3 blindly..

@mattmatt9971 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, excellent work man. Ya know more about Geely than 99.9% of the Chinese now. hahaha. Wanna have one of those 领克3+

@siddharthbose3277 2 жыл бұрын

For those who don’t know, Geely also own Lotus now. Frickin Lotus!

@dallonperry3639 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get an up to speed on donut media? Like when did it start? By who? how did it grow? Why did Bart leave!

@katieneubaum4284 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure there was some drama between him and James. Which sucks, Bc they’re both great. Also, he had a kid, not sure if that had anything to do with his leaving, but he did go on paternity leave for a while.

@Jack-fd8cx 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what ever happened to Science Garage??

@BL1THE 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-fd8cx i guess it kinda got replaced by the now "bumper 2 bumper" cause b2b is like science stuff now instead of car tours

@HP_594 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Donut, thanks for making this video on Geely. I live in the Middle East and my dad owns one. He was so happy to have seen this episode. Keep up the work guys!!

@awestols1123 3 жыл бұрын

Love the vw mk3 at the back

@map0d0fu 3 жыл бұрын

Geely also was heavily involved in motorsports across China, since at least 2005.

@jerryguo4661 3 жыл бұрын

They’re still selling that exact Passat, the marketing was “ buy a classic” essentially .. saw it at the auto show when I was there last in 2017

@johnliu6855 3 жыл бұрын

In many places they still use those old Polo and Passats as taxis 😂

@pinkomega4106 3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Guo 长春车展吗我当时也看到了

@dannymorgan8285 3 жыл бұрын

I used to work for a company that makes electric motor bikes and my job was taking the prototype to China to solve issues that would prevent mass production, we had the frames and wiring harnesses manufactured by the motorbike division of Geely (they also own Benelli motorbikes). Geely’s hq in Zhejiang is absolutely enormous, it’s pretty much a city in itself