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LETTER OF THE WEEK
Mon Chery
I was recently in Kazakhstan and saw a very smart and unusual SUV in a shopping centre. It turned out to be an RX from Exeed, a luxury offshoot brand of Chinese giant Chery.
My wife organised a test drive for me and I was blown away by the car’s quality and refinement. Heated and ventilated leather seats front and back, heated steering wheel, wireless phone charging, head-up display, panoramic roof, 10-year warranty, free servicing… the list goes on. With an £80k interior in a £40k car, it was a genuine Range Rover Velar rival for half the price. I was excited to read in your 3 April issue that this same brand is coming to the UK as Omoda. I really think the Chinese are going to start pulling up trees in our car market, because the value they offer compared with European makers is beyond belief.
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True, fuel economy is an issue (although not so much in Kazakhstan, where petrol is 35p per litre!), but this will be slightly offset by planned plug-in hybrid models and much lower prices than European rivals’.