Bricklin's Chinese cars allready on the road

Obviously this time it's serious. The Visionary Vehicles website offers some information on their future products, but they're mainly illustrations and early prototypes. See http://www.visionaryvehicles.com

But those cars are allready on the road in China, so a 2008 or even '07 Visionary modell line-up could be realistic.

Chery A5 (Visionary midsize sedan) - this one appears to have US-spec side markers...
http://www.mychery.net/forum/html/ut/attach/2006/01/10/5454562-PICT0292_-embed.JPG
http://autopic.sohu.com/auto_images/piclib/75/34/Img1113475.jpg
http://autopic.sohu.com/auto_images/piclib/76/34/Img1113476.jpg
http://autopic.sohu.com/auto_images/piclib/53/34/Img1113453.jpg

It's powered by Chery's own, austrian engineered 4-cylinder.

The next one is just outstanding, the Chery V3 (Visionary calls it the crossover):
http://www.pcauto.com.cn/news/nation/brand/chery/0601/pic/b14_031_thumb.jpg
http://www.pcauto.com.cn/news/nation/brand/chery/0601/pic/b14_001_thumb.jpg
http://www.pcauto.com.cn/news/nation/brand/chery/0601/pic/b14_008_thumb.jpg
http://www.pcauto.com.cn/news/nation/brand/chery/0601/pic/b14_032_thumb.jpg
http://www.pcauto.com.cn/news/nation/brand/chery/0601/pic/b14_039_thumb.jpg

There's even a common rail diesel version, the V3 25D:
http://www.mychery.net/forum/html/ut/attach/2006/01/10/5454000-PICT0235_-embed.JPG

The A5 sedan looks like a blend of Korean and Japanese designs, but the crossover looks pretty nice and unique.

Neverteheless, Bricklin is trying to position his chinese imports as luxury cars, competing with BMW and Audi... Basically he's still a childish dreamer...

And of course, I'm newbie here, so hi to all of you!

S. Loeb

those cars are ugly....turn the boat around we dont want another yugo or dawoe...BUY AMERICAN!!!

the sedan sucks, I wouldn't want it, but the wagon looks decent. I still wouldn't buy one though.

Japan makes the best cars on this planet, they over took American car makers in terms of quality & value years ago. I can’t help but feel that in about 10 years we’ll be saying the same about Chinese cars.

i call those birth control cars...because if you drive one....chances are you have no chance of reproduction.

I think they're kind of cute.

At the winery today there were 4 Bricklin gull wing cars, each a different color. I took pictures of them. Kind of look like a painted Delorean. These are the ones that were made in Canada. I could see places on the top of the door where it met the car top that looked like gaps and some buckling. These 90 lb doors had some engineering problems.

i didnt know the chinese can make cars. the chinese should stick to what ever they make

i didnt know the chinese can make cars. the chinese should stick to what ever they make

You're kidding right?:lol: The Chinese make just about eveything we have here in America. Think I'm wrong? look at the calculator you have, whrere was it made? How about going to Wal-Mart and checking out some automotive or hardware stuff...made in China. I even went to a True-Value hardware store and got some of their "Master Plumber" series sink stuff.. "made in China". They don't make 'everything' but they sure make a large percentage of stuff we buy!:shakehead