CANYONERO!

What is going on?!?

What, is the grand scheme of car things?

There’s been a global shift since the Credit Crunch / Great Recession – China and other countries in the Far East have evolved from a nations of poor workers and has gained a large and wealthy Middle Class, they love Euro brands like RR, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, Aston etc etc etc but they don’t have such an emotional attachment to their history as until a few years ago they were largely unknown to them.

The new money in Asia love SUVs and don’t care about what they made 40 years ago – if Euro brands want to sell more cars they need SUVs – everyone said Porsche were mad 15 years ago when they made the Cayenne, but it sold more of them than all their other models combined since and it made them a massive pile of cash.

But the old “it’s really for the Asian market” like isn’t really true anymore, they’re popular globally now.

smells like a steak and seats 35

thats one squirrel sqausher deer smacker driving machine

I quite like it in this paint job…

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The new money in Asia love SUVs and don’t care about what they made 40 years ago – if Euro brands want to sell more cars they need SUVs

Correct. High end SUVs are ridiculously common out here. Spending 70k+ on a family car is very standard practice.

Nice beast.

A mini clubman morphed with a chrysler 300

A mini clubman morphed with a chrysler 300

You’re all wrong. It looks like a 1965 Jeep Wagoneer

But yes. Fugly vehicle built for China, Middle East and U.S markets who don’t give a shit about brand heritage, history etc…they just want the biggest, blingiest, most powerful SUVs money can buy.  A chap up the road has a Bentley Bentayga and every time I see it I’m impressed by the paint (it’s a lovely metallic blue) and how bright the chrome is, the leather etc…there’s no doubt it’s an expensive thing, but it’s still fugly and ridiculous. I assume he has some kind of massive inferiority complex and/or chronic one-upmanship when a Cayenne Turbo or an SQ7 isn’t sufficient.

I like it

Not as bad as the Bentley one. Still gopping and says little good about the owner.

I like it

Oooh you’re such a maverick renegade.

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Yeah, designed by a team headed by a Brit in Munich

Using a German 4×4 system, mated to a Czech gearbox powered by a German engine.

Alu body panels made in Norway, finished in Denmark and welded in Germany.

But yeah we Brits lead the world in making it seem like a British product by painting it here and putting the interior in and wheels on.”

Yep, just like every cat on the road, made from components from all over the world. There is no skill in car manufacture, they’re commodities. Made from parts supplied globally. But the 4wd system at least would be from tech the Germans learned from us during their ownership of Land Rover, so unlike most suv’s out there this one has half a chance of actually working off road.

they’re assembled and finished in Crewe by craftsmen and as each one is bespoke it’s not exactly an automated production line knocking off the same thing every 30 seconds, so just a wee bit more than “painting it here and putting the interior in and wheels on”.

but yeah, it’s fugly.

Oooh you’re such a maverick renegade

I am not I promise…but thanks…. that might make me sound cool

Haha, looking strangely similar to the car I own, but I’m not sure it’s what RR are aiming for.

I give you the very capable and comfortable, but decidedly un-cool and un-available in the UK, Kia Mohave.

Ah! A Dongfeng Crazy Soldier. With a different badge.