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2008 DR DR 5 1.6 Ecopower

2008 DR DR 5 in No Problem, Movie, 2008

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2008 DR DR 5 1.6 Ecopower

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-02-04 20:23
Gamer ◊ 2016-11-06 20:50	I think the second DR isn't needed for these vehicles. For Chinese machines, they look very nice - I've heard of them before. Austria and Germany were targeted as markets in 2012, but seemingly that plan didn't fruit.
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-07 09:40	DR has just begun to sell cars in France and Monaco http://www.essai.info but still no news about an expansion in our areas. In my town there is a DR5 around since some time but has got an Italian plate (probably someone here for work). Anyway I'm a supporter of the latest Chinese cars: they seem to have reached a high quality level and, when they don't only clone Western models (Link to "www.carnewschina.com" Link to "www.carnewschina.com" the latest most attonishing cases) they build beautiful modern cars which only need some mechanic refinements to compete with the best of foreign production.
ElSaxo ◊ 2016-11-07 10:43	Definitely it's perfect if you want to kill yourself, you just need to speed over 100km/h. And inside is even more horrible than outside, incredible. A fully equipped chinese coffin. (A coffin is more expensive.) And after around ten years they still have a handful of dealerships in Italy, mostly nearby where the importer is located, probably they'll need ten more years to start to sell in Germany, if they still exists in 2026.
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-07 13:22	@ElSaxo indeed I wasn't referring to this specific car. This is based on the old-gen Chery Tiggo, an almost-clone of the second-gen Toyota RAV4 which is now discontinued in China as in many South American markets where the brand is having a good success. The DR5 indeed is an obsolete car and I wonder when they will decide to update their lineup. Right today the new-gen Tiggo 3X was officially unveiled in China: Link to "www.carnewschina.com" Definitely a total different world, or? Moreover, the Tiggo has become a little family of SUVs in the Chery lineup: there are also proposals in C and D segments: Tiggo 5: http://chinaautoweb.com/car-models/chery-tiggo5/ Tiggo 7: http://chinaautoweb.com/car-models/chery-tiggo7/ And moreover Chery has got also a low-cost brand aimed to young people called Cowin, which proposed also a reinterpretation of the original Chery Tiggo called X3 (what a fantasy with names there is in China! ) : http://chinaautoweb.com/car-models/cowin-x3-suv/ If DR would rebrand the Cowin lineup it wouldn't be so bad. Obviously I never could drive one, but it seems that mechanical improvements have been very huge and the possibility to adapt them to the European tastes and requirements shouldn't be so unimaginable. -- Last edit: 2016-11-07 13:26:19
ElSaxo ◊ 2016-11-07 14:36	AleX_DJ wrote Definitely a total different world, or? For sure it's more pleasant to see but yet it's still a mash-up of other different designs, still as always nothing of new and original and although it's hard to say from a picture the build quality looks still worst than Asian or European competitors. I don't think that DR has the money nor the necessary technical equipment or the workforce with necessary expertise to bring such new models and adapt them to the Italian market, and to create a real extensive network of dealerships and workshops with the current shitty economic situation here in Italy. I don't think also that Chinese cars are really saleable in the rest of Europe.
Sandie ◊ 2016-11-07 14:44	It sold better than some Chinese imports: http://left-lane.com/european-car-sales-data/DR-motor/DR5/ http://left-lane.com/european-car-sales-data/saic-mg/mg6/ Are DR Motor still active of just clearing out stocks of already built cars?
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-07 14:47	Sandie wrote Are DR Motor still active of just clearing out stocks of already built cars? They just launched the DR Zero, a rebadged second-gen Chery QQ, so I believe they are active. They had plans to buy the former Sicilian Fiat plant in Termini Imerese, but nothing followed so far. http://drautomobiles.it
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-07 14:50	ElSaxo wrote I don't think that DR has the money nor the necessary technical equipment or the workforce with necessary expertise to bring such new models and adapt them to the Italian market, and to create a real extensive network of dealerships and workshops with the current shitty economic situation here in Italy. They would need the help of Chery if they were interested in selling in Europe with a new brand. Once I read that they were planning something similar with FSO in Poland. For sure they are selling some models as ZAZs in Ukraine, and ZAZ is owned by the same parent company (UkrAVTO) which owns the rights of the FSO brand. ElSaxo wrote I don't think also that Chinese cars are really saleable in the rest of Europe. In my opinion, they would need the aid of some local maker (every Chinese carmaker is involved in several joint ventures with Western carmakers, think to BYD-Daimler, Brilliance-BMW or FAW-VW, while in the cases of Changan-PSA and Geely-Volvo the companies are involved also in partial or full ownership), a good adversiting and maybe the use of brands already known in our countries (as is doing SAIC with MG or BAIC with Borgward). Don't forget that some companies like Changan and SAIC have got their R&D centres in Europe, so they should know what are the tastes and the requirements in our countries. Moreover, consider that some Chinese brands are experiencing a huge success in Australia, where tastes are not really the same but also not so distant from ours: Link to "bestsellingcarsblog.com" -- Last edit: 2016-11-07 15:00:45
Ingo ◊ 2016-11-07 16:47	Gamer wrote I think the second DR isn't needed for these vehicles. For Chinese machines, they look very nice - I've heard of them before. Austria and Germany were targeted as markets in 2012, but seemingly that plan didn't fruit. The worst car in the world is Chinese made: http://youtu.be/tPCAbsVvf0k Wolfgang Blaube is not any irrelevant TV-bloke, he's a well known classic car journalist with a large knowledge and experience.
AleX_DJ ◊ 2016-11-07 17:57	ingo wrote The worst car in the world is Chinese made: http://youtu.be/tPCAbsVvf0k Wolfgang Blaube is not any irrelevant TV-bloke, he's a well known classic car journalist with a large knowledge and experience. This is true. But it's an older model and not of a major maker. Consider that, on the other side, recently a Chinese car, the Qoros 3, reached 5 stars in the EuroNCAP crash test and figured as the best car tested in 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoros_3#Safety
-- ◊ 2017-04-03 13:40	I disagree regarding the name, DR is the make and DR 5 is the model name and it is needed here, just like Harley Davidson HD, John Deere JD, Mercedes Benz MB, etc, let's not just consider it unnecessary because it doesn't sound right. http://www.motori.it/listino/dr/ -- Last edit: 2017-04-03 13:42:49
AleX_DJ ◊ 2017-04-03 14:17	kegare wrote I disagree regarding the name, DR is the make and DR 5 is the model name and it is needed here, just like Harley Davidson HD, John Deere JD, Mercedes Benz MB, etc, let's not just consider it unnecessary because it doesn't sound right. You're right, but then shouldn't we consider the same also for certain Mazdas? For example, the full name of a Mazda 3 should be Mazda Mazda3 indeed http://www.mazda.at/modelle/neuer-mazda3-sport/
-- ◊ 2017-04-03 15:21	Perhaps - not my subject so I don't know much of the naming but always open for suggestions from other members.
Exiv96 ◊ 2023-05-19 13:37	I know I'm opening an old can of worms, but we don't say "Mazda Mazda 6" or "DS DS3" on IMCDb, so it's strange to see these "DR DR" models. Gamer wrote I think the second DR isn't needed for these vehicles. (inactive user) wrote I disagree regarding the name, DR is the make and DR 5 is the model name and it is needed here, just like Harley Davidson HD, John Deere JD, Mercedes Benz MB, etc, let's not just consider it unnecessary because it doesn't sound right.

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