Hi Scotty!
First of all I'd like to thank you for sharing everything you know about cars, i really love watching your videos.
I have just one question for you. I am planning on buying a 7-seater MPV and I am leaning towards buying a Geely Okavango. The tech inside and the looks is so awesome.
Do you think Geely will perform? Or is it worth the money?
Thank you and I would really appreciate hearing your advice on this. Thank you very much, best of health to you and I hope you will keep on doing great videos for us.
All the best.
China car manufacturing is moving up in the world. That said, whether it is worth the money or not time will tell. As far as just initial research tells me, the Okavango is a front wheel drive 3 cylinder turbo engine with a dual clutch transmission. Like most automakers nowadays they opt for a lower cylinder count+turbo for emission purposes. Just keep in mind that that will wear the engine down faster no matter how well it is built compared to a naturally aspirated one. The dual clutch transmission, while smoother operating than a manual car and arguably better that a regular automatic is sort of uncommon still. I would do more research on it as it will down the line be more expensive to maintain than a regular automatic. Other than these things, doesn't look like that bad of a car. And for the price, it seems to be a good deal. Idk what else is on the market in comparison to this one but I don't think you will have too much trouble if Geely's are common in your area.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Really appreciate it. Geely is relatively new in our country, they recently launched just a year ago. So we couldn't really tell if they indeed will last a long time without too much of a trouble. Plus the warranty they gave was 5 years or 150 kilometers, whichever comes first. In other words so far so good for them, almost all owners were really satisfied.
Toyota MPV though is their #1 competitor on that category, no question on its reliability, i know for a fact that Toyota will perform, it's just that it's so basic and really nothing much but the car, hehe... If only Toyota has all the tech inside as well, i'd definitely go for it no second thoughts. Thank you very much again and I appreciate your response. All the best.
Geely is a Chinese company and all that tech might cost you a small fortune as made in China isn't a good quality symbol. The engine also doesn't seem like it will last off of what Bruce Ree said.
Thank you very much Kerem for sharing your advice. Will really give this some thought. All the best.
Are you in the Phillipines?
Unless you’re after a car which you only plan to use for 4-5yrs, and then move on, I wouldn’t buy a Geely.
If you’re after a long term hassle free ownership experience, pick the Innova!
The Geely is loaded with tech, most of it useless, which will start to break down as the car ages (the case with most cheap Chinese gadgets).
Hi InThrustWeTrust,
Yes, I am from the Philippines.
Before writing this question in this forum, I am 95% sure I want an Okavango, now I am not sure at all, haha! Knowing that you guys are the expert on this topic.
Will definitely consider all your answers and again many many thanks and keep safe.
No worries & good luck!
Hi Guys. Hope you are safe.
Just want to update you on the inquiry i posted on this group.
I finally decided to buy an Innova (Toyota) and I am happy with it. Your opinion really mattered to making this purchase so HUGE thanks to you guys 🙂 Appreciate it a LOT.