Saw a TV ad for the new Chev Captiva.

[giddyup]

A promotional ad that went on for about 15 minutes. Certainly looked nice and has a host of bells and whistles, price starts around 1 mill.

[Henryford]

Chevrolet "nuff said.

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Chevrolet "nuff said.

I believe it's made by Daewoo.

[alan grice]

I believe it's made by Daewoo.

So are some Toyotas. Even BMW Supras are being recalled already. We got the first Trailblazer somewhere here, and it wont die
, just luck i guess.


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[JoeW]

It is actually not even made by Daewoo anymore, but it is a rebranded MG HS (1.5T).

[VocalNeal]

1 minute ago, JoeW said:

It is actually not even made by Daewoo anymore, but it is a rebranded MG HS (1.5T).

Saab's were actually Subaru. Jaguars were actually Ford. What is the world coming to? Where or will it end? Are we just supposed to buy sh!t and shut up?

[giddyup]

3 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Saab's were actually Subaru. Jaguars were actually Ford. What is the world coming to? Where or will it end? Are we just supposed to buy sh!t and shut up?

Both Kia and Hyundai early models were considered sh*t, they've both come a long way since then.

[RichardColeman]

19 hours ago, giddyup said:

A promotional ad that went on for about 15 minutes.

Sounds like Youtube these days unless you hit the skip button !

[giddyup]

7 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Sounds like Youtube these days unless you hit the skip button !

No, it was on a Thai motoring show.

[Creasy]

They’re called Craptivas in Oz for a reason.

 

 

[giddyup]

6 minutes ago, Creasy said:

They’re called Craptivas in Oz for a reason.

 

 

This is a new model, hopefully there will be an improvement. Although after reading some local reviews it seem the new Captiva falls short in a few different ways.

Edited October 15, 2019 by giddyup

[canopus1969]

It's a low cost large(ish) SUV which is what the market wants

[JoeW]

18 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

It's a low cost large(ish) SUV which is what the market wants

Or GM doesn't want to spend millions on development of a new SUV and just rebrands an MG, increases the price and sells it as a premium version of the HS?

[tifino]

doesn't appear to be the same body shell

  just typical 'world car' likenesses

[JoeW]

3 hours ago, tifino said:

doesn't appear to be the same body shell

  just typical 'world car' likenesses

It is the same body shell. The picture being used in this topic is only a drawing...

According to wiki: The second generation Captiva, which is a rebadged Baojun 530, was introduced in Colombia in November 2018 and Thailand in March 2019.^[

Edited October 16, 2019 by JoeW

[alan grice]

They are the Blazer or Equinox in Canada, they looked the same to me, most likely on you tube ,they only new here


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[coops]

On 10/15/2019 at 9:14 AM, giddyup said:

I believe it's made by Daewoo.

Nope.

 

If it was Korean made it might be a better thing nowadays than being an American Chevrolet.... but it isn't.

It's even worse than being a Chevrolet.

 

It's Chinese.

 

https://www.bangkokpost.com/auto/1705120/2019-chevrolet-captiva-first-drive-review

 

"

Thailand’s opening-model some 20 years back was a seven-seat MPV, merely a rebadged Opel Zafira from GM’s sold European subsidiary. Then there’s the Colorado (and its Trailblazer SUV cousin) which shared a skeleton with the D-Max (and MU-X SUV) from Japan’s commercial vehicle specialist Isuzu.

The American bow-tie brand also had its days with passenger cars like the Optra, Sonic and Cruze coming from GM Daewoo, a Korean operation that has already gone bankrupt.

In fact, the car-based Captiva SUV was also developed at GM Daewoo. So where will the pending second-generation Captiva come from? No problem, as GM is now being really open, so to speak, about its 20-year-plus relationship with Chinese maker SAIC.

So yes, the new Captiva has been nourished at the SGMW (SAIC-GM-Wuling) joint venture as a cousin to the Baojun 530 and Wuling Almaz. And because the Almaz is built at GM’s new subsidiary in Indonesia, Chevrolet Sales Thailand has found it fitting to import the Captiva from our Asean member nation via no import duty."

[sirineou]

On 10/14/2019 at 9:10 PM, Henryford said:

Chevrolet "nuff said.

 Not even nearly enough. You know that TVF does not charge by the word , right?

On 10/14/2019 at 10:54 PM, VocalNeal said:

Saab's were actually Subaru. Jaguars were actually Ford. What is the world coming to? Where or will it end? Are we just supposed to buy sh!t and shut up?

Why do you think all the above are <deleted>?

On 10/14/2019 at 10:51 PM, JoeW said:

It is actually not even made by Daewoo anymore, but it is a rebranded MG HS (1.5T).

An MG HS except that it has a different body, engine and transmission.