Car reviews by SGCM

[BabyBlade]

1 minute ago, Discoburg said:

Thanks Julian.

You're welcome. 

Regards, 

The short one

[Discoburg]

Post wrongly. Mod please delete.

Edited May 12, 2020 by Discoburg

[Discoburg]

Where your car is mad, does it matter video is available now. Bring back Jon over James.

Edited May 12, 2020 by Discoburg

[Stratovarius]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2020 at 10:59 AM, Discoburg said:

Thanks for the info bro. Just that since younger days I always thought and heard that a coupe is a 2 day car.

Yes. Coupe is 2 doors (traditionally):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coupe

But 2 doors cars are hard to sell in modern days so car manufacturers market their cars as coupe as long as the roofline is sloping back. One of the first I remember is Mazda with their 4 door coupe RX-8 and now BMW is marketing their 4 door 8 series as grand coupe and MB with their GLC coupe (with sloping roofline). But BMW doesn't call their X6 coupe. So yeah, its confusing. I still call a 2 door car coupe, maybe except the beetle.

[Discoburg]

13 minutes ago, Stratovarius said:

Yes. Coupe is 2 doors (traditionally):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coupe

But 2 doors cars are hard to sell in modern days so car manufacturers market their cars as coupe as long as the roofline is sloping back. One of the first I remember is Mazda with their 4 door coupe RX-8 and now BMW is marketing their 4 door 8 series as grand coupe and MB with their GLC coupe (with sloping roofline). But BMW doesn't call their X6 coupe. So yeah, its confusing. I still call a 2 door car coupe, maybe except the beetle.

Thanks for the clarification. I thought I was wrong throughout the years. Was really confused.

[Discoburg]

Just watched the i30 review by SGCM this morning. Surprised that its made in Europe and it seems like country of make matters as it does show in the cabin's quality.

[Mockngbrd]

18 hours ago, Stratovarius said:

Yes. Coupe is 2 doors (traditionally):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coupe

But 2 doors cars are hard to sell in modern days so car manufacturers market their cars as coupe as long as the roofline is sloping back. One of the first I remember is Mazda with their 4 door coupe RX-8 and now BMW is marketing their 4 door 8 series as grand coupe and MB with their GLC coupe (with sloping roofline). But BMW doesn't call their X6 coupe. So yeah, its confusing. I still call a 2 door car coupe, maybe except the beetle.

I think RX8 can still pass. But cars with conventional rear doors, no. 

[kobayashiGT]

1 hour ago, Discoburg said:

Just watched the i30 review by SGCM this morning. Surprised that its made in Europe and it seems like country of make matters as it does show in the cabin's quality.

Actually, I think the koreans is a very exceptional example. Even for their own KDM cars are built with such high quality!

[kobayashiGT]

9 minutes ago, Mockngbrd said:

I think RX8 can still pass. But cars with conventional rear doors, no. 

BMW i3 can? 🤣

[Alfc]

On 5/11/2020 at 9:00 AM, kobayashiGT said:

Thanks for the feedback! Please help to like and share our video and if you guys have any ideas or inputs for our video, please share with us!

I will feedback to the video team! 🙂

Just a couple of humble suggestions:

on review of interior space whether on video or write up. Instead of just saying how spacious or give pictures of the back row seat space, it is critical to mention how much the front seats are adjusted for the driver's height. The visual is meaningless as the back space is easily fooled if the front seats are adjusted more to the front to cater to "short" drivers. 

Being realistic is tough, balancing editorial integrity and advertising dollar. I just find the latter tend to weigh heavier in the reviews.

[Mockngbrd]

19 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

BMW i3 can? 🤣

They never called i3 a coupe 

[Watwheels]

1 hour ago, kobayashiGT said:

Actually, I think the koreans is a very exceptional example. Even for their own KDM cars are built with such high quality!

It could be the parts suppliers are from S.Korea as well.

For a lot of car makers like those bigger ones they source their parts and components from all over the world. So suppliers could be from Asia or Europe. What matters is the quality from these suppliers as the car makers mostly do car assembly. Many parts from the cars are actually outsourced to reduce overheads and cost.

[kobayashiGT]

3 hours ago, Alfc said:

Just a couple of humble suggestions:

on review of interior space whether on video or write up. Instead of just saying how spacious or give pictures of the back row seat space, it is critical to mention how much the front seats are adjusted for the driver's height. The visual is meaningless as the back space is easily fooled if the front seats are adjusted more to the front to cater to "short" drivers. 

Being realistic is tough, balancing editorial integrity and advertising dollar. I just find the latter tend to weigh heavier in the reviews.

Thanks for the feedback! appreciated it! I will let the video team know! do check them out and see if they got take the feedback seriously anot. hahah. 🤣

[kobayashiGT]

1 hour ago, Watwheels said:

It could be the parts suppliers are from S.Korea as well.

For a lot of car makers like those bigger ones they source their parts and components from all over the world. So suppliers could be from Asia or Europe. What matters is the quality from these suppliers as the car makers mostly do car assembly. Many parts from the cars are actually outsourced to reduce overheads and cost.

I agreed! Korea is very unique market. Their own domestic market is very big alrd. So make sense for them to self manufacture than outsource. 

[Discoburg]

3 hours ago, Alfc said:

Just a couple of humble suggestions:

on review of interior space whether on video or write up. Instead of just saying how spacious or give pictures of the back row seat space, it is critical to mention how much the front seats are adjusted for the driver's height. The visual is meaningless as the back space is easily fooled if the front seats are adjusted more to the front to cater to "short" drivers. 

Being realistic is tough, balancing editorial integrity and advertising dollar. I just find the latter tend to weigh heavier in the reviews.

I know what you mean. Sometimes I see the driver seat is pushed all the way forward when another sit in the rear seat and it seems like the leg room is not bad. Then I see that the driver is Julian. 

[Heartlander]

57 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

Thanks for the feedback! appreciated it! I will let the video team know! do check them out and see if they got take the feedback seriously anot. hahah. 🤣

Actually this is quite standard among the reputable reviewers like carwow and german reviewer and a few Taiwanese reviewers. I see 2 reviewers in same video one doing front row space and another doing second row space I want to laugh, no offence.

[kobayashiGT]

6 minutes ago, Heartlander said:

Actually this is quite standard among the reputable reviewers like carwow and german reviewer and a few Taiwanese reviewers. I see 2 reviewers in same video one doing front row space and another doing second row space I want to laugh, no offence.

Haha. we are still learning the rope. I will feedback to the team. 🙂 I also like taiwanese youtuber. hahaha.

[Alfc]

3 hours ago, Discoburg said:

I know what you mean. Sometimes I see the driver seat is pushed all the way forward when another sit in the rear seat and it seems like the leg room is not bad. Then I see that the driver is Julian. 

Hahaha... yeah. It makes an A class back row look like it belong to a Limo. 😂