00:00what's this car it looks like an illegitimate child of the lamborghini urus and the mitsubishi
00:06eclipse cross and you've never heard about it this is the four thing t5 a compact suv which
00:12costs as little as a b crossover why is it so cheap let's find out
00:31i also recorded a comparison of the four thing t5 and the new volkswagen tiguan
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01:22what is for think the brand belongs to dong feng one of china's top car makers
01:27in 2023 dong feng produced three and a half million vehicles under various brands in china
01:33it manufactures cars for kia nissan and stellantis its own brands include dfsk
01:41alus i'm sorry i don't know how to read that voya or saris and a couple of other brands that
01:47i don't
01:48recognize the logos of and so we arrive at 14 which was founded in 2001 as feng hing i hope
01:56i'm
01:56pronouncing it correctly in 2024 the brand plans to sell over 100 000 units and here in poland we
02:02initially get the t5 crossover and the u-tour minivan in terms of dimensions 14 t5 plays in the
02:10same league as the kia sportage renault austral toyota rav4 or volkswagen tiguan it's also slightly
02:16smaller than the beijing 5 the design is striking for better or worse if the beijing 5 or vw tiguan
02:25are
02:25too vanilla for you and the cupra formentor and the tiguan are too expensive then the 14 t5 could be
02:32what you're looking for there's a lot going on in the front the bonnet has a sharp point like the
02:38lamborghini urus there's also a crest with some cat-like animal just under the bonnet are the day
02:45running lights lower down is a dark grille part of which is fake carbon and part piano black more
02:53red accents at the bottom and on the sides are vertical headlight clusters they're emphasized
02:59on the side by chrome lines as i said there is a lot going on while the front end is
03:06interesting the
03:07profile is from the book the crossover anthology 2007-2024 nothing to see here let's go to the
03:15rear whoa the main feature in the rear is the light bar running across the entire width of the car
03:22the bumper has some dark plastic element in it under which there is more red and two double exhaust tips
03:28they are functional though unnecessary as you'll find out as soon as you start driving
03:53powering the t5 is what i call the china classic it's a 1.5 liter four-pot turbo petrol of
03:59some sort
04:00producing 170 ish horsepower apparently this one is a mitsubishi engine despite not having start and
04:08stop system it somehow complies with euro 6 regulations while the manufacturer doesn't provide
04:14official fuel economy figures some sources quote 6.6 liters per 100 kilometers combined i guess
04:24driving very gently i managed to get the fuel consumption below 8 liters per 100 kilometers
04:30however in the city and at motorway speeds i soon hit high nines and i see no chance of the
04:37result
04:37improving anytime soon claimed 0 to 100 kilometers per hour time is 9 seconds i got 9.7 both in
04:45sport and
04:45normal mode soundproofing isn't great and that's especially true at motorway speeds when i really had to
04:51turn the volume up to listen to music or podcasts i also don't understand how some chinese brands
05:02managed to obtain european homologation for cars which clearly do not have any of the mandatory safety
05:09features such as traffic sign recognition lane keeping assist autonomous emergency braking i suspect some
05:17clients will be more than happy to turn to chinese brands exactly for this reason however without these
05:24systems i can feel exactly how vague the steering is the t5 goes in the general direction i pointed in
05:33kind of sort of but i have to keep correcting the line and in the corners it turns out the
05:40front may look
05:41like an urus but the t5 runs wide it's more show than go so maybe the 14 t5 is better
05:50suited for the city in the sense
05:52that there are no fast corners and you don't realize how poor the soundproofing is yes in the city you
05:58only
05:59notice how bad the seven speed dct is it may be made by magna but clearly to a price point
06:05so a fast
06:07three point turn as i know quick kick down upon acceleration nope slowing down and then speeding up
06:13again no no no not really the gearbox feels as if the cogs are corresponding using retired carrier pigeons
06:21with dementia visibility is terrible wing mirrors and a pillars converge to create blind spots big enough
06:31to conceal cars rear visibility is average but the rear view mirror with day and night function is of some
06:37cheap sort and in day mode i see ghost reflections both of the rear seats and through the panoramic roof
06:44but there is more the screens on the dashboard are reflected in the windscreen at night and during the day
06:51it's as if the car was designed with old school analog instruments in mind and then someone added
06:57screens without considering the implications and i don't know according to what norms the headlights are
07:02set but even at the lowest level the beam seems to go above other cars which leads me to assume
07:08i'm
07:09dazzling other drivers and not in a good way
07:19on the plus side the suspension evens out bumps well and problems with visibility can be partially
07:24overcome with a 360 camera which comes on automatically below 35 kilometers per hour when you
07:30turn on the indicator this feature can be disabled but it will require some detective work and perhaps
07:36linguistic skills because the menu logic and the quality of translation leave a lot to be desired
07:58i often hear that the chinese have long overtaken european car makers in terms of software
08:04perhaps it's the software in the most expensive electric cars because the budget petrol vehicles get
08:10infotainment like on those cheap android tablets you could buy in discount stores despite their lower
08:16price they never conquered the market camera settings are only available when the camera is on
08:23they aren't in the car settings menu there is no sat nav so the central display is mainly for settings
08:30as long as you understand what the chinese to english translator meant
08:34in order to save the clients from installing the chinese car bitlink mirroring app the polish importer
08:40offers a usb dongle which works as a wireless android auto interface it works mostly but the connection
08:48sometimes drops and the sound has to go through the car's bluetooth system and the voice quality over
08:53bluetooth is subpar the infotainment system doesn't do much but it's slow anyway it can take a couple of
09:01seconds for the system to react to temperature change or volume input by the way there are physical
09:07volume buttons on the steering wheel and how else can you control the volume well there is an unmarked
09:14pull down menu on the screen
09:19i think the 14 infotainment system is best summed up with this ingenious and simple solution it's a factory
09:28attachment point for those air vent mounted phone cradles and things as far as i'm concerned all
09:35car makers should copy this and bring back physical ac controls while they're at it
09:41the driver's display focuses on the tire pressure this is the most prominent readout and i couldn't
09:47find a way to change what's displayed in the middle i'm not saying there is no way to change it
09:51but the logic of
09:52the chinese software developers exceeded my perception other than that there is nothing
09:57really surprising here there are large door pockets small storage on the center console with a usb a
10:04port a cubby under the console with another usb a port and a 12 volt outlet cup holders deep and
10:12air
10:12cooled storage under the armrest and a huge glove box the seats are okay in the sense that i didn't
10:19get a
10:19back ache after a couple of hours driving they are electrically adjustable but there is no seat
10:25memory function and they offer virtually no lateral support did i mention the plastics stink to the
10:33point that it irritates my throat also worth mentioning is that the doors cover the sills so
10:40you won't get your trousers dirty getting in and out in the back there is good legroom and headroom
10:46the floor is flat there's an ac vent and another usb a port there are pockets in the backs of
10:54the front seats
10:54and some hooks the front passenger seat can be controlled from the rear and there is a side pocket in
11:01the driver's seat just right for a small bottle of hand sanitizer there's an armrest with cup holders
11:07the door pockets are large there is no ski hatch and the backrest angle is not adjustable
11:12also the rear seat doesn't slide according to the specification the 14 t5 has 480 liters boot capacity
11:23in five seat configuration and almost 1500 with the seats folded in the back the backrest splits 60 40
11:30realistically 480 liters could be achieved without the mini spare what you see here is about 400 liters
11:36the cargo cover doesn't fit under the false floor there are no shopping bag hooks or even anchor points
11:43to secure the luggage what you see is what you get i don't know how forthing is going to approach
11:51western europe
11:52in poland we already have 20 dealers and there are plans for more in 2025 the importer also claims to
11:59have
11:59secured a parts depot to facilitate fast service and repairs 14 t5 costs just above 30 000 euro in poland
12:09plus around 1200 euro for the paint i've seen it offered for about the same price in italy and germany
12:16is it available in your market
12:20after several positive encounters with chinese cars i'm disappointed with the 14 t5 it reminded me
12:27why a few years ago we laughed at chinese automotive industry this is a knockoff and compared to other
12:33better chinese cars it's not even particularly cheap and what do you think about forthing and
12:40other chinese brands what chinese cars are available in your market let me know in a comment section below
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