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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

F50F60 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:22:49 EDT

Looks Italian. This would kill if it was RWD.

F50F60

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Frost Face — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:14:23 EDT

Yeah, get the crash testing sorted out and then lets see if it handles. If those are true, then I wanna see a few people buy one and make sure the turbos aren't exploding after 800 miles like the rest of the chinese turbos we get :)

Frost Face

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

bmoredlj — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:05:56 EDT

Thats.....actually not that bad looking. I'd take one in black.

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

natepatrin — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:35:52 EDT

Looks like one of those pretend-realistic cars that always show up in the Burnout games. Probably handles impacts like one, too.

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

ZWECK — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:05:33 EDT

The general shape itself looks like something from Nissan (Infiniti). Interesting how the BS6 is priced in the mid $20,000 range for your choice of 2 anemic four cylinder engines and then you have this one that is turbocharged for $15,000. The math doesn't add up (or perhaps the BS6 was just a major engineering fuck up).

ZWECK

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

jnostalgics — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:05 EDT

Not too shabby. The icing would be if it was FR.

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

toyotaboy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:38:37 EDT

With the crash test results of other china cars, I have a feeling it won't be accepted so well no matter what the test results of the final production car is (think hyundai when it first came about). Not to say it won't eventually sell, but there won't be many early adopters.

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

gamble — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:28:53 EDT

I can't put my finger on it, but something about that styling makes the car look old to me. Not old, but maybe like a style from 10 years ago. It kind of looks like a mix between a Sunfire and an early 90s Mercedes.

gamble

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:49:16 EDT

@norn_iron: I'm not sure anything turbocharged counts as an appliance. I'd love a turbo fridge though. It's already intercooled!

This is interesting looking, but I'm not sure I'd be able to overcome the (theoretically) shoddy quality and reliability or the (almost guaranteed) lack of safety, at least not for $15k. I'm intrigued as hell by this, but they're gonna have to chop at least 2500 off that price before it'd seem justifiable.

I wonder, though, does anyone know if that engine's related to VW's old 1.8 turbo?

Maymar is convinced M.C. Escher engineered his car

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Shapeshifter — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:37:21 EDT

@FreeMan:

Exactly what i was going to say. That wouldn't be too bad if it didn't kill everyone in a ten mile radius.

Shapeshifter

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

norn_iron — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:16:16 EDT

i hate it.........this car is merely an apliance, this is why people byuy used

norn_iron

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

sos10 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:02:09 EDT

US car makers (and not just US car makers) be afraid, be very afraid. The Japanese and Koreans slapped you, but the chinese will finish you off.

sos10

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

lascauxcaveman — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:51:21 EDT

That's pretty hot. Note to Bangle - this is about the maximum flame you can add to your surfaces without making the the car ridiculous. Nice application of pre-lumpy Mazda on the front end. The taillights are a nice touch, stylish and Chinese-weird but not actually ugly.

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

elwood — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:46:45 EDT

Yeah, the grille is absolutely terrible, but I'd still drive it. It'd be nice to have a really cheap turbo coupe available in the U,S,

elwood

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

jont999 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:41:31 EDT

@RANWHENPARKED, you have seen the NCAP video haven't you?!

'tis a pretty car though...

jont999

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Da5idRicardo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:12:37 EDT

@Fluesterndebombe
It's funny because its (probably) actually true...

Da5idRicardo

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

EMPM, Esq. — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:02:48 EDT

Yellow with red interior - bad color choices. Makes it look like a promotion for McDonalds.

EMPM, Esq.

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

FluesterndeBombe — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:53:56 EDT

This car looks pretty decent...although it looks like a mashup of parts raided from other company's parts bins. Overall, you get the sense you've seen everything on this car someplace else before.

Is that an Audi steering wheel?

FluesterndeBombe

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

cmdrfire — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:07:34 EDT

It looks like an older version of the Hyundai Coupe... possibly an early, poorly done drawing of the same.

cmdrfire

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Bazza, now with a wonderfully longer name! — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:46:53 EDT

@ranwhenparked: My point exactly... the only point there is to this is it's a cheap coupe, well it's not much to boast about since the huyndai is prettier, faster, cheaper to insure and tax(in the uk anyway) and a lot less chinese, it's a no brainer between the two, especially here in the UK!

Bazza, now with a wonderfully longer name!

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

ranwhenparked — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:39:59 EDT

Its a good looking car, and Brilliance has demonstrated their ability to improve safety, but the only way for them to succeed in the west, at least at first, is to make themselves not just competitive, but the absolute cheapest of the cheap.

There's still such a stigma associated with Chinese products, especially those with Chinese brand names, that this car would have to be well under $15,000 to even have a chance of catching on. The Hyundai Tiburon starts at just under 17k, and Chevy Cobalt coupes can be had for as low as $10,000, once rebates and discounts are included.

ranwhenparked

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:39:48 EDT

@burglar: ROFL!!

More importantly, what's the result of that test?

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

Saboth — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:38:23 EDT

Reminds me of a Pontiac combined with a Tiburon. A decent looking car. I'm not the type that is concerned about safety much, but judging by the videos of the other Chinese car crash tests...they fair about as well as a 2,500 lb cardboard box rolled down a steep hill into a brick wall.

Saboth

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

burglar — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:38:09 EDT

I wonder if all that yellow paint has been tested for lead?

burglar

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

SRekauqh — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:35:10 EDT

I like the shape a lot, minus the grille, headlights, and taillights. This would be awesome if it had a V8 option crammed under the hood...and it wasn't Chinese.

SRekauqh

Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

kekekeke — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:34:56 EDT

Looking good!

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Brilliance BC3 Turbo Coupe Coming To China For $15,000

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:28:21 EDT

That's not a bad looking car at all! Somewhat 911 looking in the roofline & sill plate profile...

Now, if they can make it hold up in a crash better than a wet paper bag, and still sell it for $15K, that'll move here in the States.

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