Launch offer on the Emzoom Premium with driveaway pricing. Cheapest brand new small SUV available.
Competes with the MG ZS Vibe discounted at the same price but has much better power (125kW) compared to the extremely weak 81kW from the MG while having similar advertised fuel economy.
7 year unlimited kilometre warranty.
Your Mazda when new cost between 42k to 72k AUD. So not a great comparisson for 23k driveway car.
Yes, you get what you pay for.
@ichatting: Not here we don't.
We routinely get MUCH more than people usually pay for.
It's pretty much the whole point of OzBargain
@King Tightarse: Nobody understood my response, cx-8 is a huge car, 7-seater, 2.5l engine and yet uses less petrol city driving. Despite, I sent the link to my mate and he'll probably end up buying it lol
@ichatting: Yeah I got it. Quite a lot of these small SUVs are using 1.5 litre motors that just don't have the torque to haul their bodies around and the result is surprisingly bad fuel economy for a modern vehicle. Haval is the same as are quite of few of the others.
woosh
i think you mean, ZOOM!
Not even close, my RX-7 does better
13.0L/100km
my LPG commodore costs 89c per litre
Embrapbrapbrap
Only 13? You aren't pushing the accelerator pedal hard enough.
During the naming meeting:
CEO: "what have you decided on the name?"
Unprepared Employee: "Umm…zoom?"
CEO: "Emzoom? Done"
In the Jaecoo meeting someone drew a dick n balls and someone saw it from the side and went.. J8 it is…
J8 actually means dick in Chinese, coincidence? lol
J8 == ji 8 == ji ba == dick
Same meeting they decided to name the company Trumpchi :)
I thought you were joking lol. No wonder they're banned in the US. National security is just some BS to fool the fools out there. The real reason is the naming!
The unprepared employee used to work at Mazda…
LMAO!
Yeah, I'm sure the Chinese marketing team are having discussions in English.
During the naming meeting of former Nissan brand Datsun
CEO: We need to decide on a company name as we are releasing our first car in 1 month !!!
Engineer: In 1 month ?? That Soon ????
CEO: That's a good name. Let's use that….
The extra 4k for the luxury is probs worth it
Power tailgate is so good. Hands full of crap loading or unloading the car, much easier to hit a button than close a tailgate manually. Almost a must have for me as silly as it sounds, even on sedans.
Also stops hand prints all over the back of your car.
Yeah power tailgate is excellent. Especially with a baby.
@justfrog: nah strap the baby on the back of the boot. Open the tailgate whilst I'm driving. He loves it.
In all seriousness though, what part of my comments makes you think I don't?
One of those things I thought was pointless until I had it. Another is a heated steering wheel.
I don't need something to close a bloody door for me.
The moment my wife found out our newly bought CX5 didn't have one, she immediately gets the installer to put in an aftermarket one. Cost us about $500. Totally worth it.
didn't know that was a thing. Sick
In most cases you can retrofit a powered tailgate for ~$1000
i remember read a news some times ago that CN gov baned the Electric Hidden Door Handles due to some big accidents of EV,
eg SU7 hit highway rail and caught fire doors could not be unlocked, preventing escape killing 3 young people
Yes. All banned next year.
All good bro.. this is an ICE vehicle so electric door handles don't matter since ICE never catches on fire. /s
I was looking at the electric people mover, who wouldn’t want a Gack mate?
Safety Warning
This car doesn't have basic safety features that you would expect in a modern car.
It has NO seatbelt pre-tensioners. This is basic safety equipment that even a 1991 Toyota Corolla has fitted.
Actual death trap. If you wouldn't buy a car that didnt have ABS brakes or Airbags then dont buy this.
It also has no ANCAP rating. Without fundamental basic safety systems it would be fair to assume a 0 star safety rating.
Zoom first, think later
Zoom zoom through your windscreen.
Agree. Buy now, think later.
The luxury model has it FYI
Is basic safety a luxury?
I didn't think I could put a price on my family's safety, yet here we are…
Maybe it is in China 🤷
i hate to sound like a boomer but why are they allowed to be sold in Australia? what happened to our safety standards?
All vehicles have to be crash tested to be sold in Australia, compliance with ADR crash tests is mandatory while ANCAP is an optional program. For example, not a single Porsche model has an ANCAP rating (because none have been tested by ANCAP) despite how common it is to see one in Australia.
Seatbelt pretensioners are not mandatory equipment, the Toyota RAV4 for example does not have seatbelt pretensioners on the 2nd row seating despite the likelihood of a SUV having more than 2 occupants.
To clarify, seatbelt pretensioners are not responsible for locking the seatbelt when you pull it too fast, that is a different mechanism. A seatbelt pretensioner is a small explosive that pulls the seatbelt tight against your body when the airbags deploy.
The original commenter is also fear mongering, ASEAN NCAP (Mayalsia) who tests cars to the exact same standards that ANCAP uses gave this car a 5 star rating with 88.39 points out of a possible 100.
Crash test video > https://youtu.be/Pa7qPRV52K4
Crash test web page (including .pdf report) > https://www.aseancap.org/x/result.php?slug=gac-emzoom
Also the higher trim version has pretensioners for both front and rear seats.
@Brick Tamland: Seatbelt pretensioners can also injure vulnerable passengers, it can cause significant bruising to the chest/abdomen area. The medical term for this is a seatbelt hematoma (google at your own risk) and it is very detrimental to a pregnant woman as well.
You can buy the higher trim model with seatbelt pretensioners on this car if its concerning to you. As I have stated beforehand, lots of seatbelts dont have pretensioners including 2nd and 3rd rows of many Toyota models.
Many manufacturers are also moving away from seatbelt pretensioners as a primary way of tightening the seatbelt against your body. My Volkswagen & Volvo have electric motors that more gradually tighten the belt against your body when the car predicts a crash, with the seatbelt pretensioner used only as a last resort.
@brosk1s: I thought gradually tighten the belt is the pretensioner. My 2009 corolla and 2020 volvo doesn't have seatbelt pre-tensioners. only my bwm x5 has that
@wqt0806: The standard (pyrotechnic) seatbelt pretensioner is very rapid, it deploys in milliseconds. The Slow Mo Guys have a good video on it - footage of it deploying is around the 2 minute mark. https://youtu.be/6phdJWRi_vw
I'm not sure which 2020 model Volvo you have, but I would have thought that all models they sell would have seatbelt pretensioners. Its not mentioned on the spec sheet but it is mentioned in the support page (and you can find it in the parts catalogue) - like here for the V60 Cross Country where it mentions that all seatbelts have a standard pretensioner, in addition to a gradual electric pretensioner for the front row.
@brosk1s: My concern is that people will buy the cheapest new car they can afford on the assumption that they all have the usual safety devices that are common place.
I dont know the details but I am assuming the primary purpose of a pretensioner is to mitigate the damage done to the passenenger from the airbag deploying and I would imagine its injuries causes would have to be less than the injuries its trying to prevent. And I would also have to assume the Toyota's not having them in 2nd and 4rd rows is because they dont have front facing airbags….
@Brick Tamland: I think the industry is moving in the correct direction honestly for cheap cars.
Automakers did treat buyers of cheap cars as second class citizens, the current Kia Picanto was never publicly crash tested (last rated 3 stars 9 years ago by Euro NCAP, and 0 stars by Global NCAP 6 yrs ago) and the current Suzuki Swift only received 3 stars as well.
Now there’s a lot more cheap Chinese cars that are 5 star rated, like the Cherry Tiggo 4 and BYD Atto 1. It’s debatable if this GAC would recieve 5 stars if it were tested by ANCAP because they are a lot more strict about AEB performance and other active safety assists.
Either way, I think the target demographic of these cars are people who are currently driving like a 2006 car with 2 airbags and a safety cell that collapses like a tin can relative to more modern cars. Even without seatbelt pretensioners I think this would be a lot safer than a regular 2006 car.
People driving old cars (as in ~20yrs old, not classic cars) are over-represented in serious and fatal accidents, sure there are safer alternatives for not much more, but between this and their old car or a new Picanto, I’d rather recommend this.
@brosk1s: I don’t disagree. Those are some really good and persuasive points. I’d argue that GAC has gone too hard to claim cheapest SUV by sacrificing important safety tech. This would still be a very cheap car if it cost $2k more and had pretensioners.
Toyota RAV4 for example does not have seatbelt pretensioners on the 2nd row seating despite the likelihood of a SUV having more than 2 occupants.
This is not true. Only the middle rear seat of the RAV4 doesn't have a seatbelt pretensioner. The left and right rear seats both have seatbelt pretensioners.
are you sure? My 2009 corolla and 2020 volvo doesn't have seatbelt pre-tensioners. only my bwm x5 has that.
"In the 1990s, Toyota refined the seat belt, which has proved to be one of the most effective pieces of safety equipment. Pretensioners were introduced in 1991, and force limiters followed in 1997"
https://pressroom.toyota.com/the-evolution-of-safety-at-toyo…
It doesn't mention 1991 Toyota Corolla has fitted. Pretensioner is always a premium optional
Massive exaggeration here. You're right about the missing seatbelt pretensioners on this base Premium trim (it only has force-limiters). But calling it a "death trap" with "no ABS or airbags" is completely false. It has 6 airbags, ABS, stability control, and a full active safety tech suite including Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) and Lane-Keep Assist. It doesn't have a local ANCAP rating yet, but assuming an automatic 0-star rating is misleading given the car scored a 5-star safety rating in the ASEAN NCAP. It's a cheap budget commuter, not a deathtrap.
If you wouldn't buy a car that didnt have ABS brakes or Airbags then dont buy this
You heavily implied if not outright said it doesnt have ABS or airbags.
@brifog: I am comparing the importance of having pretensioner seatbelts being as important as those other basic modern safety devices.
I haven't said it doesnt have ABS or Airbags, dont try and twist my words.
A Toyota landcruiser gets a zero ANCAP safety rating fwiw
My point is that the ANCAP ratings really don't mean shit in 2026
@Drakesy: ANCAP is more a scam organisation these days collecting fees. I wouldn't be surprised if more manufacturers side stepped them. Just look to overseas ratings like NCAP, ANCAP just copy their homework anyway.
@Drakesy: ANCAP rating is the only thing obligating makers to put in basic safety features like pretensioners. Id say it matters when there is no legislation to require it.
@Brick Tamland: In what sense is it obligating them?
I mean you'll still get insurance on a car like this
@Drakesy: They won’t get a 5 star safety rating without pretensioners. Some people won’t buy unrated cars.
@Drakesy: I mean, they definitely do.
A 5 star ANCAP means a lot.
A car not having an ANCAP means a bit less
The new 2026 RAV4 doesn't even have an ANCAP rating.
It doesn't have one yet. It will get one things take time.
classic scare tactic without all the facts
So it does have pretensioner seatbelts?
The fact you’re referring to a 1991 Corolla tells me everything I need to know, you’re full of sh’t. Needs to be negged for fake fearmongering.
It's just a comparison of what is a basic safety feature of cars decades gone by that even new cars dont include. It seems to be the Toyota reference thats getting people panties in a twist.
There's a difference between a pre-tensioner and a force limiter.
Force limiters are in every single car - and will save you in an accident
Pre-tensioners are an additional safety feature to a force limiter
It's the other way around. The pre-tensioner locks you into the seat on impact and reduces the impact into the airbag, after this is deployed the force limiter manages the slack of the pretensioner. Given the importance of seat belts in an accident and how it syncs up with the airbag I wouldn't be compromising on this feature. Even a smaller accident where the airbag deploys you could cop serious injuries from the airbag without pretensioners which is amplified if you are a smaller human.
negatory
@Drakesy: Is it? Googling shows me
Pretensioners tighten a seatbelt on impact to keep it close to an occupant’s body, while force limiters, as the name suggests, reduce the force of the seatbelt above a certain threshold
Check your facts. I am pretty sure 1991 Toyotas do not have seatbelt pre-tensioners. And I am fairly certain the 2001 and 2011 Toyotas do not have it as well. 2021 maybe, maybe not.
This genuinely surprises me, I guess I assumed that all cars sold in Australia must have an ANCAP rating so consumers have an assurance on its safety
Incorrect information. Do you research. It does have ABS.
Lol, they didn't say it doesn't have ABS?
I mean you're welcome to pay 2.5x the price for a euro that'll drive the exact same and break down an equivalent amount.
If it was a Mazda, it would be an Emzoomzoom