Egyptian cars - they do exist

In general, cars found in Cairo belong to a time where televisions were as big as a couch and had convex screens, when mobile phones were still a fetus. They are so old that it is very hard to see any of them outside this land. By the way, taxis are always reminding me of the cars Jeremy Clarkson drives when he wants to tell the history of a car manifacturer.






Oddly, once in a while when I walk by the street I spot two or three new cars -actually I see a lot more new cars but these two or three are special- with no specific features. They look like ordinary cars, but they're not. Did you ever hear of the Speranza ? It's a four-door luxury saloon with three screens, one in the dashboard and two behind the fron seats' headrests. The engine ? I've been told there is a "tuned" version that develops 107 horsepower.





Obviously, this car is made in China, or that's what you'll be thinking ! The parts of this rubbish piece of plastic are made in China, but as the Chinese can't be bothered with assembling them, they ship them to Egypt, where they're glued together in the shape of a car. This Speranza is actually a Chery A6 - nothing to do with the Audi A6 - and is cheaper than a Honda Civic ! a medium-size saloon with screens in it ! and there are more chinese things which I took pictures of. I don't know their names as they were written in symbols.




That is a chinese Land Cruiser, the taillamps are narrower than the actual Toyota, and the inside looks a bit better than the taxis I previously discussed. But you'll get the feeling that it will be good in a farm, as the V4 diesel engine sounds exactly like a tractor.





And this is a chinese Smart. It looks like a toy, handles like a boat - I've seen one of these in action : the driver was making a U-turn and he had to brake and reverse because he couldn't do a half-circle in it, despite the small size of the car - and is bigger than the German Smart, it's actually the size of a Polo, it even has got back seats !So, it's a good way of showing off in the same way of showing off with a sporty watch with " Roulex : written on it, but as pointless as the others.

Next time, I'll bring bigger news: how to glue chinese parts in the shape of a BMW !