New company called Qoros has arrived. (Not in the UK just yet)

Klaus Schmidt, Executive Director of Vehicle Engineering formerly a senior manager at BMW M-Power.
Volker Steinwascher, a former head at VW USA.
Gert Hildebrand, former head of styling at MINI.

Some of the staff that they now have working for them. There new car the "3" just got 5 star at euro Ncap. Is this a company to look out for! Should check out there new motor.

1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine producing around 140bhp and 155lb ft of torque.
6 Speed Dual Clutch Trans or 6 Speed Manual.

Looking around 17k for it new.


What do people think, search the name find the car and decded if its something you could see passing the Kia's, Hyundai's, Skoda's?

Anyone that buys a car because of its N-cap rating is a fag

It looks very much like a Kia... but that's not a bad thing.. some of them are rather good looking.. :)

Powertrain should be okay as it's designed by AVL, like the engines they did for Qoros' parent company Chery. Hopefully their quality has come a long way in the 6 or 7 years since I worked on a Chery product - if it hasn't there's no way people will stump up £17k for one. On the other hand, the Koreans have done very well - and if it's not great, then they'll be ex-demo car bargains to be had - just look at MG6 prices!