Zeekr X is definitly more premium to Volvo EX30, I drove the X in the netherlands and price wise the X is amazing! You got more features like 22 kWh AC charging speed etc.... it feels very premium and has one pedal driving close to Tesla! size wise it's a Volvo XC40
Yeah, told you it was sweet 😋 When talking Geely hierarchy. If we compare with VAG then Lotus are Porsche, Polestar and Zeekr are Audi.. Volvo will be Volkswagon. Lync & Co are Skoda... Anyways. Huge fan of the Zeekr X. Tested it yesterday. It's a good one.
I totally disagree that Volvo is Volkswagen. Volvo's EM90 is more than Zeekr's 009 in China. Considerably more yet they are very similar looking cars that share a lot of components. Volvo's EX90 will cost as much as the Polestar 3. Volvo is a different style and the EX30 is smaller than the Zeekr X which is closer in size to the XC40. The whole point of the EX30 is an entry level "affordable" Volvo but with Volvo's more understated "Scandinavian" style. They weren't going for XC40 materials but even the XC40 doesn't have the level of lux material in it that the Zeeekr does. Volvo is going for sustainability, not plush materials. Volvo isn't Audi and Polestar isn't Audi. Volvo and Polestar are Euro premium and Zeekr is more Euro/Chinese premium but a lot of its styling is meant to appeal to the Chinese market, IMO. But they're moving away in that the Zeekr007 seems more understated and "global." I think Zeekr overlaps with Volvo and Polestar. The Polestar 4 is a lot different inside than the Zeekr001 yet the framework is clearly the same. The 4 seems simpler and less plush but still has a lux factor because it's more expensive. The Volvo EX30 almost looks like what Polestar would make, inside at least, if they made a less expensive car.
Once the Chinese brands localize production in North America and the DCFC infrastructure matures, we'll see a flood of these cars in the USA and Canada. Detroit is right to be worried.
It's a Zeekr. I'm glad it's not like the EX30. I don't like how similar the EM90 is to the Zeekr009 or the Polestar 4 is to the Zeekr001. Or frankly how much the Eletre is to the Zeekr001. Make your own distinctive products and people will buy from the brands they like.
Volvo should be embarrassed. Zeekr gets an instrument cluster directly in front of the driver and a HUD. It doesn’t use the nasty recycled materials. The EX30 has been cost cut to death. The said the EX30 is better looking, in a perfect work the outside of the EX30 mated to try Zeekr interior would be perfect.
The interior is what I love best about the EX30. Sorry. I think the Scandinavian design of the EX30 is far more interesting than this more conventional looking car. Nothing against this car, but the EX30 is more forward looking IMO.
@@benjaminsmith2287 as person living in Norway what specifically makes this a Scandinavia design? It’s a cheap design, stripped of all content. As former Volvo owner I don’t see a lot of Volvo in this interior.
@@MasterChief37 It's a very Volvo interior. The materials, the colors, the fabrics. Look at the XC40. The vertical vents are a modernization of the ones on the XC40. The door cards are very similar to the XC40 or C40 but modernized. The door handle, very Volvo in its clean and classy presentation. The flax material used is sustainable and in line with Volvo's emphasis on making their cars recyclable. Same thing for denim and the plastics used. If you don't like recycled materials Volvo isn't your brand. Then, for lack of a better word, blockiness and depth to the panels is straight out Volvo. Volvos were called "austere" in some publications in the 1990s and you know what car was called that? The 960 before Volvo added some wood on the dash and doors to dress it up. This is an entry-level Volvo but it has slick design, such as the sound bar, console/cupholder design, and the various storage areas inside the car.
that doesn't seem like a cheap interior at all. in fact the ex30 looks cheap if in comparison to this interior. good to know y realized it is nice quality interior
I think the Wheel arches would look a lot better if they would just kept White. of the styling I’ll leave it to The the boys to discuss the final points of lettering. The question is does it go?
DC fast charging 150kw 0-100 5.6 sec single engine 0-100 3.8 sec and Range 425 km awd 445 rwd Height 1566 mm soul 1605 Length 4432 mm soul 4195 Wheelbase 2750 soul 2600 Width 2025 mm incl mirrors soul 1800 without mirrors I have a soul...but this Zeekr X is wauw
Thank you for all this info. I too have a 2020 Kia Soul GT Line and this ZEEKR fits the bill to replace it. I like it better than its cousin, the Volvo EX30@@ferrysonder7051
Theres also the geely brand, i think Volvo and zeekr Are luxury while polestar is the more sporty with lotus and geely is like Volkswagen and smart is problaly like Skoda
@@danielstefanovic2604 So that would make it a Mercedes-Geely or Geely-Mercedes brand. But not just Geely. Mercedes is still a big part of the Smart brand. But they're really Geely Holding or Geely Group brands. Volvo and Polestar are still Volvo and Polestar in terms of content with some shared aspects with other brands in the Geely Group (particularly Zeekr). But there is still a lot that's unique to Polestar and Volvo.
No they are not. The EM90 costs more than the Zeekr009. They're basically the same vehicle but Volvo will tune it differently and make tweaks to it. The Zeekr X's size is more comparable to the XC40, not the EX30 which is smaller and supposed to feel like a bit less expensive XC40, but modernized. That's the real comparison. The Zeekr is more a forced one since they are built on the same platform and share the parent company. But they're not the same type of brand.
I believe Zeekr is higher in the hierarchy than Volvo, slightly more premium features. Personally i wished they had pushed Volvo higher, based on the number of Volvos my dad had back in the day 😀 Volvo has more of a brand name in the West
Chinese made cars are going to be blocked from being sold in Europe and European made cars are being incentivised. This is a very positive move for European manufacturing and national economies.
@@ferrysonder7051 you don’t know what you’re talking about! it is already being discussed at EU parliament level! buy a chinese car and you will fund china’s one state policy. that is the issue.
@@LysanderLH ahhh so they are not going to be blocked, but they are talking about Chinese cars....that is totally different. Oh and the EU parliament is looking if China is selling subsidized cars under cost price...that was september 2023
@@LysanderLH what has this got to do with what you wrote "Chinese made cars are going to be blocked from being sold in Europe "? Oh and did you read what the French government did? A big financial help for people with less than average income. They could lease a in France build EV for as little as €100-€150 a month depending on car Maximum price 47.000 with Peugeot Renault but also tesla model Y! 150 a month for 3 years and an option for another 3 years. They had to stop it temporarily cuz the 25.000 cars were immediately gone and they are trying to get more produced. 150 a month private lease for a model Y and you think somebody will complain about china's subsidizing car manufacturers?
I think the comparisons of this car to the EX30 need to stop. Yes, these cars are made on the same platform but this car is bigger and more a competitor to the older EX40 in terms of interior quality and space. And Volvo is not trying to make a mini-luxury car like Zeekr is. Volvo is focused on sustainability and materials that have a low carbon footprint and are from recycled sources, not are the plushest materials they could put on their car. It's just not trying to accomplish the same thing. Even the XC40 doesn't do an interior like this one. Volvo's idea of upscale is just different than Zeekr. And while they may share a few things, Volvo and Polestar share material and sustainability goals and actual materials. I don't think the Zeekr is using "Nordico" but I'm not sure. I think Nordico is something Volvo commissions and uses and may only be shared with Polestar. The relationship between Volvo and Polestar is much closer than Volvo/Polestar with Zeekr. They may be all owned by Geely but that doesn't mean each brand is as close in terms of developing and sharing as another Geely Group brand is. Polestar was part of Volvo and still is in many ways. Zeekr really isn't part of Volvo. In terms of positioning, Zeekr is premium but more geared toward the Chinese market. I know the Volvo version of the Zeekr009 is more expensive in China. The Polestar 4 is more expensive than the Zeekr001. So, Volvo and Polestar are premium to luxury but more of a Euro style where Zeekr is inbetween a Chinese and Euro style but designed expertly in Sweden. So it seems to have more obvious lux than any Volvo. But it doesn't mean that because the Volvo is more Euro understated it is the lesser car. And, again, the EX30 is Volvo's entry level car where the bigger Zeekr X is Zeekr's premium small car. I love the Volvo because of its clean style and appreciate the Zeekr. But the Volvo is more my style, personally. Still, I'd just rather have the Zeekr stand on its own as a car without the constant comparisons to the Smart or Volvo because they share a platform. In time, a lot of cars will share platforms but look and drive quite differently.
Happy to hear there's no "Cot custing". Thanks for the video Kris :)
Zeekr X is definitly more premium to Volvo EX30, I drove the X in the netherlands and price wise the X is amazing! You got more features like 22 kWh AC charging speed etc.... it feels very premium and has one pedal driving close to Tesla! size wise it's a Volvo XC40
EX30 has also 22kWh AC charging in certain trims
EX30 has also 22kWh AC charging in certain trims
Have you seen the #1/#3 personally? If yes, how would you rate the Zeekr X compared to the Smart siblings?
Yeah, told you it was sweet 😋
When talking Geely hierarchy. If we compare with VAG then Lotus are Porsche, Polestar and Zeekr are Audi.. Volvo will be Volkswagon. Lync & Co are Skoda...
Anyways. Huge fan of the Zeekr X. Tested it yesterday. It's a good one.
I totally disagree that Volvo is Volkswagen. Volvo's EM90 is more than Zeekr's 009 in China. Considerably more yet they are very similar looking cars that share a lot of components. Volvo's EX90 will cost as much as the Polestar 3. Volvo is a different style and the EX30 is smaller than the Zeekr X which is closer in size to the XC40. The whole point of the EX30 is an entry level "affordable" Volvo but with Volvo's more understated "Scandinavian" style. They weren't going for XC40 materials but even the XC40 doesn't have the level of lux material in it that the Zeeekr does. Volvo is going for sustainability, not plush materials. Volvo isn't Audi and Polestar isn't Audi. Volvo and Polestar are Euro premium and Zeekr is more Euro/Chinese premium but a lot of its styling is meant to appeal to the Chinese market, IMO. But they're moving away in that the Zeekr007 seems more understated and "global." I think Zeekr overlaps with Volvo and Polestar. The Polestar 4 is a lot different inside than the Zeekr001 yet the framework is clearly the same. The 4 seems simpler and less plush but still has a lux factor because it's more expensive. The Volvo EX30 almost looks like what Polestar would make, inside at least, if they made a less expensive car.
Impressive. It's less like an EX30 more like a mini Eletre. Wish they were coming to the US.
Once the Chinese brands localize production in North America and the DCFC infrastructure matures, we'll see a flood of these cars in the USA and Canada. Detroit is right to be worried.
Tesla is enough to kill Detroit...tesla will be worried about those Chinese EVs c9ming into US ...
It's a Zeekr. I'm glad it's not like the EX30. I don't like how similar the EM90 is to the Zeekr009 or the Polestar 4 is to the Zeekr001. Or frankly how much the Eletre is to the Zeekr001. Make your own distinctive products and people will buy from the brands they like.
Volvo should be embarrassed. Zeekr gets an instrument cluster directly in front of the driver and a HUD. It doesn’t use the nasty recycled materials. The EX30 has been cost cut to death.
The said the EX30 is better looking, in a perfect work the outside of the EX30 mated to try Zeekr interior would be perfect.
Agree! and the space in the back seat is much bigger! In the volvo pretty useless.
The interior is what I love best about the EX30. Sorry. I think the Scandinavian design of the EX30 is far more interesting than this more conventional looking car. Nothing against this car, but the EX30 is more forward looking IMO.
@@benjaminsmith2287 as person living in Norway what specifically makes this a Scandinavia design? It’s a cheap design, stripped of all content. As former Volvo owner I don’t see a lot of Volvo in this interior.
@@MasterChief37 It's a very Volvo interior. The materials, the colors, the fabrics. Look at the XC40. The vertical vents are a modernization of the ones on the XC40. The door cards are very similar to the XC40 or C40 but modernized. The door handle, very Volvo in its clean and classy presentation. The flax material used is sustainable and in line with Volvo's emphasis on making their cars recyclable. Same thing for denim and the plastics used. If you don't like recycled materials Volvo isn't your brand. Then, for lack of a better word, blockiness and depth to the panels is straight out Volvo. Volvos were called "austere" in some publications in the 1990s and you know what car was called that? The 960 before Volvo added some wood on the dash and doors to dress it up. This is an entry-level Volvo but it has slick design, such as the sound bar, console/cupholder design, and the various storage areas inside the car.
i am a seeker of the Zeekr
Cooler than cool, so chill.
Look at the all of the dash reflections in the front windshield...
The instrument cluster (iPad) is much better because it is placed horizontally instead of vertically like on its cousin the Volvo EX30.
that doesn't seem like a cheap interior at all. in fact the ex30 looks cheap if in comparison to this interior. good to know y realized it is nice quality interior
I think the Wheel arches would look a lot better if they would just kept White. of the styling I’ll leave it to The the boys to discuss the final points of lettering. The question is does it go?
Dam the swiss team can design beautiful cars
What is the price point as compared to the Volvo EX30?
It's getting crowded in the Geely basket.
And for choice it's bigger than, like VAG now.
Has Zeekr announced pricing for the X yet?
Is this the white or the baige color??
Dimensions, specs such as length, width, height? A size comparison would have been nice. Is it bigger or smaller than (let's say) the Kia Soul?
All of that is in the video. I've also made comparo video vs the EX30. You'll find it on the channel
DC fast charging 150kw
0-100 5.6 sec single engine
0-100 3.8 sec and
Range 425 km awd
445 rwd
Height 1566 mm soul 1605
Length 4432 mm soul 4195
Wheelbase 2750 soul 2600
Width 2025 mm incl mirrors soul 1800 without mirrors
I have a soul...but this Zeekr X is wauw
Thank you for all this info. I too have a 2020 Kia Soul GT Line and this ZEEKR fits the bill to replace it. I like it better than its cousin, the Volvo EX30@@ferrysonder7051
Is this the white or the baige color??
Theres also the geely brand, i think Volvo and zeekr Are luxury while polestar is the more sporty with lotus and geely is like Volkswagen and smart is problaly like Skoda
Maybe. But Smart is Mercedes. Geely provides the underpinning but design and tuning is Mercedes. So, not quite Skoda in all ways.
@@benjaminsmith2287 nah its 50-50 owned so they share it
Mercedes-Benz AG (50%)
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (50%)
@@danielstefanovic2604 So that would make it a Mercedes-Geely or Geely-Mercedes brand. But not just Geely. Mercedes is still a big part of the Smart brand. But they're really Geely Holding or Geely Group brands. Volvo and Polestar are still Volvo and Polestar in terms of content with some shared aspects with other brands in the Geely Group (particularly Zeekr). But there is still a lot that's unique to Polestar and Volvo.
Zeekr is more premium than Volvo, especially if you are comparing this model to the EX30.
No they are not. The EM90 costs more than the Zeekr009. They're basically the same vehicle but Volvo will tune it differently and make tweaks to it. The Zeekr X's size is more comparable to the XC40, not the EX30 which is smaller and supposed to feel like a bit less expensive XC40, but modernized. That's the real comparison. The Zeekr is more a forced one since they are built on the same platform and share the parent company. But they're not the same type of brand.
Car wheels are Union Jack with 5 spokes 😹
Why does it have a HUD but the Volvo not? 🤨
I believe Zeekr is higher in the hierarchy than Volvo, slightly more premium features. Personally i wished they had pushed Volvo higher, based on the number of Volvos my dad had back in the day 😀 Volvo has more of a brand name in the West
Chinese made cars are going to be blocked from being sold in Europe and European made cars are being incentivised. This is a very positive move for European manufacturing and national economies.
No they will not...what a nonsense.
Look how many polestar and volvo you see
@@ferrysonder7051 you don’t know what you’re talking about! it is already being discussed at EU parliament level! buy a chinese car and you will fund china’s one state policy. that is the issue.
@@LysanderLH ahhh so they are not going to be blocked, but they are talking about Chinese cars....that is totally different.
Oh and the EU parliament is looking if China is selling subsidized cars under cost price...that was september 2023
@@ferrysonder7051 China has a ‘one state policy’. You don’t yet know what that is. Look it up.
@@LysanderLH what has this got to do with what you wrote "Chinese made cars are going to be blocked from being sold in Europe "?
Oh and did you read what the French government did?
A big financial help for people with less than average income.
They could lease a in France build EV for as little as €100-€150 a month depending on car
Maximum price 47.000 with Peugeot Renault but also tesla model Y!
150 a month for 3 years and an option for another 3 years.
They had to stop it temporarily cuz the 25.000 cars were immediately gone and they are trying to get more produced.
150 a month private lease for a model Y and you think somebody will complain about china's subsidizing car manufacturers?
I think the comparisons of this car to the EX30 need to stop. Yes, these cars are made on the same platform but this car is bigger and more a competitor to the older EX40 in terms of interior quality and space. And Volvo is not trying to make a mini-luxury car like Zeekr is. Volvo is focused on sustainability and materials that have a low carbon footprint and are from recycled sources, not are the plushest materials they could put on their car. It's just not trying to accomplish the same thing. Even the XC40 doesn't do an interior like this one. Volvo's idea of upscale is just different than Zeekr. And while they may share a few things, Volvo and Polestar share material and sustainability goals and actual materials. I don't think the Zeekr is using "Nordico" but I'm not sure. I think Nordico is something Volvo commissions and uses and may only be shared with Polestar. The relationship between Volvo and Polestar is much closer than Volvo/Polestar with Zeekr. They may be all owned by Geely but that doesn't mean each brand is as close in terms of developing and sharing as another Geely Group brand is. Polestar was part of Volvo and still is in many ways. Zeekr really isn't part of Volvo.
In terms of positioning, Zeekr is premium but more geared toward the Chinese market. I know the Volvo version of the Zeekr009 is more expensive in China. The Polestar 4 is more expensive than the Zeekr001. So, Volvo and Polestar are premium to luxury but more of a Euro style where Zeekr is inbetween a Chinese and Euro style but designed expertly in Sweden. So it seems to have more obvious lux than any Volvo. But it doesn't mean that because the Volvo is more Euro understated it is the lesser car. And, again, the EX30 is Volvo's entry level car where the bigger Zeekr X is Zeekr's premium small car. I love the Volvo because of its clean style and appreciate the Zeekr. But the Volvo is more my style, personally. Still, I'd just rather have the Zeekr stand on its own as a car without the constant comparisons to the Smart or Volvo because they share a platform. In time, a lot of cars will share platforms but look and drive quite differently.
I just hate the frameless windows / doors.
Yeah also Find it wierd that it looks like it doesnt have double glased Windows for more noise dampening.
Same. Frameless windows come across as being less sturdy to me.
Expensive cars normally have frameless doors
I personally think it’s really ugly. Way over styled and just - well - kinda ugly.