Geely does not build many cars like the Geely LC: a 5-door hatchback with 1.0 L JL3G10A I3, built from 2008 to 2016 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
How it came about
The Geely LC, sold in its home market as the Geely Panda or the Gleagle Panda, is a city car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Geely Auto from November 2008 to 2016. In 2010 the LC scored 45.3 in C-NCAP crash tests, making it China's first locally researched and developed compact car to be awarded a 5-star rating, and it is subsequently the safest Chinese hatchback as of 2011.
The LC was able to achieve the above despite a development process that relied more on computer simulations than actual crash tests. In 2017, the Panda was replaced by a facelifted version of the car known as the Geely Yuanjing X1.
The hardware
Under the skin sits 1.0 L JL3G10A I3; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 937 -. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 4-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2340 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Geely's history is not in doubt: the Geely Yuanjing X1 (Geely Panda), Geely Panda Mini EV followed it; it was built at Ningbo, Zhejiang. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan 370Z, the Tesla Roadster, the Volkswagen Tiguan. Its Geely stablemates include the Geely GE and the Geely Yuanjing X6.