The Geely PU is a 2-door van/pickup from Geely, built from 2001 to 2007, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 1.0 .
Where it came from
The Geely PU was a subcompact vehicle produced by Chinese manufacturer Geely Automobile from 2001 to 2007. The vehicle was nicknamed as 'Urban Nanny' or 'Rural Nanny'.
It was introduced in 2001, available as a two-door coupe utility called the JL1010N sold from 2001 to 2005 then as the JL1010E1 from 2005 to 2007 as well as the two-door van known as the JL5010X from 2001 to 2004. The PU is based on the Daihatsu Charade platform, which Geely licensed from Xiali. Its basic underpinnings are shared with the HQ/Haoqing and Merrie/Uliou.
Under the skin
Power comes from 1.0 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2072 lb. It shifts through a 5 speed manual. The wheelbase is 2370 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Honda Fit, the Honda Accord, the Citroën C3 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Geely catalogue sit the Geely GE and the Geely Yuanjing X6.