Australian bought a really cheap Chinese vehicle and it's been giving him nothing but problems
- This guy bought a cheap truck from China
- It was fine for a while, but a minor collision ruined everything
- For a very specific reason, he just can’t fix it
Published on May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on May 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
A YouTuber in Australia bought a really cheap Chinese vehicle called JAC T9, and the whole experience turned into a nightmare.
Everything was sort of okay at first, but then something happened.
It was a minor crash, but even so, it did a lot of damage.
And, for a very specific reason: he just can’t fix it.
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A YouTuber in Australia who goes by CarSauce bought a JAC T9, a cheap pick-up truck from China.
Or a ‘ute’, as these vehicles are called in Australia.
The vehicle worked just fine for a spell, but everything went wrong after a minor rear-end collision caused by another driver.
The accident seemed small and minor at the time, but it ended up causing a bunch of problems.
For starters, it somehow bent the rear subframe and may have indirectly caused an annoying steering rack noise.
It’s difficult to tell whether the noisy rack is actually connected to the accident, but it wasn’t there before, so maybe that’s proof enough.
So problem N°1, the accident, caused problem N°2, the bent subframe, which revealed problem N°3, the fact that you can’t easily get parts for a Chinese vehicle outside of China.
Matt, the YouTuber behind this channel, had to visit three different shops before finding a solution.
And even then, it was a stopgap solution because the JAC T9 truck kept giving him trouble with new issues.
Matt was unlucky, but there are a lot of people who are quite happy with their cheap Chinese vehicle.
A while back, we got a scaled-down version of the Range Rover that looks roughly similar to the real one, and it drives.
The bumper, lights, and grille look like they could have driven out of the Range Rover factory – albeit made for a far lower price – so much so that the pair questioned how the side panel detailing could actually be legal.
It couldn’t be a real Range Rover in a drag race (duh), but it’s not bad for $4,000.
Then there’s the guy who regularly buys cheap vehicles from Alibaba, including a cheap truck.
His only complaint is that the truck isn’t street-legal, but luckily for him, his property is so large he doesn’t need to take it on the road.
In fact, the property is so large that it even has a pond that he used to test another cheap vehicle he bought from China, an electric boat, that he bought for just $1,000 and modified to make it better.
Alessandro is an automotive journalist with 10 years of experience covering supercars, automotive history, emerging vehicle technology, and luxury transportation. He wrote the first article published on SupercarBlondie.com when the website launched in 2022 and has since built a reputation for insightful reporting across the automotive and transportation industries. His expertise is grounded in hands-on experience. Alessandro has driven every Tesla model ever produced, from the original Roadster to the Cybertruck, and regularly covers the latest developments in electric vehicles and automotive innovation. His passion for transportation extends beyond cars, he has even flown a Boeing 787 Dreamliner simulator in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His reporting spans everything from classic American muscle cars and rare automotive discoveries to luxury yachts, private aircraft, high-end watches, and cutting-edge vehicle technology. Known for his deep knowledge of automotive history and ability to uncover the stories behind iconic vehicles, Alessandro brings readers a blend of historical context, technical expertise, and first-hand experience.
