Man who spent $31K on electric sports car from China received something else instead
- This man bought a Chinese electric sports car
- He paid $31,000 for it on Alibaba
- What he received didn’t even resemble a sports car
Published on Oct 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM (UTC+4)
by Siddharth Dudeja
Last updated on Oct 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
At this point, you must have heard about people getting scammed by not receiving what they paid for, but this instance of someone buying a $31,000 electric sports car from China is peculiar.
That’s right — this person spent thirty thousand dollars to get a sports car from Alibaba and have it shipped to his home in the United States.
However, he didn’t get what he ordered, and it was an awkward situation.
Buckle up because as disappointing as this story is, it doesn’t have a bad ending — well, sort of.
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An obscure sportscar from China
The pain of emptying your wallet full of hard-earned money can only be healed by something worthy in return.
However, we doubt this was anything remotely close to that and was far from it.
Meet YouTuber The Inja — who liked a Chinese electric sports car that ‘looked like’ a Qiantu K50.
He bought it because – well – what was the worst that could happen?
Now, the Qiantu K50 is essentially an actual EV that’s designed in China and is due to be assembled in the United States.
That means it isn’t exactly available to the masses just yet, so having its listing on Alibaba was the first indicator of a scam in this case.
Further, the listing never mentioned the real car’s name, either — its logos and names were edited out.
So, what did the YouTuber get after paying $31,000 for a Chinese sports car?
Not exactly a fast car…or even an ordinary car
His sought-after shipment contained what looked like a makeshift car that someone had made in their home garage.
It seemed oddly similar to a Japanese Kei car, but the vibe was more like that of a mini city car.
We have seen our fair share of tiny cars like the Peel P50 or the Microlino City Car.
But those weren’t scammy toy cars wearing an electric sports car disguise.
To make things worse, this pink-white frankenvehicle was extremely slow and barely road-legal.
Plus, it came with a fake Lexus logo on its steering wheel.
All things considered, the YouTuber certainly knew what he was getting into, and this entire case serves as a warning to us all not to spend thousands on cars from uncertain websites.
The YouTuber also eventually got a partial refund, but that took several heated conversations between him and the seller.
