2021 Geely Okavango Review - Behind the Wheel

back in 2019 judy dropped a bombshell of a car in the form of this guy the gidi coulrey now we were quite impressed with it and gave it a great review back then and even today it's still quite impressive because it's mind-boggling how gd was able to keep the price of this guy so darn low but here's a quip with the ever-present concept of sulit and an enduring amount of quality with a name that you soon won't forget this is jilly's mpv the 2021 okavango urban [Music] [Applause] [Music] now genie calls this guy wonderfully distinct and i do believe that they're on to something because they must have hit the conga drum on the head with this guy because well to be honest with you the front clip is actually quite good looking while boxier than the cool ray or ascara it still has an all led affair up front which gets really bright along with fog lamps and led turn signals and drls up here now trust me dude if you are in an african safari or better yet just any dark street inside the metro which happens quite often you'll be glad that the okavango comes with just great lighting other than that you do also get an expanding cosmos grills and a tiny little nubbin that actually works better than chandler bing's nubin because that is part of the 360 degree camera but more on that later [Music] pop the hood and you are looking at a 1.5 liter turbocharged gasoline engine paired with a mild hybrid system that in total produces 190 horses and 300 newton meters of torque now if that engine sounds familiar well because it is it shares the same engine as the top of the line as cara the transmission is seven speed wet dct now if that sounds familiar because it shares the same as the cool ray the thing though is that this guy isn't an all-wheel drive system it's only a front-wheel drive system and the one other thing i have to point out is that it has a very small fuel capacity tank which is only 53 liters but the good news about that is that even in hellish traffic you get about seven to eight kilometers per liter not bad when that clears up you're getting 13 even better now on the highway it sails past 16.5 kilometers per liter which in total is not bad considering the size and the fact that it can carry seven people one other thing just one last thing when you go to the dealership if this engine cover looks different from the one that you're looking at worry not this is just an engine cover everything else underneath is exactly the same now down the side you get more boxy lines that we did like from up front and it actually looks pretty darn good you get 18 inch alloys with 55 series tires you're looking at 194 millimeters of ground clearance and on the side you also get roof rails up on top repeaters on your heated side mirrors now at the launch i said that the heated side mirrors were kind of useless in the philippines but really when it rains and it fogs up that actually is a very big help you do also have disc brakes all around ventilated up front and solid at the rear now with the back it's much flatter it's not as cut it resembles sort of like the older land rover discoveries but in this case a little bit more futuristic now when you open it up you are looking at 257 liters of space with the third row in play really not much but if you fold the third row you're looking at a thousand two hundred liters of space but wait there's more if you fold the second row you're looking at over two thousand liters of space and that's big enough for a bed when i say a bed i mean a bed [Applause] now while the bed is great for camping and picnics we advise you not to drink and park because accidents do happen sirajan amin in not only is it a breeze to get into the third row but the space back here is well it's not bad it is the third row yes i understand it's good for small trips and jaunts but really it's not bad again like i've mentioned before i'm not the tallest person on the planet but there is enough room back here definitely for two medium-sized adults you also get air vents back here that is controlled from the second row so all in all i wouldn't want to be stuck here if i was going to say for example from manila to la union or let's say but hey it's actually pretty comfortable back here oh and one last thing if you need more space these seats do slide forward if you ask nicely happy 45th birthday teeth all right the second row of the okabango is obviously going to be much more impressive than the third row by a lot because it's got air vents up front air and temperature controls found right underneath you've got two charging points a small little cubby hole ball holders on either door you got speakers on either door map lights found up on top unfortunately no center armrest but that's a good thing in this car because every single person in the second row gets their own chair this is divided 33 33 33 instead of 60 40. and it's absolutely great because you feel like you've got your own little space back here i mean the leg room and headroom is fantastic that you can literally grow wings up in this place and fly around wings i mean literally wings but maybe not this guy because she doesn't really fly just has a shield that goes kapwinka in the driver's seat of the okavango getting into your proper driving position not a problem whatsoever because you have motorized seats the steering wheel does tilt up and down and is telescopic at the same time and you also have buttons on the steering wheel which is flat bottom by the way that controls a plethora of things found on the digital instrument cluster and it also changes color too when you change the drive mode with the knob found down here now the 10.25 inch infotainment system in this guy is a qd link system sadly it doesn't have apple carplay or android auto but it does have a 360 degree camera that we think is one of the best in the segment and it also comes with a sound system that has eight speakers yes eight speakers overall i gotta say i do love the interior of the okavango it's exquisite exciting and yet durable at the same time you know that if you knock things around it's not going to leave a scuff or too bad of a mark and but at the same time when you get in every time you get in it feels like you're driving something new and that i absolutely love speaking of driving we're gonna do that right now but before we do thanks to everyone that has been a subscriber to our channel and if you do enjoy our videos do please consider subscribing to our channel that's one the second thing i'd like to tell you guys too is that gino and i actually have a podcast that comes out every wednesday at 10 a.m where we talk about anything and everything under the sun well including cars and motorcycles who knew would actually talk about that stuff but anyway you might enjoy that too so please do consider subscribing to both [Music] now when you get out on the road it's actually quite surprising how quiet the okavango really is it's a unibody so you've got that then the independent suspension front and rear then the nvh wow it really does well to keep the road noise and even the motor out of the way it's not bothersome whatsoever the wind noise not bothersome at all it really is a very quiet and refined ride whether you're on the bumpy roads the infamous bumpy roads that we have inside the metro or you're on the highway it's just quiet you know what it really feels absolutely solid that's what it is it feels solid the other thing that will get you also is just exactly how smooth this engine is now it is a three cylinder and you'd expect it to behave like a three cylinder but no it actually behaves like a four-cylinder and then the transition between the gasoline engine and then the 48 volt ems it doesn't misbehave at all it's very well planted very well behaved and the engine response is actually not bad at all also smooth and compliant is the 7-speed dct yes there is a bit of a delay as with dct that's a given you'd expect that but really once you get used to it yeah sure there is a bit of a jerk but eventually you won't even notice it anymore which makes for great comfort though when you ring the motor it will still definitely surprise you okay it's not a sports car granted but the way that it drives and it moves it's got a lot of pep into it and you don't expect that from a seven seater but yet here we are i gotta be honest with you i thought that driving the aquabango would be a little bit worrisome because of its weight and because of its height but really it hasn't proved to be a problem at all whether on the highway at speed in twisties or in the city i will say this though that when you're in the city you might want to take advantage of the 360 degree camera because well it's a little bit longer especially if you're used to driving much smaller cars [Music] if you've ever driven the ascara then you'll be used to the fact that when you release the accelerator pedal there is some regenerative braking that comes with it to charge the batteries now this is obviously the exact same engine but what we noticed is that they reduced the amount of regeneration that happens here so when you drive it it actually feels more like a gasoline engine especially when you release the accelerator it just coasts a lot better last year gd launched the cool rate too much success six months later a bit more upscale with the mild hybrid engine they had the ascara and yet six months after that they decided to vote in or volt this five or do something but they came out with something great which is this the okavango you take the price of the cool ray add to it the mild hybrid engine from the ascara add two more seats and barabin baraboom you get yourself the yokavango priced at one million three hundred and twenty eight 000 philippine pesos here's the thing it may be a little bit more expensive than the cool raid but it's much more affordable than the ascara now i'm not sure it can traverse through the plains of africa as its name suggests but the jungles of metro manila yeah not a problem [Applause] [Music] you

Channel: AutoDeal.com.ph

Views: 299,003

Rating: 4.9042897 out of 5

Keywords: AutoDeal, Behind the Wheel, Geely Okavango Review

Id: IyX2Z_kwB1s

Length: 11min 29sec (689 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 05 2020