This blue barge is the new Zotye Traum Meet 3. Traum is
a new brand under Zotye Auto, the name means dream in German. The Traum brand
is aimed at young and cool people, folks who dig a name like Meet 3.
The Chinese name has nothing with dreams of Germany;
Junma (君马) is best translated as Supreme
Horse. The English slogan is Driven by Dreams. The Chinese slogan, translated,
Dream for a Horse. It all makes so much sense, as usual, at Zotye.
Interestingly, the Traum-branded cars are
manufactured by Jiangnan Auto, a subsidiary of Zotye most famous for building
China’s cheapest car; the Jinan Alto, a continuation of the ancient second
generation Suzuki Alto.
The Meet 3 is based on the Zotye SR7. To turn the
SR7 into the Meet 3 Zotye changed the front, the rear, the badges, and added
some chrome bits. And a new car was born. It is so easy. The engine of
the Meet 3 comes straight out if the SR7 too: a 1.5 turbo with 152 hp and 195
Nm, mated to a 5-speed manual or a CVT.
The Meet 3 will hit the
Chinese car market in January 2018 for about 70.000 yuan or $10.600. Not too
much for a dream that is also a horse and also a car.
Cr : Carnewschina
