lol china has been making them since 1990s. used as work truck everywhere in china.
only reason they are not popular is because they dont have access to major cities as they are defined and regulated as cargo vehicles.
in fact for the price they are pretty good.
us may make expensive luxurious trucks, but we are talking about small work trucks here.
cars are not rocket science after all
Those are mini trucks with 1.3L engines you talking about.(and they are often overloaded) The pickups have 2.8L diesel engine and have no problems on mountain roads. My dad's company's truck used to haul up to 1t
I am not saying Chinese trucks are better or as good as Americans, but for the price they are good enough. And they will surely get better in the future. Americans been making trucks for decades, and China just started 20 years ago. I am just happy to see that car industry of my country is developing