Watch a Chinese SUV Try to Copy a Range Rover Ad Stunt and Fail in Spectacular Fashion.

Watch a Chinese SUV Try to Copy a Range Rover Ad Stunt and Fail in Spectacular Fashion.

Chinese Automaker Chery Attempts The Dragon Challenge That Range Rover Did With Ease, Fails Miserably

Hey, any publicity is good publicity, right?

Chinese Automaker Tries To Copy Viral Land Rover Stunt, Fails Spectacularly

I always laugh when I see a car commercial and they throw one of those "Do Not Attempt" disclaimers in the corner during glamor shots of a Buick Envista carving up a windy mountain road.Hell, I think I remember seeing one of those in an old Kia commercial where break-dancing, human-sized hamsters drove Kia Souls.I'm not even sure how I would begin to attempt that if I wanted to.Well, it turns out that automakers should take this same advice abou…

Chinese Automaker Tries to Recreate Viral Range Rover Staircase Stunt, Fails Spectacularly

ASphotowed/iStockphotoChinese automaker Chery Automobile had a brilliant idea. To prove how adept their new SUV, the Fengyun (or Fulwin) X3L, is at climbing, they had it try to scale the 999 steps, known as the “Sky Ladder,” to Heaven’s Gate. For the unfamiliar, Heaven’s Gate refers to Tianmen Mountain, located in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. It is also the location of a viral stunt performed in 2018 by Land Rover with their R…