My FH5 Log: Chinese foods for thought (PART 2)

The second of the three Chinese-made cars that arrived on Forza Horizon 5's Series 4 update marks another debut of a Chinese car company and it's obviously a sensible one.

Care to guess what that Chinese car is? Yes, it's a Wuling but what is it?

If you said the Wuling Sunshine, then yes. It is. It's the microvan built by the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture and it's known to be one of the best-selling cars sold in China. Having accumulated 25 points from the Storm Season Playlist and gained the keys to this Chinese best-seller, it's time for quick storytelling.

The second-generation Wuling Sunshine was unveiled in 2012 and gained numerous revisions. It was powered by a choice of either a 1.0L, a 1.1L, or a 1.2L petrol engine mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox, the only gearbox available for a microvan like this. The latter produces 82HP of power and 115Nm of torque. The Wuling Sunshine is known as the third best-selling car in the world and it was known to be China's best-seller from 2010 to 2013. It's priced around five grand and does over 40 miles to the gallon.

I know what you're thinking but having a slow and tiny van in the roster of super-fast cars in the game is like having the anti-thesis doing the work of a thesis but hey, this is Horizon, and there are no limits to your imagination. It may be slow, small, and Chinese, but with a little creative thinking, you can come up with something unique, something that will upset almost every Horizon fanatic you met.

Do whatever you like but since I'm in the interest of trying out the cars in the game, no matter how good or bad I am, I decided to give the Chinese best-seller a dirty race it will never forget. Let's do it!

Dirty work done. I guess this is how typical Chinese motorists drove this van while adapting through whatever road conditions they felt through. That's adaptability, the Chinese way.

On its own or with a little imagination, the tiny Wuling Sunshine microvan truly packed some Chinese charms into the Mexican scenery in this game and you can truly thank the Chinese overlords for this.