Can A Modified Budget Sedan Handle a Snow Mountain Off-Road?

A budget Chinese sedan with a snorkel, roof rack, and off-road tires gets pointed at Yala Snow Mountain in western Sichuan — and we find out exactly where its limits are. This is not a capable off-road build. That's the whole point. We drove the Liandongyun 5 (Qoros 5) — one of China's most overlooked cars — from Chengdu out to Xinduqiao, then up into the mountains toward a 4,600-meter viewpoint. Along the way: altitude sickness in the crew, a drone crash, a rogue eagle, a BMW 3 Series that showed up on the same trail (painfully), and a final slope that nearly stopped us cold. The fake Land Rover — a Hanlong Kuangshi — came along for the ride too, previewing what's coming next episode. Spoiler: it looks more convincing than it drives. Beyond the off-road test, this video turned into something unexpected: a send-off for a car that a surprising number of people have real memories of. The comments on the previous episode filled up not with jokes but with stories — transmission battles, long drives, songs people listened to in the back seat. So this one's for them. No four-wheel drive. No fancy suspension. Just momentum, bad decisions at altitude, and one very determined driver. #Qoros5 #LiandongyunOffRoad #YalaSnowMountain #SichuanRoadTrip #ChineseCars