Reviews
What real reviewers say
Eight summaries we've written after watching specific Xiaomi SU7 review videos in full. Tone-tagged so you can see at a glance which takes are positive, mixed, or critical.
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Each card below corresponds to one specific public video. We watched it end-to-end and summarised what the creator actually says into 4–5 bullet points. The bullets are summaries — not quotes, not rewritten dialogue — and we don't embed or republish the video itself. The "Watch original" link goes straight to the source video so you can hear the creator in their own words. If you are a creator listed here and want your summary edited or removed, email contact@su7.tech.
Verified summaries · 8 videos · with source URLs
Reviews we've watched and summarised
Eight specific videos. A mix of positive, mixed, and clearly critical takes — we kept the negative ones in deliberately. Each card lists the channel, video date, and the link to the original publication.
Positive Mixed Critical
Mixed2025-10
Carwow (Mat Watson)
Mat Watson reviews the SU7 Ultra: "My favourite car from China so far"
- →Frames the SU7 Ultra as the fastest mass-produced four-door EV sedan: production lap of 7:04 around the Nürburgring vs Tesla Model S Plaid 7:25.
- →China starting price equivalent to ~£50,000; Mat estimates ~£80,000 expected for an eventual European launch.
- →Tested 0-60 mph at 2.79 s vs the manufacturer-claimed 1.98 s — still calls it "pretty incredible".
- →Praises the yellow leather / Alcantara / carbon-fibre interior, the responsive central screen, and the steering as "the best in any Chinese car so far".
- →Criticises the brake feel as inconsistent ("sometimes it's like it just holds on the anchors") and notes the cold track tyres need warm-up; concludes "value-for-money you cannot fault it".
Positive2025
MKBHD (Marques Brownlee)
MKBHD: "Are we cooked? Not yet"
- →Opens with the most common tech-world hot take: "Have you seen these Chinese electric cars? If they came to the US they would cook everything we have".
- →Tested for two weeks; concludes "there's a little something to it" but answers his own headline question with "Not yet".
- →Frames the case around too much tech for too little money: great software, solid build, and competitive range at the ~$42k Chinese price point.
- →Bulk of the video is hardware tour and driving impressions of the standard SU7; notes the car isn't available outside China and US buyers "may never get" one.
Positive2024
Doug DeMuro
Doug DeMuro: "A bargain Chinese luxury sport sedan" — Doug Score 69/100
- →Names the SU as "Speed Ultra" and frames it as a budget-priced Porsche Taycan / Tesla Model S rival.
- →Final Doug Score: 69/100 — described as "shockingly high among electric sedans, only beaten by Taycan Turbo S and Lucid Air which cost a lot more".
- →Acknowledges the SU7 isn't a standout in any single category — but factor in the price and it becomes amazing.
- →Confirms the car will not be sold in the US due to Chinese-EV tariffs.
- →Closes with: "if the Chinese can make a car like this at this price point, why can't it be done in North America?"
Positive2026-03
Inside China Auto
Inside China Auto first-look at the updated SU7
- →Frames the original SU7 (launched roughly two years ago) as having sold over 250K — "maybe 300K" — units, with the styling basically unchanged for the update.
- →Highlights the meaningful changes as battery, charging, and ADAS hardware refresh, rather than cosmetic ones.
- →Notes Xiaomi is getting the platform ready for international markets when the company starts entering other countries in 2027.
- →Concludes it is a "fantastically polished product now" and expects strong international interest once Xiaomi confirms export pricing.
Positive2025
Everything Electric (Elliot Richards)
Everything Electric (Elliot Richards): "Puts a fizz in your pants"
- →Topline stats highlighted: 1,548 hp, 0-60 in less than 2 seconds, ~$73,000 — "the kind of car that puts a fizz in your pants".
- →Calls the SU7 Ultra "the culmination of the last 10 years of Chinese EV development".
- →Notes "very few cars do electric fast AND extremely good handling — this is one of them".
- →Closes calling it the "starting point of a performance car revolution with electric cars" and confirms Xiaomi is coming to UK/Europe.
Positive2024
Out of Spec Reviews
Out of Spec: "Best driving Chinese car I've ever been in"
- →Compares the original SU7 directly to the Tesla Model 3 Performance, noting it costs a few thousand less at low-$40,000 for the top trim on sale.
- →Calls out the regen as "the most perfect one-pedal drive" they've experienced, holding the car cleanly to a stop.
- →Positions SU7 alongside several other Chinese-market EVs (including the IM L6) as part of a broader segment to benchmark.
- →Closes calling it an "absolute masterpiece", says he wants to find a way to import one personally, and hopes other automakers benchmark it.
Mixed2024
Business Insider
Business Insider: Xiaomi's affordable $29,000 Chinese EV
- →Frames Xiaomi as "sometimes called the Apple of China — a phone and appliance company that built an affordable self-driving EV".
- →Notes the entire 2024 production run sold out within days of release.
- →Walkthrough of the car: key-based start, phone-charging spot, a 16.1-inch central screen "larger than many TV screens", and three trims (standard / pro / max).
- →Closing verdict: "maybe a bit derivative but isn't a copy. Very good value for money in the China context. Will it make it globally? Time will tell."
Critical2025
The Electric Viking
Electric Viking: "Quality flops, dead last" — the critical view
- →Leads with quality controversies and notes the CEO has been "emotional, very stressed about what's happening".
- →Acknowledges SU7 has been one of the best-selling EVs globally for 12 months — sold-out demand is not the problem.
- →Major complaint: the $6,000 carbon-fibre bonnet option that allegedly didn't deliver actual aerodynamic cooling — generated lawsuits.
- →Reports "hundreds of owners apparently taking Xiaomi to court" after the carbon-bonnet controversy; separately reports a dead-last quality ranking.
- →Despite criticism, concedes that on a track day a stock Ultra will be "streets ahead of everyone" driving expensive prepped race cars.
中文圈 (Chinese) — channel directory
Chinese channels
We haven't yet written a comparable batch of summaries for Chinese-language Bilibili reviewers. Below are the six Chinese SU7 review channels we track — visit each channel to watch their SU7 coverage directly.