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If you’ve heard of BYD, Jaecoo, Omoda, Ora, or Skywell, adding another new name might not be such a surprise.

If you haven't heard of any of the above, you're in for a shock, as the UK is suddenly being flooded by Chinese car manufacturers that have decided to try and crack the British market.

Some aren't great, but others have hit the ground running in impressive style.

So, it’ll be interesting to see what another Chinese manufacturer, namely Leapmotor, can do.

Unlike some of the above brands, Leapmotor hasn’t come from a rich heritage of vehicle manufacturing in its homeland. In fact, it was co-founded by a company called Dahua Technology, which makes video surveillance equipment.

But, before you dismiss it, several Chinese automotive marques have been successful despite similarly obscure origins, no more so than Geely, which began life producing parts for refrigerators.

Today, it owns 78% of Volvo, 51% of Lotus, 18% of Polestarand 17% of Aston Martin.

Leapmotor has only existed as an automotive company since 2015, and the name itself has only been around since 2017.

Nevertheless, Stellantis, the parent company of multiple car brands, now owns a 51% stake in Leapmotor’s operations outside of China, which is a vote of confidence in the fledgling make.

Leapmotor has already built around half a dozen cars – two of which are coming to the UK in all-electric form.

There is the tiny city car, the T03, and the mid-size SUV, the C10- and we're interested in the latter.

We can’t resist asking the question: can the C10 leap its way to success? We hope so, albeit not literally, of course.