The Yue Loong Feeling 101/102 was a five-door notchback and fastback built in Taiwan R.O.C by the Yue Loong Motor Company from 1986 until 1995.

History

First presented on 25 October 1986, it was heavily based on the T11 Auster/Stanza, built by Yulon

Yulon

Yulon Motor is a Taiwanese automaker and importer. Taiwan's biggest automaker as of 2010, Yulon is known for building Nissan models under license...

's affiliate Nissan. Despite Yulon having invested heavily in a new R&D center (Sanyi) and having spent five years in development, hiring 300 technicians and spending NT $2 billion in the process, the car failed in the marketplace due to much publicized quality concerns. The Feeling was also marketed abroad (even in Europe), unusual for Taiwanese built cars. After a disappointing 9,451 built in the first full year, production dropped to a mere 3,846 the second year (1988). The Feeling was even displayed at the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show

Tokyo Motor Show

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The Feeling was recognizable by its unusual three-piece, wrap around rear window. A 1.6 or a 1.8-litre four cylinder Nissan CA

Nissan CA engine

The CA engine is a 1.6 L to 2.0 L Inline-4 piston engine from Nissan designed for a variety of smaller Nissan vehicles to replace Z and smaller 4-cylinder L series engines. It is an iron block, aluminum head design with a timing belt, thus was cheaper to make than the timing chain setup...

 gasoline engine was available, with 88 or 97 hp (65, 71 kW). The 1.6 was added during 1987, complementing the pricier 1.8. Top speeds were 160 and 170 km/h (99.4 and 105.6 mph) respectively. The bigger engine's bore was 0.3 mm less than its Nissan counterpart, so as to squeeze under the 1.8-litre tax threshold. The facelifted Feeling 102 was released in June 1989, when claimed top speeds increased to 180 and 185 km/h for the 1.6 and 1.8 (190 km/h in the notchback 1.8).

The Feeling was imported to the Netherlands by the Abemy Group in Sassenheim

Sassenheim

Sassenheim is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.The former municipality covered an area of 6.62 km² and had a population of 14,906 in 2005...

during 1992. Brought over in three models (1.6 LS, 1.8 LSX, 1.8 GTX) it failed to make a splash in the marketplace. Only 122 were sold in 1992, with a total of 130 brought in. All examples were then bought back by the importer who was unable to supply spare parts for the cars. Yue Loong's attempt at breaking into the European market was over.

Yulon Arex

The 102 was replaced by the Yulon 601 Arex 1.8i in summer 1993, by which time the company had switched the romanized version of their name to become "Yulon". The Arex featured a newly designed front with flip-up headlights and blistered fenders, as well as a Lucas fuel injection system which increases power to 103 PS at 5,300 rpm. Top speed remained around 185 km/h (115 mph), depending on bodystyle and transmission. After no more than 4,300 were made, Yulon halted their attempts at making a Taiwanese national car in 1995. In total 27,876 of the three generations of Feelings/Arex' were built over a ten year period; more than half of them were built in the first two years.

Production

Production of Feeling 101, Feeling 102, and Arex
Type	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	Totals
Feeling 101 1.6		1,034	412								1,446
Feeling 101 1.8	4,685	8,417	2,105								15,207
101 subtotals	4,685	9,451	2,517								16,653
Feeling 102 1.6				681	1,417	81	1	10	3	1	2,194
Feeling 102 1.8				2,786	1,258	560	117	10			4,731
102 subtotals				3,467	2,675	641	118	20	3	1	6,925
Arex 601 1.8							917	758	1,520	1,103	4,298
Annual totals	4,685	9,451	2,517	3,467	2,675	641	1,035	778	1,523	1,104	27,876