Build quality for this does seem fairly decent and the local assembler is giving an 8 year warranty on it.

Not too long ago Hyundai used to give this type of warranty in America when its products were known to be low quality but had since improved.

Warranties by the manufacturer isn't cheap so they must have a degree of confidence that the product won't break.

Recently rode in one, red color. Wonder if it is your friend

Had no idea what kind of car it was till it showed up.

Car sales in China are very regional and differs greatly by province. Shanghai will be dominated by GM and VW because their local government SAIC assembles as well as manufactures cars under GM and VW brand names.

Geely isn't one of the big 4 in China therefore their presence isn't going to be everywhere.