# What car did I just see? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020 "2022-02-07T02:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/1 "2022-02-07T02:10:08Z")
So, I’m on my cool electric scooter and driving back to my apartment in Beijing. I saw a nice looking black SUV with what looked like “Zady Damye” on the back where the make of the vehicle would usually be and “Damye” on the front where the make of the vehicle would be. Both the front and back logos were in a cursive font. I can’t find anything doing a Google search, so I’m hoping someone among the TM recognizes it. Oh, I did consider that it might be cursive Cyrillic script (thus, a Russian make) but that doesn’t seem to pan out. So, anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/2 "2022-02-07T21:34:52Z")
You can browse this website and see if you recognize the logo: [https://listcarbrands.com/car-brands/](https://listcarbrands.com/car-brands/) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/3 "2022-02-07T23:27:23Z")
It’s a nice page, that link. Be aware though, it is only showing current logos. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/4 "2022-02-09T10:09:16Z")
What do you know, just yesterday I saw another model of the same make. This town’s messing with me. There is no logo on these vehicles unless you count the cursive word as its logo. I tried the link @DcnDC provided, but no luck there. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/5 "2022-02-09T11:46:00Z")
Next time you see one, accost the driver. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/6 "2022-02-09T11:51:09Z")
The first time, I followed the dude, but couldn’t get close enough to ask him anything. After all, I was on an electric scooter, and he was in the cool motor vehicle. I was worried that he might’ve thought I was going to accost him! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/7 "2022-02-09T11:52:26Z")
Oh well, let us know if you ever catch him ! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/8 "2022-02-11T15:19:11Z")
If you could get the car’s registration plate number, could you look it up on the world wide internet ? It works in the UK. Many sites (eg, car part sales) will allow you to enter you car’s reg’ number and it’ll tell you what make & model of your car is (and therefore what parts you need) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-did-i-just-see/959020/9 "2022-03-20T05:21:10Z")
And now I know! Yesterday, on the way to Tongzhou to shop at the local South Korean supermarket, I saw one of these cars parked on the side of the road in a turn-out. I got a photo and tried two different searches now that I have the correct name. The search brought up [this vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zotye_Domy_X7) (the link is to the Wiki page).