Ford CEO Jim Farley gushed about his car -- a Chinese-made electric vehicle that he had specially flown in from Shanghai.

If you had to guess what the chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company used as his daily driver ... well, no matter what you might think, you'd probably be wrong. As it turns out, Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving around in a Chinese-made Xiaomi SU7 as of late for a little competitive research — and he sure does love it.

Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a recent podcast interview that he’s been driving an electric vehicle made by Chinese electronics company Xiaomi and “doesn’t want to give it up.” The model, the Xiaomi SU7, looks similar to a Porsche Panamera sedan and starts at about $30,300, with the top-of-the-line variant going for about $42,100.

Xiaomi is entering the luxury electric vehicle market with the SU7 Ultra, priced at $114,000. The high-performance EV rivals Tesla and Porsche with it

The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra's lap didn't meet official record run parameters, but it's still among the fastest by anything close to a production car.

Ford CEO Jim Farley admitted he has been driving a Xiaomi SU7 for six months and said he "doesn't want to give it up."

Farley has been driving a Xiaomi SU7 electric sedan for the past six months, and he likes it so much that he doesn't want to give it up.

CEO Jim Farley explained his intent behind driving the Xiaomi SU7 EV over the past six months in a post on social media on Wednesday. Farley responds: “I try to drive everything we compete against,” Farley said in a post on social media platform X.

Chinese-made electric vehicles are typically cheaper than their American counterparts because China allows companies to pay workers much lower wages.