Another Chinese blatant copy of a German design
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If you look closely the Kia Sorento Copy has Lexus RX330 headlights. I am actually impressed by the Mercedes CLK copy because it has a actual fully working folding hardtop. The back of the X5 copy says CEO..... yeah right
Oh my god! Just look at those chinese copies!There must be tons of lawsuits in China about car design copyrights.
Kia Sorento copy
Mercedes CLK copy
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BMW X5 copy
The problem is that people there buy this crap!
If you look closely the Kia Sorento Copy has Lexus RX330 headlights. I am actually impressed by the Mercedes CLK copy because it has a actual fully working folding hardtop. The back of the X5 copy says CEO..... yeah right
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Saw it.
Note to Christian:
Check the url of the image in my post...
Saw it.
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OH How dare they, "trying" to copy audi..
OH How dare they, "trying" to copy audi..
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Q7 look a likes^
A4 look a like^
Q7 look a likes^
A4 look a like^
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x10
BTW, how many of you guys realise that it's probably Euro designers penning these babies (at arms length)?
I can't think of one auto group that AREN'T operating out of China.
Just as those Japanese 'knockoffs' all those years ago were actually designed by Italians like Ital Design and Bertone...
x10
BTW, how many of you guys realise that it's probably Euro designers penning these babies (at arms length)?
I can't think of one auto group that AREN'T operating out of China.
Just as those Japanese 'knockoffs' all those years ago were actually designed by Italians like Ital Design and Bertone...
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Chinese copycat cars on sale in EU by February
Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2008
Oft maligned for its highly derivative design style, the Chinese auto industry has at times seemed offended by accusations of copying, and at others simply indifferent – as if it were perfectly natural and acceptable. The latter theory is likely to be put to the test even more hotly than it already has, as the EU has approved the controversial Shuanghuan CEO and Zheijang Jonway UFO clone cars for sale, and the first shipments will be arriving in Germany in mere days.
China Automobile Deutschland, the German importer bringing the Zheijang Jonway UFO and Shuanghuan Automobile CEO into the EU, says both cars have received approval for sale, and will be offered in February. The UFO very closely resembles the Toyota RAV-4, while the CEO is a near-exact copy of the BMW X5. Toyota thinks its product will acquit itself well despite the similarities in looks, and has neglected to file legal charges to impede the import of the clone cars. BMW, on the other hand, has already initiated legal proceedings to prohibit the sale of the CEO in Europe and elsewhere on the grounds that it infringes BMW’s intellectual property. A decision in that case isn’t expected until later this year, however, reports Automotive News Europe.
Price, as much as looks, may be a motivator for the suit seeking to stop the copycats from coming to Europe. The CEO will be priced at a very attractive €25,900 to start, which undercuts the BMW by more than half – an entry level X5 starts at €52,500 in Germany. And although Toyota seems unconcerned with Zheijang Jonway’s mimicry, the UFO starts at just €15,900, while the real RAV-4 will run you €27,165 in the home of Bratwurst und Sauerkraut. Perhaps it’s time Toyota got worried. On the other hand, the automotive industry isn’t an easy business, and Toyota’s acumen is hard to question. Maybe their assessment of the Chinese vehicle’s quality is dead-on, and the problem will effectively solve itself. But that’s a pretty risky gamble.
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Chinese copycat cars on sale in EU by February
Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2008
Oft maligned for its highly derivative design style, the Chinese auto industry has at times seemed offended by accusations of copying, and at others simply indifferent – as if it were perfectly natural and acceptable. The latter theory is likely to be put to the test even more hotly than it already has, as the EU has approved the controversial Shuanghuan CEO and Zheijang Jonway UFO clone cars for sale, and the first shipments will be arriving in Germany in mere days.
China Automobile Deutschland, the German importer bringing the Zheijang Jonway UFO and Shuanghuan Automobile CEO into the EU, says both cars have received approval for sale, and will be offered in February. The UFO very closely resembles the Toyota RAV-4, while the CEO is a near-exact copy of the BMW X5. Toyota thinks its product will acquit itself well despite the similarities in looks, and has neglected to file legal charges to impede the import of the clone cars. BMW, on the other hand, has already initiated legal proceedings to prohibit the sale of the CEO in Europe and elsewhere on the grounds that it infringes BMW’s intellectual property. A decision in that case isn’t expected until later this year, however, reports Automotive News Europe.
Price, as much as looks, may be a motivator for the suit seeking to stop the copycats from coming to Europe. The CEO will be priced at a very attractive €25,900 to start, which undercuts the BMW by more than half – an entry level X5 starts at €52,500 in Germany. And although Toyota seems unconcerned with Zheijang Jonway’s mimicry, the UFO starts at just €15,900, while the real RAV-4 will run you €27,165 in the home of Bratwurst und Sauerkraut. Perhaps it’s time Toyota got worried. On the other hand, the automotive industry isn’t an easy business, and Toyota’s acumen is hard to question. Maybe their assessment of the Chinese vehicle’s quality is dead-on, and the problem will effectively solve itself. But that’s a pretty risky gamble.
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Yeah I don't get it. First they tell the German car industry in particular to tone down their emissions and then they allow a worthless, polluting piece of sh*t like this BMW X5 wannabe into Europe. I really don't get it.
Sometimes I wonder what these politicians are doing all day...
Looks like EU is trying to kill the German auto industry with inequal CO2 emission restrictions so that these cheap unsafe copyright-violating Chinese imitations can take their place.
Yeah I don't get it. First they tell the German car industry in particular to tone down their emissions and then they allow a worthless, polluting piece of sh*t like this BMW X5 wannabe into Europe. I really don't get it.
Sometimes I wonder what these politicians are doing all day...
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They are probably having lunch in Brussels' top restaurants and Chinese car companies pay the bill.
Sometimes I wonder what these politicians are doing all day...
They are probably having lunch in Brussels' top restaurants and Chinese car companies pay the bill.
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Honestly I don't get it, either. I mean, it barely passes (if it does) the crash and pollution rules, and it is a blatant violation of every possible intellectual property rights of BMW...
On the other hand, the Germans would have to apply ridiculously little emission rules in some years that even the smallest actual cars have difficulties to pass...
It is STUPID.
Yeah I don't get it. First they tell the German car industry in particular to tone down their emissions and then they allow a worthless, polluting piece of sh*t like this BMW X5 wannabe into Europe. I really don't get it.
Sometimes I wonder what these politicians are doing all day...
Honestly I don't get it, either. I mean, it barely passes (if it does) the crash and pollution rules, and it is a blatant violation of every possible intellectual property rights of BMW...
On the other hand, the Germans would have to apply ridiculously little emission rules in some years that even the smallest actual cars have difficulties to pass...
It is STUPID.
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