Chinese copy cat

[RiversideS13]

i think it is hella funny

http://economy.autoblog.com/entry/1234000503040395
http://paultan.org/archives/2004/12/05/china-pirates/

[aznpoopy]

don't these car manufacturers have any pride? jeez... it's embarassing for chinese people all over.

[Andrew Bohan]

makes me embarassed and i'm not even chinese...

[rps13_fastback]

:stupid:

And I am Chinese

jk i'm all for copy cats... i love rota :yum:

[RiversideS13]

here is more...
http://www.orangezippo.com/archives/2003_09.html

Regarding Chery:

http://www.visionaryvehicles.com/chery.html
http://www.antiquecar.com/feature_chery_chery.php
http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/saloes2/pequim04-2.htm

Quick facts:
Hits NA in 2007.
Promised to have a $18,000 V8 sedan.
Promised to have a $14,000 V6 SUV.
Has a huge reputation of auto piracy.
Logo's pretty much an Infinti with the completed oval
New Crossover's front is a ripoff of the JP model of Honda Odyssey and back is similar to Volvo X70




I think Kia has same kind of trend too, that you can resemble the shape from some other cars...such as the SUV looks like RX300. BUT still better then directly copy and put on a funny looking car.

[atom]

Damn amateurs. At least they should rip off a good looking design or a more expensive car. Why rip off a Chevy spark? It's like buying knockoff Old Navy jeans, whats the point when the real deal is only like $5 more. I want a $20k Bentley GT or Ferrari 575 ripoff. I don't care if it had a 3 cylinder engine from a Geo metro, that shit would still look tight. :D

[AllenRPS13]

damn... what the fuck is that? that's why i always state that in front of my friends,
i am hong kong-ese, not chinese...

[HyperTek]

who cars.. GM and Crysler been doin worst chit.. selling the same fucking cars under different names.. thats worse then a cheap copy of another car...

[TheTicTac]

damn... what the fuck is that? that's why i always state that in front of my friends,
i am hong kong-ese, not chinese...

That statement is retarded, you deserve a punch in the face

[MakotoS13]

who cars.. GM and Crysler been doin worst chit.. selling the same fucking cars under different names.. thats worse then a cheap copy of another car...

no, friend, thats called mass production. the sharing of platforms is what makes cars cheap:

240SX, 180SX, silvia = S13 chassis

three different cars on the same platform. infinity and nissan do it ALL the time.

[yudalicious]

last summer I was in HK, and I saw alot of counterfeit clothes, uh oh, guess you'll have to find another name to call yourself, wouldn't want you to embarass yourself infront of your friends dude.

damn... what the fuck is that? that's why i always state that in front of my friends,
i am hong kong-ese, not chinese...

[SimpleS14]

no, friend, thats called mass production. the sharing of platforms is what makes cars cheap:

240SX, 180SX, silvia = S13 chassis

three different cars on the same platform. infinity and nissan do it ALL the time.


He's taking about rebadging...but honestly...rebadging is not even as bad as what these companies are doing. With rebadging its from the same manufacture with expected quality and build. With these copy-cats....I have a strong feeling they are really chitty. Something like this really urks me. Literally take other car parts and slap them together on some POS and sell it as your own work for profit (pretty much like a show car civic/s2000/r34/celica going on sell at e-bay). Chery has no chance in the U.S.....they will get DESTROYED if they copy other people's work (in an obvious manner)....anyways...I'm done with my small rant.

[S14DB]

I want a 240sx chinese knockoff!

[SimpleS14]

I want a 240sx chinese knockoff!


It will be FWD with a 3-cyl pushing 98hp :p

[MakotoS13]

has ANYTHING good ever come out of china that wasn't related to a kung fu flick?

[G_Fish240]

Sure, cheap labor. Just ask US MNCs, oh and food.

[NinjaGaiden]

damn... what the fuck is that? that's why i always state that in front of my friends,
i am hong kong-ese, not chinese...

ok.... everything is pirated in HK....

and you ARE chinese. Nothing wrong with being chinese.

However, it is terrible how those chinese car manufacturers are copying other's designs. They don't even try to hide it, straight up copy..

[sLip techniques]

no, friend, thats called mass production. the sharing of platforms is what makes cars cheap:

240SX, 180SX, silvia = S13 chassis

three different cars on the same platform. infinity and nissan do it ALL the time.

yeah but a silvia s13,s14,s15 to a 180sx look pretty different....when you look at a 2005 chevy tahoe and gmc yukon... :tweak: its a mirror image.

[RiversideS13]

I always claimed myself as Taiwanese. If there is no taiwanese option in the survey, i just select pacific islander

BUT back to topic,
I just think it is lame that they direct copied the looks from nissan and they denied they copy any automakers. I think it is not right to steal other people's R&D efforts.

[BoroBoroS13]

Thats just sad...

[sLip techniques]

the original cars are ugly anyway

[Var]

yeah but a silvia s13,s14,s15 to a 180sx look pretty different....when you look at a 2005 chevy tahoe and gmc yukon... :tweak: its a mirror image.


well...who cares. 350z and g35 are almost the same.

at least chevy's not trying to fool anyone into thinking the yukon and tahoe are different. if anyone didnt know they are retarded.
eclipse-talon
stealth-3000gt.

some platform based cars are identical, some are not so. just depends on what the manufacturer wants out of the whole process.

[TheTicTac]

Probably more than 75% the components in the real cars are made in china anyways, makes sense to copy the other 25% and and produce a whole car.

[AllenRPS13]

last summer I was in HK, and I saw alot of counterfeit clothes, uh oh, guess you'll have to find another name to call yourself, wouldn't want you to embarass yourself infront of your friends dude.

u just SAW those clothes in HK, please remember, they just sell it, not MAKE it, most of those copy/pirate things are MADE IN CHINA!!!
and i will not embrass myself in front of my friends since most of them are HK-ese and they just state that they are HK-ese!!!

[s14srpilot]

My impression is that the Japanese copy things but make them better and the Chinese copy them and make them CHEAPER. Scary...

[24Zero]

That's just crazy. Of course if you look at the Kia Sorento it looks much like the Lexus RX300.?

[my240iguanas]

has ANYTHING good ever come out of china that wasn't related to a kung fu flick?
Sideways Vagina