"Made in China" Have they no shame!?

[NFS4]

Lazy bastards

 

[JLGatsby]

I bet it costs half as much.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

That looks just like a....

 

[dennilfloss]

So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

That is sad. Sadder yet is the fact they will sell. I hope they are Yugo class.

 

[orakle]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

First one looks like a Scion xB, second one is a Toyota Yaris knockoff, third one I'm not sure.

Edit: thanks for correcting me... I knew I had seen that thing before... thought that was what the element looked like.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

Dude seriously that's no excuse. Anyone who drives on the road sees these cars every day.

I appears they're copying Toyota and Scion (also Toyota). You've never seen those big boxy things driving around? Looks like a cardboard box on a skateboard?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

First one is a Scion xB. Second is the Scion xA. Don't know the third

 

[Zenmervolt]

Wake me when they learn to copy the cars that look half-decent.

ZV

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: orakle

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

First one looks like a Honda Element, second one is a Toyota Yaris knockoff, third one I'm not sure.

I don't know about that, I think the first one is a Scion xB knockoff.

 

[her209]

Tint on the windshield. That's not street LEGAL man!

 

[Conky]

Well, Scion stopped making the distinctive looking box so it's their loss.

The Chinese are all about knockoffs anyway. They let others do the engineering then they copy it. Some would say lazy, others would say shrewd.

 

[shortspanishguy]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: orakle

Originally posted by: dennilfloss
So, I'm not up on post-1980 cars, which ones have they copied?

First one looks like a Honda Element, second one is a Toyota Yaris knockoff, third one I'm not sure.

I don't know about that, I think the first one is a Scion xB knockoff.

it is.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: her209
Tint on the windshield. That's not street LEGAL man!

You'd be surprised what is and isn't legal in China

 

[Vegitto]

The third is a Renault knock-off.. I don't know what model. Maybe a Mégane..

 

[Aftermath]

In a nation of Wal-Mart shopping, "bargain" hunters, these cars will sell like hotcakes.

 

[irishScott]

50% of everything that comes out of china is counterfeit. Literally. It's an actual statistic.

 

[Sukhoi]

What's interesting is they're doing this even though Toyota has a manufacturing and sales base in China already. I could see this happening if Toyota wasn't there, but they are. The legal department is probably going to be quite busy soon.

And for a little piece of trivia, the guy that started Toyota was actually Chinese. He wasn't Japanese.

 

[DaWhim]

auto design is not the only thing they copy in china. there was a piece of article I read on wsj. some fake firms in china actually stolen other firm brand and design new produucts using their brand. it was scary. the real firm found out about this when their customers started sending back the bad products to them.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
auto design is not the only thing they copy in china. there was a piece of article I read on wsj. some fake firms in china actually stolen other firm brand and design new produucts using their brand. it was scary. the real firm found out about this when their customers started sending back the bad products to them.

One of the major brands was NEC.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

"Cool Bear" :laugh:

 

[AaronB]

This is hardly new. See the following links and note that there are many more examples to be found:

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[thescreensavers]

I Will never get a chines car b/c of this

 

[Martin]

I grew up with brands like Adibas, Pima, Reabok and Filo, so I can't say I'm surprised...

 

[maddogchen]

this is a country that copied the AK-47 and made it worse!