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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 01:27 AM
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Chinese copy is way out of control...sadness

I know China is notorious for making cheap copy products,
but I didnt know it was this BAD.

This Chinese car company called GreatWall ( 長城汽車 ) went on and copied a whole car. This is nuts.
and this is not the only model they copy, the whole lineup is a copy.



what you think this is?....

Nissan Frontier?

Wrong

It's GreatWall Sing


Nissan is preparing to sue them but Toyota lost similar lawsuit in another case...
This is sad.

related news
http://www.commentwire.com/commwire_...ntwire_ID=5096


their website
http://www.gwauto.com/

oh my.. the truck looks exactly like Mitsubishi truck, and the bus is copied from Volvo. The SUV is Isuzu.

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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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so i guess there was no mutual partnership with these 2 companies. . .
like subaru/saab nissan/ford



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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 07:03 PM
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won't be suprised to see a wrx copy everyone wants a subaru
Old Jun 26, 2004 | 11:38 AM
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i think some european companies are going to start making and selling cars in china, i remember bmw being one, don't remember the others.
Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:10 PM
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audi's and vw's are everywhere in China. you see grips of done-up Jettas as taxis. All the high-rollers cruise in black A8's... it seems that is the only color made!
Old Jun 28, 2004 | 01:19 AM
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China has no copyright laws at all. I work on container cranes in the port of Los Angeles and I have to work on cranes called Z.P.M.C. and every piece of these 1200 ton cranes from the ground up are copies of other peoples design. And they are even poor at copying. The labor in China is very cheap. The engineers are the highest paid and they make less than $200.00 a month, So quality control is non existant. They make everything from scratch even nuts and bolts in some cases.http://community.webshots.com/photo/...16375198GkJDiW
Old Jun 28, 2004 | 02:28 AM
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First they copy AK-47, now this...

Old Jun 28, 2004 | 11:44 AM
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I hope nissan wins the suit! lol
Old Jun 28, 2004 | 10:50 PM
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Like hell they will there is gonna be a Arizona car dealership that is going to start selling Chinese made automobiles in the states soon under 8K...now won't that be a sell?
Old Jul 5, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dxrat
China has no copyright laws at all. I work on container cranes in the port of Los Angeles and I have to work on cranes called Z.P.M.C. and every piece of these 1200 ton cranes from the ground up are copies of other peoples design. And they are even poor at copying. The labor in China is very cheap. The engineers are the highest paid and they make less than $200.00 a month, So quality control is non existant. They make everything from scratch even nuts and bolts in some cases.http://community.webshots.com/photo/...16375198GkJDiW
keep in mind that $200 a month is average of about 30k here, their costs of living is way cheaper. Rent and utilities are only a few US dollars a month due to communism. A two liter bottle of pepsi is cheaper than $ .50
Old Jul 5, 2004 | 11:44 PM
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nasty! are they powered by the Flintstones method?
Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:05 AM
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A two liter bottle of pepsi is cheaper than $ .50
Pepsi? I'm sure they copied that too! What's next, copy toilet paper?
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