Funny Chinese Knockoff Cars that are Better Than the Real Thing
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Date: 2019-08-30
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Man Jaovisidha
I have owned a Chinese Chery (dont remember exact model name) midsize station wagon and sold it 4 years ago. This model was the biggest Chery made and one of their earliest models. Aesthetically it was good looking, coz it looked like an Audi sportster in front, but the body and taillight was their own design. Performance wise, the handling was more than adequate, but acceleration was comical. It housed an in-line 2. 0 liter four cylinder engine, considered big in Thailand relative to Japanese and European counterparts. But while 0-100 km/hr wa pulse be around 9-10 seconds for Japanese and 6-9 for many European makes, my Chinese car was taking up to 13-14 to reach that speed. The problem was really the transmission that wouldnt shift fast enough, and the engine was only average in performance. Its worth it to mention though that my car was only a 4 speed automatic. Interior was well designed, but the plastics and fit and finish were just not on par with Japanese makes. Finally, despite all the lackluster performance and build quality, the design was durable, probably due to everything being based on older, already proven technology that were shared with Chery by the research partners they had in Europe. Plus, they didnt skimp on the metal in the construction of their car. It was fairly heavy vehicle that gave a sense of security when driving it around.
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I have owned a Chinese Chery (dont remember exact model name) midsize station wagon and sold it 4 years ago. This model was the biggest Chery made and one of their earliest models. Aesthetically it was good looking, coz it looked like an Audi sportster in front, but the body and taillight was their own design. Performance wise, the handling was more than adequate, but acceleration was comical. It housed an in-line 2. 0 liter four cylinder engine, considered big in Thailand relative to Japanese and European counterparts. But while 0-100 km/hr wa pulse be around 9-10 seconds for Japanese and 6-9 for many European makes, my Chinese car was taking up to 13-14 to reach that speed. The problem was really the transmission that wouldnt shift fast enough, and the engine was only average in performance. Its worth it to mention though that my car was only a 4 speed automatic. Interior was well designed, but the plastics and fit and finish were just not on par with Japanese makes. Finally, despite all the lackluster performance and build quality, the design was durable, probably due to everything being based on older, already proven technology that were shared with Chery by the research partners they had in Europe. Plus, they didnt skimp on the metal in the construction of their car. It was fairly heavy vehicle that gave a sense of security when driving it around.
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GilBatesLovesyou
Some Chinese cars were and/or are exact copies. Some of the Maxis vehicles are actually license produced old Mercedes MPVs, first with the license going to Daewoo in Korea, then them giving the license to China. Same for some of the engines and transmissions as well, most of those aren't in house designs but are a license built version of say, a Mitsubishi engine (like how Hyundai and Kia often used Mitsu derived engines, a 4G64 upgrade was a Hyundai DOHC cylinder head) I think some other cheaper Chinese cars are licensing Proton from Malaysia which in turn is also Mitsubishi derived. Hyundai ironically got their start from making license produced Ford Cortinas, btw.
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Some Chinese cars were and/or are exact copies. Some of the Maxis vehicles are actually license produced old Mercedes MPVs, first with the license going to Daewoo in Korea, then them giving the license to China. Same for some of the engines and transmissions as well, most of those aren't in house designs but are a license built version of say, a Mitsubishi engine (like how Hyundai and Kia often used Mitsu derived engines, a 4G64 upgrade was a Hyundai DOHC cylinder head) I think some other cheaper Chinese cars are licensing Proton from Malaysia which in turn is also Mitsubishi derived. Hyundai ironically got their start from making license produced Ford Cortinas, btw.
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Dragan Crnogorac
In Serbia we got that Cherry. Their cheapest car was 4000. Few pizza delivery bought those cars. Thing is falling apart in 50 000km. They literally last 6 months. There was a joke that Cherry is maintenance free car. Just drive the thing 30 000-40 000 km until something dies in car then call recycling company to pick up damn thing. If you opt for Michelin tires, then car will go to junk jard with decent factory tires and for those who drive pizza delivery when car dies in 6 months to 1 year factory battery is still in good shape if that is not hilarious then I don't know what is.
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In Serbia we got that Cherry. Their cheapest car was 4000. Few pizza delivery bought those cars. Thing is falling apart in 50 000km. They literally last 6 months. There was a joke that Cherry is maintenance free car. Just drive the thing 30 000-40 000 km until something dies in car then call recycling company to pick up damn thing. If you opt for Michelin tires, then car will go to junk jard with decent factory tires and for those who drive pizza delivery when car dies in 6 months to 1 year factory battery is still in good shape if that is not hilarious then I don't know what is.
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Richard Short
You're right regarding Kawasaki copying BSA, but the Kawasaki W1 and W2 were based on the A10 BSA, not the A65 as shown. (The chief differences when first produced by Kawasaki were the carburettor, lubrication system and timing side bearing. Later versions had a much improved ignition / charging system)The original A10 was designed (or, to be entirely fair: redesigned) in six weeks by Burt Hopwood in the late 1940s. The last batch of W2 Kawasakis was sold to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1974 and sported a twin disk brake, windscreen, flashers, siren and two way radio.
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You're right regarding Kawasaki copying BSA, but the Kawasaki W1 and W2 were based on the A10 BSA, not the A65 as shown. (The chief differences when first produced by Kawasaki were the carburettor, lubrication system and timing side bearing. Later versions had a much improved ignition / charging system)The original A10 was designed (or, to be entirely fair: redesigned) in six weeks by Burt Hopwood in the late 1940s. The last batch of W2 Kawasakis was sold to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1974 and sported a twin disk brake, windscreen, flashers, siren and two way radio.
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Isaac Kamau
Well you know even if the designs are knock-offs, transmission, engine and reliability are guaranteed to last. Overall quality is worth it. Id buy them before buying an actual Range Rover, Fiat or Jaguar. Honda, Toyota are Asian. So any other cars similar Asian manufacturers make are way cheaper to buy and maintain. Americans are more worried about the body style than whats under the hood. We love wasting money over here and most people only keep a vehicle for 5 years then upgraded to whatever is new in the market.
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Well you know even if the designs are knock-offs, transmission, engine and reliability are guaranteed to last. Overall quality is worth it. Id buy them before buying an actual Range Rover, Fiat or Jaguar. Honda, Toyota are Asian. So any other cars similar Asian manufacturers make are way cheaper to buy and maintain. Americans are more worried about the body style than whats under the hood. We love wasting money over here and most people only keep a vehicle for 5 years then upgraded to whatever is new in the market.
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HAL 9000
I bought a Crown Vic long ago thinking I was buying American. Years later I learned it was made in Canada with lots of Mexican parts. And you should have seen the made in china print on all the parts of my 96 Taurus. They were good cars, but my Corolla is more American (built in California) with Japanese parts (not Chinese) AND I have less problems. Like it or not we are now in a global market and it's not going to change back overnight, if it ever does at all.
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I bought a Crown Vic long ago thinking I was buying American. Years later I learned it was made in Canada with lots of Mexican parts. And you should have seen the made in china print on all the parts of my 96 Taurus. They were good cars, but my Corolla is more American (built in California) with Japanese parts (not Chinese) AND I have less problems. Like it or not we are now in a global market and it's not going to change back overnight, if it ever does at all.
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680ecks
I don't think that it's a matter of copying. They produce things for other companies cheep then they just make a bunch of extras and don't tell the original co. Put there name on it and sell it without the development, engineering and marketing cost. Actually the same product. I got a Chinese copy of a Honda 250, I'm sure this is how they do it, it's exactly the same. The only thing is they have the old design and they just keep making them.
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I don't think that it's a matter of copying. They produce things for other companies cheep then they just make a bunch of extras and don't tell the original co. Put there name on it and sell it without the development, engineering and marketing cost. Actually the same product. I got a Chinese copy of a Honda 250, I'm sure this is how they do it, it's exactly the same. The only thing is they have the old design and they just keep making them.
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Tanah Merah
China still has a long way to catch up for manufacturing world standard tradition vehicles. But their EV technology is not far behind and there is little doubt they will be the world leader and be dominant in mass produced electric and autonomous vehicles. The question really becomes. when will we drive Chinese EV imports in the future? As no world class motor company will give up having their biggest manufacturing base in China.
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China still has a long way to catch up for manufacturing world standard tradition vehicles. But their EV technology is not far behind and there is little doubt they will be the world leader and be dominant in mass produced electric and autonomous vehicles. The question really becomes. when will we drive Chinese EV imports in the future? As no world class motor company will give up having their biggest manufacturing base in China.
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Ab Ba
Maybe it's time to start supporting American company car companies to design better to keep America free from being absorbed by foreign nations. Other nations that have gone through this process are always in the end enslaved and overthrown by those foreign nations, all in the name of profit. So we either go to war to keep free from foreign nations overthrowing USA, or we cut that short today, right now.
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Maybe it's time to start supporting American company car companies to design better to keep America free from being absorbed by foreign nations. Other nations that have gone through this process are always in the end enslaved and overthrown by those foreign nations, all in the name of profit. So we either go to war to keep free from foreign nations overthrowing USA, or we cut that short today, right now.
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