The joy of copying continues in China. Not only T-Shirts or watches, all cars are in the Middle Kingdom didn't. We went looking for particularly shameless copies of all-terrain vehicle.
Before the Chinese clone warriors, hardly a car seems certain. From the smart to Rolls-Royce is in China well start copied, because nothing has changed in recent times. This includes also the world's most popular sport utility vehicles and SUV.
The copy rage has also cultural backgrounds - reproduced are only exceptionally good products in China, is to be copied as an honor. A way of thinking which we know not necessarily encounters love in the Western culture. Interestingly which models in China are considered worthy of copy - it once, and which are not.
On our journey through the Chinese SUV offer copies of known models from Europe, Japan and the United States were found. German premium manufacturer are particularly high in the course. But also long vehicles missing from the lineup of the brands come in China to new life.
It however remains mostly optical copy. The Chinese - must still - fit technique. So largely uniform simple drives, can be found in famous sheet metal dresses also the - at least often in official license manufactured - imitations older Mitsubishi Motors. That one is significantly less dynamic with the 136 PS of a Shuanghuan CEO as in a BMW X 5 - the model of body - is clear. Also with regard to security, the Chinese derivatives lag behind yet miles away. Just the offshore wind CV9 in a renewed EURO-NCAP crash test drove a a catastrophic result, already its predecessor was here failed resoundingly.
Amazing: A Land Rover copy have we so far have not seen, not the classic Defender or the successful Range Rover Sport served previously as a template. Currently especially SUV from Europe, Japan and the United States will be copied.
Before the Chinese clone warriors, hardly a car seems certain. From the smart to Rolls-Royce is in China well start copied, because nothing has changed in recent times. This includes also the world's most popular sport utility vehicles and SUV.
The copy rage has also cultural backgrounds - reproduced are only exceptionally good products in China, is to be copied as an honor. A way of thinking which we know not necessarily encounters love in the Western culture. Interestingly which models in China are considered worthy of copy - it once, and which are not.
On our journey through the Chinese SUV offer copies of known models from Europe, Japan and the United States were found. German premium manufacturer are particularly high in the course. But also long vehicles missing from the lineup of the brands come in China to new life.
It however remains mostly optical copy. The Chinese - must still - fit technique. So largely uniform simple drives, can be found in famous sheet metal dresses also the - at least often in official license manufactured - imitations older Mitsubishi Motors. That one is significantly less dynamic with the 136 PS of a Shuanghuan CEO as in a BMW X 5 - the model of body - is clear. Also with regard to security, the Chinese derivatives lag behind yet miles away. Just the offshore wind CV9 in a renewed EURO-NCAP crash test drove a a catastrophic result, already its predecessor was here failed resoundingly.
Amazing: A Land Rover copy have we so far have not seen, not the classic Defender or the successful Range Rover Sport served previously as a template. Currently especially SUV from Europe, Japan and the United States will be copied.
