The symbol of all things American, the overly big, resource wasting, road hogging SUV come monster truck jeep – the Humvee has an Asian copycat, in terms of the East Wind (Dong Feng in Chinese) EQ2050 and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co’s SFQ2040 HMWWV (pictured below)
Sinopec has actually bought real Humvees from the USA in the 90′s for use in the civillian sectors. According to Sinodefence.com, the chassis and several parts of the engine come from GM, would the PLA want to rely on foreign companies to supply its potentially main vehicle? Probably not. Im not sure how realiable this information is, seeing as the US and Europe (and most of the capitalist world) has a ban on exporting weapons technology to China for use within weapon systems.
The Dongfeng humvee has a V8 AMG Diesel engine, with 200BHP and a price tag of 250k RMB I’m sure the PLA boys will have a great time playing with this bad boy. The body has only basic protection from small arms fire but looks like it could be upgraded, as could the whole body, to carry missiles, or gun mounts etc. Check out the pictures in the more info section.
Anyway, there are two companies in China that are producing Humvee copies, and both are undergoing road testing with the PLA.
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You can see more pictures of the Dongfeng hummer here but be warned, its in Chinese! Lots of pictures though!
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WOW,THE CHINESE ARE REALLY UP TO IT AND SLOWLY THEY ARE INVADING THE WORLD,PROBABLY ONE MORNING YOU WILL WAKE UP WITH A CHINESE GIRL BESIDE YOU.NO REALLY NEED TO SEND ME THE TWO COMPANIES PRODUCING IT,NEED SOME PARTS,THANKS.
Meanwhile Tengzhong Heavy Industry bought Hummer…
IVECO hahah:) pizza is only thing which is good from Italy
Italy simply makes the best looking cars in the world
It is interesting how the PLA can so willingly buy “copies” of another countries products. Is it that the Chinese don’t have the intellectual capital available to produce a really good original vehicle on their own? Where is the superiority in that? Where is your pride.
The Chinese government should do what the so-called inferior capitalist system does (since the chinese have no identity outside of their government apparently) and invest in intellectual capital to produce highly competitive “ORIGINAL” designs and products.
I applaude the modernization attempt by the Chinese which has been astounding to the rest of the world.
However, integrity and self esteem matter, not ego. So if you want to be trusted, and admired, produce original items, and do it well. Take a lesson from South Korea. They didn’t simply copy electronics and knock-off cheap substitutes, LG for instance took good designs and improved them 100% and did so economically. That is innovation and that is admirable.
The Point: Make less cheap copies, and you will have a true engine of progress. The Chinese surely have the brains and the will to do great things technologically, and I for one am waiting to see what the next 20 years brings for that great nation.
I cannot wait for you to get into a car accident in a chinese car. Talk about low quality lol
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Your information is from years ago. Do you not have a brain or something? Seriously, if you don’t know anything, then just shut the hell up.
Wow it is a good copy and cheap i hope i would like to buy it for me to used in my palm oil plantation.
By the way intellectual things are the things of the past and need to pass that old band wagon .
haha,i have no idea about what you guys r saying. but the only vehicles i have ever loved are: Willys,M151 series,Humvees(this chinese copycat doesnt look bad though),Land Rover defenders.as for the italian vehicles, they did make a brilliant one by the lamboghinis, the now out-of-print and only SUV.whats its name,then? omg, i forget.