Comments on: Lifan planning to expand its range of cars rapidly?

By: kantor

kantor — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:19:16 +0000

lifan is actually selling the actual price, which means, the other car manufacturers, are “OVERPRICED” which means the other car manufacturers are stealing 50% more from car consumers, imagine that! thats a real ripoff, hahahah! lifan is actually the 3rd party production manufacturers of all car parts, once assembled, the toyota rav4 is exported to japan and lifan logo is removed and being re-tagged as toyota rav4. hehehe. same thing with honda accord and other car manufacturers hehehe

By: William

William — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:57:31 +0000

Well, hope someone at least give some credits to this company, at least they are trying to compete and make car more affordable for people like you. I am sorry to hear people comments about stealing designs,comment about ripoff, etc. You think those other BIG car makers out there better than Lifan? What so proud if they are trying to RE-BADGE their own car and trying to sell it to consumer?? where those car are 95% look the same except changing their company logo or front grill, etc? One good example like a Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon/Isuzu -i290/i370??? You think buyer stupid or what?? Isn’t that a ripoff too?? Another example is a Ford-150 and a Lincoln Mark LT (so call a luxury truck)??? Don’t they look the same? Please look at yourself in the mirror before trying to complaint about other people.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:20:57 +0000

Ross,

If you dont like it, there are plenty of other car blogs.

Hell, if you want – start your own!

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:53:33 +0000

This is possibly the most biased blog I have ever read. You didn’t even mention that the majority of the cars you posted were PURE ripoffs. Don’t give me crap about stealing design cues, because this is just pathetic.

By: Dalia

Dalia — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:11:42 +0000

The CEO of Lifan is very smart man. But he is Chinese. One should not forget that Lifan is the world largest motorbike manufacturer and sells it in the USA, Europe, Asia, Africa etc. They have started with one quite prospective model. But one car is not enqough for the global market. Let’s seem what they will really make after 3-5 years. Furthermore, their strategy is to build assembling factories all over the world – this is reasonable, because will make their cars price-competitive.

By: fulcrumb

fulcrumb — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:42:06 +0000

Lifan is just doing what they see others doing. DaimlerChrysler re- introduced the 1937 Ford Victoria as the PT Cruiser: Fuji Heavy Industries updated the Saab 96 wagon and called it the B9 Tribeca, which, was a little TOO “benign”, so they rushed a 7/8ths scale Pacifica into production for the 2008 Model year while the Lifan wagon is still a .gif.

By: Legolas

Legolas — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:39:25 +0000

I don’t get how a videogame like GTA can create numerous generic car designs that are more original and better looking then a car company. i have no words for the chinese car industry.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:45:56 +0000

Hola Jordi.
Es un buen traddución!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:42:54 +0000

Forgot to mention they ripped off Buick’s logo too!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:42:14 +0000

Ok, what the hell is going on here? From the top, these are
downright copies of the Chrysler Pacifica, Toyota Rav4(old gen),
Toyota Rav4(new), Citroën C1 (they didn’t even bother to change
the wheels!), -Also I’m pretty sure those dimension photos are
just plain photoshopped-, After we have the next-gen Honda
Accord (wow, they’re good) as we’ve already seen from the Accord
coupé concept car and numerous spy photos, after we have something
between a Toyota Camry (old gen) and a Mark X(JDM name), and Finally a
slightly modified (wow, they actually changed something this time) Diahatsu
Sirion. In ten years, maybe we’ll see people selling these in Street corners in
New York and Alleys in Rome (as we already see w/ counterfeit watches/designer
goods, etc…). The thing is, you buy counterfeit, you get counterfeit. In an accident,
these things will crumple faster than tin foil.

By: Jordi

Jordi — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 19:11:22 +0000

Hi! Hello from Spain!

Oh! Lifan doesn’t have ideas. Why they do not modify the design? Though it is only a bit… This is a “copy&paste” but not edit! I am sorry to say it, but they give me an anger those that they copy! That they design!

I have written this text translating it in a translator. Is it written well? If it isn’t written well, you can tranlate this text…

Hola desde España!

Oh! Lifan no tiene ideas. Por qué ellos no modifican el diseño? Aunque sea un poco… Esto es un “copy paste” pero no editar! Siento decirlo, pero ellos me dan una rabia! Que diseñen ellos!

… here:

http://www.elmundo.es/traductor/

P.D: Good Bye from Spain!

By: Chinacar

Chinacar — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:58:43 +0000

Intersetingly the line drawing of the SUV is an old generation RAV4, the other drawing the new generation…

By: adb

adb — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:02:45 +0000

The sedan is a ripoff of the 2008 Accord sedan–or, more accurately, it looks like the Accord Coupe Concept transformed into a sedan.

By: erik

erik — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:52:24 +0000

And oh yes, the SUV has the Toyota RAV 4(old model) sizes.

By: erik

erik — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:38:55 +0000

The drawings and sizes of the Super Mini are the drawings and sizes of the Citroën C1. Even the rims are the same. I get the impression that someone used his fantasy knowing that Lifan is going to develop a mini, an mpv etc. and just filled this progamme in with existing vehicles. The B-type car has the same sizes as the Toyota Corolla, it is a bit smaller than the Camry.

By: dragin

dragin — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:44:25 +0000

Lifan wouldn’t have had a problem buying that Tritec engine factory in Brazil, but the government was not keen on it being dismantled and shipped to China.
That high class sedan is a nice looking concept. Especially the bull rump lines of the rear end, seen only in the phantom drawing.
As for the sedan, it looks just like the 2002-2006 Camry.

By: M0L0TOV

M0L0TOV — Wed, 30 May 2007 12:59:09 +0000

The Lifan Station Wagon? I guess Chrysler should be flattered that somebody copied the design of the venerable Chrysler Pacifica. I doubt the final product will look anything like the sketch though. You can even get a Chrysler Pacifica with the same rims as in the sketch. Just check the URL I posted above. Chrysler plans on discontinuing the Pacifica soon…Maybe Lifan should just buy the tooling and save on R&D. -sighs- I’m just hoping MG comes stateside soon.

M0L0TOV

By: cryptonx

cryptonx — Wed, 30 May 2007 09:32:47 +0000

I laughed at the MINI and the SUPERMINI … both are heavenly inspirations