Comments on: Great Wall Peri, the best Chinese car of 08!

By: shaimaa

shaimaa — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:24:59 +0000

don`t think that it`s a very good car it`s a worst one i have ever seen related to my experiance really i regret that i bought this bad car

By: jman

jman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:46 +0000

Who cares if it’s a copy or not. I’d rather pay $6,000 for a copy any day than $16,000 for the real thing. Honestly… if the peri get’s damaged, you could pretty much just get another one still for cheaper than buying the real deal. Who cares, it’s a throw away car. If all you’re after is to get from point A to point B, Peri is your car. If you want to get from point A to point B in luxury, then spend a $100,000 on a BMW.

By: sobhi badaway

sobhi badaway — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:35:48 +0000

good car but not stronger and spaire parts on agent is to high price i didn,t think this prices u gaved to agent in egypt i have an accedent and to change the left door coast me more than $1300.00 this not fair

By: k

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:39:48 +0000

Propotion is FIat Panda,
their body surface is same as Nissan Note.
Chinese has no pride??

By: John Taylor

John Taylor — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:58:25 +0000

Obviously a copy of a Fiat. Also, made cheep (as in not quite as good).
However, it is a “proven-product” and does what Chinese cars need to do, it runs well and efficiently.

Mostly this car copy will give China the necessary auto making experience to move forward in car production. The money issues will be handled, obviously Fiat deserves some money, and truly they should be hired as consultants on Great Wall’s next car models.

I expect to see far better automotive products “made in China” very soon, especially battery-electric cars.

By: jackson liu

jackson liu — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:40:14 +0000

yeah, what’s with the price??
it might be cheap, but this doesn’t cover the fact that it’s a copy…
Colin, great comparison with the watches and bags….
the only thing is that posers buy Gucci and Rolex fakes because they try to fool other people to think they actually own a real product…
It’s different in the auto industry, IMO. In this case, people buy the car for it being cheap, not because it’s a “Fiat replica” (why would anyone make a replica of a Fiat, anyway…).
So, IMO if GWM made a car that looked good, but weren’t a copy of any other car, it would sell good anyway.
they’ve copied this car just to save money on a new product developement… so long for the auto industry competition… so long for innovations at each new vehicle…
imagine if this happened in Europe or in America or any other place besides China… if brands were allowed to freely copy other brands… no innovations would come up at each new generation… corsas, fiestas and polos would all be the same… as camrys, accords, fusions and malibus… auto industry would never have developed…
Chinese government is just STUPID for letting this happen…

By: Colin G

Colin G — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:12:44 +0000

so what? It’s cheap but it’s fake. Fake watches and handbags are one thing but this is ridiculous.

By: Mememe

Mememe — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:08:22 +0000

Roughly 4,691 Euros or 6,937 dollars

By: makabra

makabra — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:05:46 +0000

how much is 50,380 rmb in euros?

By: dragin

dragin — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:16:53 +0000

I’m disappointed in Great Wall…afterall they had done such a good job of putting a new face on the Axiom.
I thought they had more class… as China’s leading 4X4 maker.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:13:16 +0000

Dragin, Hopefully ill be able to get my grubby hands on one by early Feb, Ill let you know how it is.

I saw the 50k RMB Little Nobel, and the interior fitting was less than good. I pulled the dash out.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:01:43 +0000

you can’t deny this is a copy, the interior is vitually the same http://www.netcarshow.com/fiat/2006-panda_cross/800×600/wallpaper_1d.htm
see for yourself, spare me your propaganda..

By: webz

webz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:31:24 +0000

Great wall give chinese a bad name!!! The Peri is a copy of Fiat Panda. I’m sure Fiat will be sucessful in preventing them selling Peri in Europe, where they have Copyright laws. I would never buy a chinese car..ever!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:50:33 +0000

But the price, the price!!!!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:47:58 +0000

Fiats legal goal was to stop production of the Peri

The Chinese gave GWM the license to produce this car.

I guess Fiat was not successful.

GWM is looking to export this to Italy as well, the next few months should be…. interesting?

By: mark

mark — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:29:58 +0000

Has there been some form of result in the legal action from Fiat?

By: Colin G

Colin G — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:11:27 +0000

And the fact that not only does the exterior look so much like a Fiat Panda but the interior is almost 100% the same. I can’t believe they are allowed to get away with this blatant copying!!

By: dragin

dragin — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:55:23 +0000

All that writing nicely masks, and distracts us from, the fit and finish flaws of this new model.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:49:21 +0000

no, its a self made one from GWM, my mistake.

By: jackson liu

jackson liu — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:45:59 +0000

is the engine not supplied by Mitsubishi?