BYD: Our F1 is our own design, what are Toyota on about?
BYD angrily rejected criticisms aimed at their F1 mini car (above) that they showed off at the Geneva car show earlier this month. The general manager of BYD, Mr. Xia Zhibing, said “The BYD F1 is a model developed by ourselves and we hold the intellectual property right for it”
Many people have noticed that the front end of both the Toyota Aygo, and the BYD F1 look remarkably similar, also the F1′s dashboards instrument panel also has a similar design to the Aygo.
The F1 is scheduled to go on the market later towards the middle of this year, BYD is hoping to sell around 25,000 of these F1 cars. BYD hopes to manufacture 200,000 cars in total this year. Its latest car, the larger BYD F6 went on the market this week, which BYD are also hoping to sell around 25,000 of in 2008.
The BYD F1 has a 12 valve 1.0l self developed engine from BYD, the engine has a max torque of 90nm and uses 4.2l of fuel per 100km.
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Let’s see: the F1 looks like an Aygo, the F3 an E120 Corolla and the F6 an XV30 Camry. Even the doors look interchangeable on all these models. The only way BYD could claim originality is if its exterior designers were somehow channelling Toyota’s through the use of spiritual mediums.
As a chinese, I am shame on BYD. It’s insane. Look at their S8, T6 (Google it). WTF, can’t these people stop cloning others, and do you own homework.
FYI, the CEO of BYD is the richest in China. Thanks Warren Buffer for the free advertisement and let this stupid ass hole doing these freeking jokes and let the whole world laughing @ chinese people being the Clone Experts in all the time.
Shame on you, BYD.
The funny thing is, former clone king Chery has moved on with its own unique styling even if they still use stolen platform underneath it.
Not so with BYD.
BYD is an auto brand which creates original designs. Toyota is just harassing BYD because it sees the success of BYD which could dethrone as the number one auto brand. BYD produces great quality and affordable autos but their cars may resemble other autos. Nothing unethical.
Shame on you Mr. Wong for shaming yourself, BYD and other chinese auto brands. BYD and other chinese autos are brands. Your brain has been brainwashed by anti-japs.