Comments on: Great Walls other little hatchback spotted out and about http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/ Explaining the Chinese Car Industry Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:35 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aron http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38984 aron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:38:27 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38984 I agree. The government should ban their use of the word Great Wall! I agree. The government should ban their use of the word Great Wall!

]]> By: mememe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38980 mememe Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:25:45 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38980 Shame on Great Wall, they are carrying the name of China's great monument and they are comming out with such thing. Shame on Great Wall, they are carrying the name of China’s great monument and they are comming out with such thing.

]]> By: mememe http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38978 mememe Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:24:49 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38978 Toyota Yaris ? oh it's a Great Wall Yaris. Toyota Yaris ?

oh it’s a Great Wall Yaris.

]]> By: aron http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38936 aron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:02:33 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38936 Ack, i meant to say: fading is not equal to gone. I guess cant' show up together! Ack, i meant to say: fading is not equal to gone. I guess cant’ show up together!

]]> By: aron http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38934 aron Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:00:52 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38934 Fading Gone. Most Chinese car manufacturers are fairly young (ie-Chery and BYD), while Great Wall was founded in 1984. Undoubtedly, it would take a while to get over this phase of mimicking others to get their technology off the ground. To prove my point, while Kia Motors was founded in 1944, in 2004, they released the Amanti which was hailed to be a copy of the Jaguar S-type by most media. (and rightly so, just like this is GWM hatch is a Toyota rip off). It even ripped of Mercedes' famed seat controls. (http://automobilesdeluxe.blogspot.com/2006/07/drive-kia-amanti.html) That's a full 64 years after the start of the company, and they were STILL releasing such "inspired" designs. What makes it so surprising that the young Chinese auto industry is still doing so? Fading Gone.

Most Chinese car manufacturers are fairly young (ie-Chery and BYD), while Great Wall was founded in 1984. Undoubtedly, it would take a while to get over this phase of mimicking others to get their technology off the ground.

To prove my point, while Kia Motors was founded in 1944, in 2004, they released the Amanti which was hailed to be a copy of the Jaguar S-type by most media. (and rightly so, just like this is GWM hatch is a Toyota rip off). It even ripped of Mercedes’ famed seat controls. (http://automobilesdeluxe.blogspot.com/2006/07/drive-kia-amanti.html)

That’s a full 64 years after the start of the company, and they were STILL releasing such “inspired” designs. What makes it so surprising that the young Chinese auto industry is still doing so?

]]> By: joninchina http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38920 joninchina Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:27:26 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38920 It would be REALLY scary to look in the dumpsters behind the Geely factory.......can you imagine finding a Panda reject?? Oh the nightmares........... :) It would be REALLY scary to look in the dumpsters behind the Geely factory…….can you imagine finding a Panda reject?? Oh the nightmares……….. :)

]]> By: I_Love_China http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38917 I_Love_China Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:14:52 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38917 Being "inspired" by a pre-existing vehicle is OK. Copying the design is not. Chinese need to distinquish between these two concepts. Being “inspired” by a pre-existing vehicle is OK.
Copying the design is not.

Chinese need to distinquish between these two concepts.

]]> By: I_Love_China http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38915 I_Love_China Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:13:34 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38915 Not really, as this picture proves. Not really, as this picture proves.

]]> By: leo http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38856 leo Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:09:36 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38856 not sure whether japanese copying german as well. all the cars are copies to each other, except for those cars with wings - that's copy of birds not sure whether japanese copying german as well.
all the cars are copies to each other, except for those cars with wings – that’s copy of birds

]]> By: Nick in Shanghai http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38831 Nick in Shanghai Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:09:29 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38831 It's amazing what you can pull out the dumpsters behind the Toyota factory. It’s amazing what you can pull out the dumpsters behind the Toyota factory.

]]> By: jackson liu http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38818 jackson liu Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:24:31 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38818 2o6 couldn't have described it better..!! . that's totally depressing..! 2o6 couldn’t have described it better..!!
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that’s totally depressing..!

]]> By: Louyike http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38780 Louyike Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:31:53 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38780 " C-L-O-N-E " hehe. Good thing the trend of blatantly cloned chinese cars seems te be fading, tho. ” C-L-O-N-E ”

hehe.

Good thing the trend of blatantly cloned chinese cars seems te be fading, tho.

]]> By: 2o6 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/comment-page-1/#comment-38775 2o6 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:39:16 +0000 http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/04/04/great-walls-other-little-hatchback-spotted-out-and-about/#comment-38775 Say it with me.....C-L-O-N-E. It's a Scion xA (Toyota Ist) with Toyota Vitz Rear taillamps, and a Toyota Yaris Front-end. Sad and despicible. Say it with me…..C-L-O-N-E.

It’s a Scion xA (Toyota Ist) with Toyota Vitz Rear taillamps, and a Toyota Yaris Front-end.

Sad and despicible.

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