Comments on: BYD M6: Have you seen this car before?

By: lol

lol — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:12:56 +0000

who wounldn’t want to have a German car ? ye i got your point.

By: Juls

Juls — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:40:19 +0000

Sorry, I should add “least arrogant of German cars with character” VW doesn’t fall into that, at least it didn’t until some of their newer style models came out, though I still have to make my mind on those…

By: Juls

Juls — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:38:14 +0000

I don’t have a particular affection with Japan as a country or Japanese manufacturing. I just see it as a tool. If I could have bought European I would have, and gladly, but for my budget there was nothing comparable. So I swallowed my pride and bought a brand I don’t find very attractive. It boils down to balancing consumer attitudes and pragmatism… for example if I could have bought Audi I would have. It’s the least arrogant of German cars, so pretty much de-facto my favourite brand. Beamers and Mercs are too much of a symbol status. At least in Europe. Unfortunately Audis tend to fall in that category in China too. An AWD Avant S4 would be my ideal car.

By: lol

lol — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:39:53 +0000

what is wrong with honda ? isn’t it better than that Fix Or Repair Daily ?

By: Juls

Juls — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:19:10 +0000

But of course it’s not a BYD… I think BYD has some sort of plan to brand itself as an affordable Toyota for chinese consumers. There’s a weird love affair there for Japanese cars. Funny in a way, this internal stuggle so many Chinese must have when considering Japanese cars: on one side the Chinese consumer is known to value the quality vs price ratio the most, but surely this must clash with their deep rooted resentment for the Japanese??? I always wonder when I see those driving lexus…

Personally am not so proud to drive Japanese (Honda), but my decision was entirely based on price vs quality.

By: Juls

Juls — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:01:51 +0000

you forget one of the most successful carbon copies: the QQ – i.e. the Chevy Spark/Daewoo Matiz.

By: lol

lol — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:41:34 +0000

jap is an offensive word if you can type japs then at least type just a few more letters to make “Japanese”.

at least BYD knows the good cars to copy lol they even had that old BMW logo before lol well at least they changed it to a new one. how come i never see them copy any american cars or logo ? not good enough for them ?

By: lol

lol — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:32:23 +0000

you expect BYD to copy Chrysler or Chevrolet ? lmao.

By: Juls

Juls — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:43:44 +0000

still, it’s a pretty good effort for a BYD. The day the copies become as good as the originals the Jap manufacturers will have to rethink their strategy.

And by the way, why is is that BYD copies mostly Jap cars?

By: menolikechina

menolikechina — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:24:14 +0000

blah blah

By: Bam Bam

Bam Bam — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:22:04 +0000

Nah, the Chinese car companies are not 15 years behind the Koreans.

By: LoveUSA

LoveUSA — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:25:55 +0000

The plastic color is flat, not shiney or glossy. Looks like a mid 90′s Korean car.

By: The Chief

The Chief — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:27:25 +0000

What is your point “Esprit de Flandre”? What is your professional background? How many US and EU patents do you currently have under your name? What the hell do you know about the differences between design patents and utility patents? Where the hell are you from any ways? What is your highest educational degree and in what discipline?

By: Head Honcho

Head Honcho — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:56:01 +0000

lol. What are fiat colored plastics? I didn’t know they had their own personal pallet of colors.

By: Esprit de Flandre

Esprit de Flandre — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:09:32 +0000

That’s because there’s only so many ways to make a jet. All jets are long cylindrical in shape with a pointy nose, two wings and a tail. Engines are always on the wings or tail.

Just like a car has 4 wheels, two front doors, sometimes two back doors, a trunk and a hood.

Your Airbus-Boeing / Toyota-BYD comparison makes no sense.

By: LoveUSA

LoveUSA — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:58:35 +0000

Well, it looks nice. Interior looks to be made of flat color plastics…

By: The Chief

The Chief — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:09:13 +0000

Toyota knows that the kind of buyers wanting Toyota branded vehicles will never settle for BYD copies. There is no need yet for Toyota to waste money on lawsuits it can’t really win. Most auto makers don’t bother getting design patents or copy right protections on the shape of the vehicle. It is simply a big waste of money. These kind of legal protections can be easily skirted by any one making slight deviations to the original design pattern. Just look at the jets made by Boeing and Airbus. Many of them all look very nearly the same but not exactly identical. There are no on going lawsuits between the 2 jet makers on the issue of aircraft outer looks.

By: Juls

Juls — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:52:53 +0000

that’s a pretty impressive copy. Wonder if toyota will let that one fly again and suck it up…. hehe

By: LoveUSA

LoveUSA — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:56:07 +0000

Looks nice, but what about build?

By: tomson

tomson — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:25:28 +0000

Build Your DreamCrap = BYD