Automotive enthusiasts?

@RD4590  
Looks like a Dodge Charger, Mustang, BMW, and an Audi, all got crammed together into one car.

Few things get me really mad, but when Zotye announces they want to sell their T600 in the US, that really razzled my dazzles.
 

 
Where to start? First off, this is a brand that literally no one has ever heard of. It’s not even an established brand in the export market, like Geely or Chery.  
Second, they have the gall to call this a ‘unique and individual design’. Are you fucking kidding me? This is a straight-off carbon copy of the old Volkswagen Touareg. Would it have killed you to do a little research before securing a licensing deal? How long until VW orders a C&D of Zotye sales in the US? A month? A week?  
In China, the judges usually just side with Chinese companies for patriotism, but this is America.  
VW has very good lawyers and will be successful in their claim for intellectual property. I can see it already: jokes like “I was driving a Yugo when I suddenly had the urge to hide myself - a Zotye overtook me” will be in everyone’s mouth within months.  
Third: the car itself. It is not only a copy of a VW, but a copy of a ten-year-old VW with some purdy old Japanese engine under the hood. Who in their right mind would buy a potpourri like that?
 
There are so many established Chinese car brands that I want to see succeed on the US market - Geely, Chery, SAIC, Baojun - and they choose this. Why???

@CalypsoFantasy  
I’ve never even heard of a single one of those car brands before.

@MagpulPony  
So what?

@RD4590  
It’s just a design observation on what it looks like the inspiration was.
 
Plus I’m almost strictly a truck guy.

@CalypsoFantasy  
Why do you even care? We don’t even give a shit about Zotye in China.

@RD4590  
You know this is the automative thread right? All I did was try to guess which cars that particular vehicle was based on.

@MagpulPony  
Exterior design clashes sometimes. I can also say Glickenhaus copied Porsche 917 just because of similar design elements.

@RD4590  
It’s just…ugh, how stupid do you have to be to think it’s a good idea selling these in America?  
(And I actually am from, and live in, Germany.)  
The Brilliances we got here over ten years ago were crap deathtraps, but at least they were original.

@CalypsoFantasy  
Zotye is managed by stupid people. What do you expect?

We’ve never owned anything other than American made vehicles with the exception of one AMG Mercedes.

@RD4590  
I think my main pet peeve here is that they actually stole the car without licensing at. It’s a big difference if it’s a blatantly stolen car like the T600 or a rebadge built in cooperation with the original manufacturer (like the JAC Refine, Baojun Lechi or the Soueast Delica)

@CalypsoFantasy  
Chinese companies don’t care about things like ethics, copyright law, and intellectual property. They regularly steal technology and designs with their government’s tacit approval.

@kleptomage  
It’s because the Chinese have never really been able to build anything mechanical without copying something from West first it seems. Is it really that hard to design an original car?

@MagpulPony  
Designing an original car is actually very difficult, but it’s no excuse for blatant theft.

@kleptomage  
It shouldn’t be that difficult for a literal automative company though. Otherwise they should just quit if all they’re gonna do is steal.

poor people mentality

What if I tell you the chief designer of WEY is German

@RD4590  
Then I’d say he needs to be fired and or sued.

@RD4590  
What’s that supposed to mean?
 
 
@RD4590  
The designer’s nationality is irrelevant. He’s a lazy hack.

@kleptomage  
I think he called us poor lol

Great Wall is not one of those Chinese manufacturers I want to see succeed…
 
Their Pao looks suspiciously like an old Toyota Tundra:
 

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@CalypsoFantasy  
Great Wall did not succeed. Are you really taking it as a threat?  
It’s like a joke, you know, only more ridiculous than funny.