The Chinese Chinaman cars mostly local, some international - Shanghai Autoshow 2009

[barbarian]

This year China expects to sell 12 million new cars so I will start with Chinese domestic new models only.

Not in particular order though.

SAIC MG6 new model (note SAIC bought the English brand MG years ago, but this new model is a Chinese new design)











Geely Dihao SUV





Geely Global Eagle especially for gals






Geely MPV












BYD F0 model















this is BYD E6 electric car

[barbarian]

BYD M6


















ChangAn Auto's

[barbarian]

Brilliance Auto Corp


























China Haima Auto Corp




















Chery G5

[barbarian]

BYD




















FAW RedFlag


















FAW RedFlag SUV

















Brilliance GT

[barbarian]

JAC






















GWM Motors














GMW H5
















GMW sedan

[barbarian]

SAIC Roewe


























Geely GX718



















Geely Dihao SUV








Geely

















Geely GE




















Geely GT


















more Geely

[barbarian]

Geely



















Guanzhou Auto





















Guanzhou Auto




















Guanzhou Auto

[ZA-289]

I lost count how many designs were "borrowed" from other makes.

I had this mental picture of a chinese car looking real cheap and plastic but it seems not to be the case.

[vztrt]

I like the MG one at the top.

The rest......I hope they don't export here.

[Fev]

Honestly, Do they not have a shred of originality in them? DESIGN YOUR OWN CARS FFS!!

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Fev

Honestly, Do they not have a shred of originality in them? DESIGN YOUR OWN CARS FFS!!

No different to the Indians.

Doesn't matter, the Chinese want European and japanese cars anyway.

[FTE217]

Thanks for the pics barbarian, I only got back from China Tuesday and was annoyed I didn't have enough time to visit the Shanghi motor show....
Some of those Chinese cars/SUV's look far better than expected.

[FTE217]

Originally Posted by Fev

Honestly, Do they not have a shred of originality in them? DESIGN YOUR OWN CARS FFS!!

What and the Japs haven't done any different ?

[JMO]

: They all look terrible!

[Road_Warrior]

Originally Posted by Bluedriver

What and the Japs haven't done any different ?

Well they havent blatantly reverse engineered other makes' cars to make an exact copy and call it their own for a start! Go check out YouTube for the Landwind crash tests, it's horrifying

Chinese carmakers are almost in some sort of race or corporate ****fest over who can produce the most blatant copy.

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by JMO

: They all look terrible!

Was thinking the same

the best part was the legs in the 5th last pic

[Polyal]

Well for an industry that is pretty new over there I think its alright. Agreed the MG ones seems the more cohesive of the lot.

[TZENU]

Oh dear! Some of those cars look identical.... I bet you that Geely GE would cost 1/10 of what a Rolls/Bentley would cost..

You can't blame them though, their entire market/industry is built on cheap knock offs and i suppose the next thing to make money would be to look at the automotive industry.... why would it be any different?

[cheek]

Honestly, Do they not have a shred of originality in them? DESIGN YOUR OWN CARS FFS!!

Exactly!!!!! Can't you bloody get sued for that!!!

[Fev]

Do communist countries have lawyers? lol

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by cheek

Exactly!!!!! Can't you bloody get sued for that!!!

The Chinese have been cracking down on this of recent times.

But how do we know they haven't bought platforms from other companies.

[fnp865]

Seriously, can't they design their own cars. I just wrote down all the cars I recognized and I got Toyota Hilux, Toyota Rav 4, Honda Accord Euro, Toyota Tarago, Mazda 3, Smart ForTwo, Mazda 2, Dodge Avenger, Mercedes S-Class, Fiat Panda, Toyota LandCruiser, and a pretty terrible looking Rolls Royce Phantom (its even got a spirit of ecstasy on the bonnet!).

[Carby]

Out of that lot, the only models I liked had two legs!

[Loosecannon]

Sad, BUT, the way the car market is going in western countries around the world, Most manufacturers will be looking to China to make their cars

The Japs were laughed at in the 60's, and copied other cars to get going, but now stand alone from other makes

Most likely the ONLY place on the planet were the cars market is going great!!

sad, but true

[Daymoe]

The Geely GE looks VERY similar to a Rolls Royce Phantom...

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Loosecannon

Sad, BUT, the way the car market is going in western countries around the world, Most manufacturers will be looking to China to make their cars

The Japs were laughed at in the 60's, and copied other cars to get going, but now stand alone from other makes

Most likely the ONLY place on the planet were the cars market is going great!!

sad, but true

As in build or design??

[Loosecannon]

build

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Loosecannon

build

Then i think you'll find Thailand is where a lot of manufactures are building their cars. I believe they are now the second largest car builder in the world.

[lamborghinifan]

annoyed that the vast majority of design cues are unashamedly stolen, but sad that eventually they'll take over. as the western designers go broke who does the next lot of development get stolen from?

[cheek]

i think it just means the ceo's of ford,gm,bmw,vw etc. will just have to work harder to keep up...