[MRG] Car Piracy in China

[CARLiTO_]

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[Sajjad]

I bought one at Pacific Mall

[runningdog]

That’s funny. From the title I thought you were talking about “pirates” that stole cars in Canada and took them to China. In my housing estate in China we had a care with a Marvin Starr (Toronto dealer) decal on the back. It was a loaded Sanoma if I remember correctly. Probably came out of the Pearson parking lot.

We took pictures of Car and VIN and dealer decal and sent to the dealer. Heard nothing, so sent to the sales department and got an immediate reply inquiring about what we would be interested in buying.

Now we have a Mercedes with a Bolton Maine. I have also seen Point Clair, Quebec dealer stickers and from Texas, too.

[elty]

well, everyone start off copying. I mean, who will copy a car if that is fugly.

But I would avoid buying China car... they just dont seems safe enough

[technote]

with Korean cars slowly being accepted as "good value" cars (2006 Sonata being one of the first one that's considered as on-par with the Japanese), Chinese cars can probably take the lower end of the market with super cheap cars (< $10000-$15000???) in 5-10 years... I wouldn't be surprised...

[CompWizrd]

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One of the articles i read about the Spark and QQ, mentioned that GM found the doors off the "pirated" QQ actually fit BETTER on the real Spark than the legit doors did...

They can't build their own safe car(witness that car that got a zero star crash rating), but they sure can copy another design.

[Sonbuster]

if they're cheap, and they work, why not get one. if they've got a billion people driving these cars, they've got to have some kind of standard.

[cooljack]

if they're cheap, and they work, why not get one. if they've got a billion people driving these cars, they've got to have some kind of standard.

Yes their standard is zero safety. Like you said they have one billion ppl, so their life value is worth nothing.

And no, they dont work. Btw are you chinese?

ps. only cheap ass, ****** chinese in China bought this car.

[LoookingForDeals]

There are also ones that look like a BMW as well.
But what they actually do is they don't design their own cars. They buy design plans for body, engine, and everything else, from other asian/european manufacturers and build to those plans.

But of course when those companies sell their plans, they are not the same and simplified. Also the chinese manufacturer will use cheaper materials as well as different and cheaper facilities to keep costs down. Buying designs from other manufactuers save them millions in R&D. All of that contribute to the unreliability and low quality factor, while maintaining the familiar appearance. But for some people, it would be the only car they can afford. Keep in mind, alot of people in most parts of China don't worry about things like safety as much as in Europe, Japan, and North America.

[gangus]

ps. only cheap ass, ****** chinese in China bought this car.

That`s Fcukin racist JACK as!!

[Hybrid88]

For those who understand the car industry and old enough to remember Hyundai's begginings (and those who are old enough to drive! as I often wonder how many RFD users who are in the car forum are old enough to drive - enough ranting) , the Chinese car makers are doing pretty doing the same as others in the car industry in the past decades. Geez, Hyundai still look/feel like Honda even after all these years of improvement. Its just a matter of copying success. This goes for Japanese cars as well - we know where they got their begginings.

[dmatthew]

Cooljack only says that because:

Chinese Made Car Crashtest

While it is a derogatory statement...no one in their right mind would buy these cars unless they value money over safety

[mrken]

if they're cheap, and they work, why not get one. if they've got a billion people driving these cars, they've got to have some kind of standard.

I say this is another Chinese communist government conspiracy to cover up their population control plans. Boost the economy and increasing the GDP per capita.

[hhh]

Cooljack only says that because:

Chinese Made Car Crashtest

While it is a derogatory statement...no one in their right mind would buy these cars unless they value money over safety

wow, don't think anyone could survive that crash....

[cyberknight]

keep in mind that in China, going 50km/h is considered fast.