do Chinese automakers have any talent or do they just steal designs?????
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1st of all, that car look nothing like the R8. Second of all, the Chinese are just doing what every other car manufacturer is doing when it is starting up. Just like what the Koreans are doing right now. Why do you thing their cars are so cheap, it is becasue they spend less money on design.
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1st of all, that car look nothing like the R8. Second of all, the Chinese are just doing what every other car manufacturer is doing when it is starting up. Just like what the Koreans are doing right now. Why do you thing their cars are so cheap, it is becasue they spend less money on design.
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From: MA
Have you seen the Genesis?
MB S class front, BMW 5 series rear and GS side, they have managed to clone 3 cars
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I just saw this Chinese audi R8 rip off. I think its hilarious. I am sure Audi is not happy with this design.
It's obvious that the S11's designers have looked to the Audi R8 and any number of recent Ferraris for design inspiration, both inside and out. As far as we can tell, the resulting mashup isn't all that bad – minus the one-size-too-small alloys and those awkward Audi-esque blades on either side.
It's obvious that the S11's designers have looked to the Audi R8 and any number of recent Ferraris for design inspiration, both inside and out. As far as we can tell, the resulting mashup isn't all that bad – minus the one-size-too-small alloys and those awkward Audi-esque blades on either side.
It's not so much that it is easier, but rather that looking similar gives greater credance to an upstart brand.
And uhh, it's the 5 Series, not the GS side (gee, what does that say about the GS' side? Not to mention the 2nd gen GS' front which many claimed to be lifted from the E Class), w/ the Hofmeister kink (which, pretty much everyone has lifted; look at the new Subaru Legacy) and the rear being more like the 3 Series than the 5.
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Take a look at hazard light
It's huge for a reason
???
I have both and the LS doesn't look anything like the S class.
If anything, maaaaybe the 2nd gen LS400 (>98). So if you're going to insult, please insult correctly
It's huge for a reason???
I have both and the LS doesn't look anything like the S class.
If anything, maaaaybe the 2nd gen LS400 (>98). So if you're going to insult, please insult correctly
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From: MD
Oh, please - take another look at the roofline-C-pillar and rear of the LS430 w/ the W140 gen S Class - very similar.
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