MINI Cooper Clone Made In China!

It May Have a 'Similar' Face...

But It'll Never Have The GRACE or The PACE!

— DaHarder (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 1:07:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11   

^^^ that was weak, i personally love when they do this. it will be really funny why these knockoffs have a better build quality than the cars they knocked off.

— DROOPYSAKK (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 1:10:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -15   

Are Chinese Automakers really serious? I mean this is beyond funny. Shameless

JUGNU

— JUGNU (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 1:27:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 11   

what kind of message is china really trying to establish. lack of ideas really can't be where they're at right now. It seems like a plain careless attitude to me. somewhat ballsy yet somewhat innapt.

— EnvyofyouRS5 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 2:06:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

There's nothing like the REAL thing. Id be ashamed of driving around a shamelessly wannabe car.

— w209w114 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 2:27:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

If I ever see that car in America I will take a sledgehammer to it.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 2:51:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 7   

Having done business in China, I have developed nothing but disdain for their dishonesty and lack of any business ethics.

The biggest problem is the hubris they constantly demonstrate (copying designs, stealing intellectual property, etc) and then become extremely offended when confronted....sad, but truly endemic and a part of their culture.

— ICON (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 3:38:07 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

I do not understand people that like knock offs. Literally taking a companies design which cost millions to billions to design and engineer only to have a Chinese company pull it apart and build copies. Thus selling for much less because there was no development costs and under cut the Real make.

This is BS. Imagine if they did this with Porsche, Audi or other makes. Could happen...

— Porschinator (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 4:01:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I'm so tired of the chinese automakers with there knock offs. why cant they come up with there own designs.

— morhpthanu (View Profile)

Posted on 1/21/2008 6:21:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I smell a lawsuit.

— lexusis350 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/22/2008 12:35:42 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

I didn't think it would be anyway posible to make a car uglier looking than a mini but Chinese have made it even slightly uglier..but perhaps it'll be at least as unreliable also..

— Homer008 (View Profile)

Posted on 1/22/2008 5:47:29 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -7   

Can I buy one at Wal-Mart?

— M35MT (View Profile)

Posted on 1/22/2008 8:08:56 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

It doesn't take much adjusting to make the good looking Mini look terrible. IMO, the Chinese are making progress though as it isn't a rip off of another SUV/CUV.

— Shredmo (View Profile)

Posted on 1/22/2008 9:55:24 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

We should really stop the bickering with the design copying between Benz, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, etc. because the Chinese have taken copying to a whole new level. If they made their own cars, that's one thing, and even if they licensed designs, that'd be cool, but this! This is just disgusting and needs to stop. I'm sure as car guys, you all have some influence over your family and friends regarding car purchases. I, for one, will make for damn sure no one I know buys a car from a Chinese car company that has undertaken complete design stealing, which is pretty much every single Chinese car company.

— A4ORCE (View Profile)

Posted on 1/22/2008 12:46:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

A stomache, anyone?
Remember that a clone can have the appearance, but never the soul of the real beauty!!!

— sapitoverde (View Profile)

Posted on 12/4/2008 10:26:46 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1