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Old 04-18-2008, 11:58 AM   #35 (permalink)
paul8488
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Re: Beijing Preview: Roewe 550

I don't see anything 'shamelessly' copied on that car. The first crop of Chinese cars were often exact copuies with interchangeable parts... that's shamelessly copying. There are only a handful of new cars that we can't compare to other ones... actually, I can't think of many truly unique designs in the mass market in quite a while.

I don't encourage Americans to embrace Chinese cars with open arms... but that doesn't stop this from being an attractive car that shows the the Chinese aren't going to follow forever. They'd be very happy leading.
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