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Chinese copy Rolls Royce
This ‘Geely GE’ is being shown at the Shanghai Motor Show…….Chinese copying taken to a new level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2GHJEAEl8
john
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Wonder what theyll call the Chinese Ferrari.
Furrari?
Fastari?
Warrari?
Wongarri? -
quote Jason Xuereb:Wonder what theyll call the Chinese Ferrari.Furrari?
Fastari?
Warrari?
Wongarri?The Rabbit Testarossa? 😀
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Perhaps the ‘Tiger’?
http://www.bruneistars.com/Magazine/?p=5518john
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quote John Thomson:Perhaps the ‘Tiger’?
http://www.bruneistars.com/Magazine/?p=5518Ooooh. That’s ugly.
I like it. 😀
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quote Jason Xuereb:Wonder what theyll call the Chinese Ferrari.Furrari?
Fastari?
Warrari?
Wongarri?no no, it’d be a fewawwi !
ugly indeed, at least the phantom looks the doggies!
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Just wait for the Euro NCAP- test, perhaps a better result to come than with this one:
http://jalopnik.com/5185849/ -
You’d need to own a service station to run either of them.
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I’m not a big RollsRoyce car fan, Bentley for me!… but its obvious the chinese are copying it regardless to the bull they come away with as an excuse for the similarity and i hope RollsRoyce take them to the cleaners for having the cheek to do it in the first place.
RollsRoyce don’t mess about with this sort of thing, and why should they?
I know this first hand because around 3 years ago they threatened me with legal action simply because of a description of a machine contained the word RollsRoyce on our homepage and demanded it be removed. Personally i thought they were making mountains out of mole hills but who am i to argue… so i removed it. anyway, my point is if they go out their way for something as silly as the use of their name on a sign site, what will be the approach they have over a car built around their own? -
Robert: I’ve been to China. You can go over there take a product with you and they will produce it. No schematics, no diagrams just the product itself. Will it be the same? No. Will it be a lot cheaper? Yes.
They have no problems copying a product, it isn’t even seen as something wrong.
The only time I know the government cracked down over there was on pharmaceutical companies over there just before the Beijing Olympics.
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So I’m guessing Global Patents and the like don’t apply in countries like china Jason? Or dont apply only IN China? there for can be reproduced and sold within china but not outside?
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seems there are a few at it
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quote Robert Lambie:So I’m guessing Global Patents and the like don’t apply in countries like china Jason? Or dont apply only IN China? there for can be reproduced and sold within china but not outside?There are no rules on any copyright as far as I am aware anywhere is Asia though I think that’s changing now as western countries are trying to get them to stop faking clothes brands etc
But as Jason says – you can take watches, clothes, anything and get pretty much an exact representation I have seen higher quality fakes than originals in Asia.
You may remember a few years ago in Thailand when the country was riddled with fake Cartier watches and it was virtually impossible to distinguish between the original
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quote Jason Xuereb:Robert: I’ve been to China. You can go over there take a product with you and they will produce it. No schematics, no diagrams just the product itself. Will it be the same? No. Will it be a lot cheaper? Yes.
They have no problems copying a product, it isn’t even seen as something wrong.
The only time I know the government cracked down over there was on pharmaceutical companies over there just before the Beijing Olympics.
Hi Jason, I was talking to a Chinese manufacturer a couple of days ago, and they are becoming very conscious of the copyright violations now. The government are beginning to be more proactive than they ever used to be because they want credibility in the manufacturing world.
Thats not to say some companies will not do anything for a buck, but it appears they are running the risk if the government find out.
Thats what he told me anyway. 🙂
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Maybe its changing a lot since I’ve been there. I guess if they want major brands to move their manufacturing over there they need to have some assurance they aren’t going to blatantly rip them off.
I might head over later this October if work permits.
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I doubt if anyone would buy I copy off a roller, for years they have been iconic, and only bought for their perceived value.
as a car they have never been any good since pre shadow days.
Mercedes built far better and more reliable cars in the same price range. but now that BMW own RR and volkswagon Bentley, are they still iconic?I woudnt want one, even if I could afford one, and certainly not a copy
Peter
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Rolls Royce lost its way when they started selling them to celebrities like Jimmy Tarbuck and Tom Jones and the symbol RR on the bonnet became synonymous with "Rif Raf". Prior to then it was the preserve of the cultured elite. 😕
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I see this morning that Geely , the makers of this copy have just agreed to buy Volvo from Ford for £1.25 billion……..
john
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