The auto industry in China is a force not to be reckon with !

Even after GM n Honda filing suite against copyright ! There seems to be little that can stop them !

I am sensing that we will soon see brands like " Fa le Li " , " Lan Pao Qi Ni " or " Zhen Da " super car replica !

See the pics of their "Haima 3 !" can u guess which car was stripped out to replicate ?

I fear a " Haima 8 "

 

hahaha..... those brands just might suddenly appear sometime in da future...... DAMN China...... Why can't they just build something ORIGINAL !!!!!! They make soooooo many knock-off replica cars that it isn't even FUNNY anymore !!!!!!!!

 

Look at that.......they even made the LOGO similar to the MAZDA logo !!!!! WTF......

 

not only automobile. Heard abt Ai Feng (China version of iPhone). It came out faster then Apple release their version in the state.

 

It make sense. Replicate and cut out r&d, design and marketing costs. Costs = cheap labour (maybe free? slave?) & cheap raw materials.

Sue them? Cut through the communist red tape and corruption first.

 

Don't need to sue them. The WTO can simply revoke their status and make it so much more expensive for overseas companies to operate in China that they would all pull out.

 

if only it was so simple.

 

they have no respect for IP. to them, everything is "heng2 jian2 tan1" (very easy) and "mei2 se4" (no issue). pardon my hanyu pingying, it sucks.

 

This is an car forum, didn't feel like getting into more detail then that.

 

to buy or not to buy, still depends on us - buyer.

 

I love it! I want one.

 

Well, there's this saying - "Copying is the highest form of compliments".. I am sure the Jap and Korean car makers are no strangers too.. 3 cts.

But it will be interesting if the Chinese can master the Rotary engine.. like they have made tourbillons in watch. But would you buy?

King105

 

Ho say liao...its juz gonna be a matter of time b4 we c a $50,000 8 coming out
of china...
hahaha...

 

Ya. And it will have a 20B with no emissions control. $50k 300hp "8"

 

Their haima 8 will definitely be a 1.3L, but an inline, not rotary. hahah......

 

Since I had nothing to do, i went to the haima website to check on their haima8. Cannot find it though...but i do find the familiar haima3 and haima2.

Anyway, i am no chinese expert (i dont know how to read the words actually). But I do find a link to the mazda website from the haima website. Any chance haima and mazda are affilated?

 

Finally, someone with some cow sense.

For those who can't read Chinese:

http://www.haima.com/2006/english/profile.asp