Great Wall Coolbear = Scion xB Clone
01-09-2009, 11:28 PM
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Great Wall Coolbear = Scion xB Clone
"A while back we told you about China's Great Wall Motors (GWM) and how they planned to get into the small car market, namely by Xeroxing the Scion xA and xB. Well, now we have some spy pics of the production GWM Coolbear, and it's the spitting image of the concept we saw in Shanghai a couple of years ago. Admittedly, the mirrors are less show car and more road car, but other than that, it's remarkably unaltered. The Coolbear should help Great Wall Motors expand from their truck-building roots, assuming Toyota doesn't have greater success than other carmakers have been suing China's automakers for copyright infringement. The Coolbear is expected to use a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine, just like the Scion, but we don't know if it will have a similar VVT-i stamp on it. Check out the gallery below, and if you think we were kidding about this being a copy, check out the taped-over-badges on the silver car used for 'inspiration' in the studio."
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wowowowowwoowwow. *sigh* the box still lives on.
this is both happy and sad at the same time.
01-10-2009, 12:02 AM
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Wow.....that should be illegal. The sheet metal and interior are exactly the same as the xb. The only thing different is the headlights, front and rear bumper and tails. If Barbi can win a law suit against Bratz for copyright infringement then Toyota should win. Why can't China just stick to carry out food. They have that market cornered.....
01-10-2009, 05:00 AM
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No matter what the Chinese call it... it still is a counterfeit xB. & I think that Toyota/Scion has every right to sue for cease & desist, as well as copyright infringements.
on another note... with the track record that China clones have with the safety & crash tests... doubt that they will ever make to the Americas.
on another note... with the track record that China clones have with the safety & crash tests... doubt that they will ever make to the Americas.
01-10-2009, 05:24 AM
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wow.
The back end kinda looks like a 2nd gen, with the tails and all...
No doubt about it being a rip-off, but that's the worst one I've seen.
I remember reading about a Chinese automaker with a BMW X5 copy, but it didn't look
like a carbon copy with new bumpers and lights like this thing does.
The back end kinda looks like a 2nd gen, with the tails and all...
No doubt about it being a rip-off, but that's the worst one I've seen.
I remember reading about a Chinese automaker with a BMW X5 copy, but it didn't look
like a carbon copy with new bumpers and lights like this thing does.
01-10-2009, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Skuff_Box
Wow.....that should be illegal. The sheet metal and interior are exactly the same as the xb. The only thing different is the headlights, front and rear bumper and tails. If Barbi can win a law suit against Bratz for copyright infringement then Toyota should win. Why can't China just stick to carry out food. They have that market cornered.....
also keep in mind Honda/Acura, Nissan/Infiniti Chevy/GMC/Buick/Pontiac
their have plenty of the same models but just rebagged and modified enoigh to be its own manufacturer.
i think that's why GM is going broke.
01-10-2009, 06:25 AM
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keep in mind folks the Japanese auto makers are getting what they deserve....they ripped of the US auto makers the same way in the early days..heck the 2.4-2.8 inline Datsun motor is an almost exact copy of the 250 straight 6 Chevy motor
01-10-2009, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Sciond
keep in mind folks the Japanese auto makers are getting what they deserve....they ripped of the US auto makers the same way in the early days..heck the 2.4-2.8 inline Datsun motor is an almost exact copy of the 250 straight 6 Chevy motor
The Nissan L series of automobile engines ranged from 1.3 L to 2.8 L in both straight-4 and straight-6 configurations and were produced from 1968 through 1986. This was the engine of the Datsun 240Z sports car as well as the Datsun 510 and the first Nissan Maxima. It was a 2-valve per cylinder SOHC non-crossflow engine, with an iron block & an aluminium head.
The design is often incorrectly attributed to Mercedes-Benz. In 1966 Prince Motor Company merged with Nissan. At the time of the merger, they were licensed to produce copies of the four and six-cylinder engines. Prince Motor Company later refined the design such that it no longer needed licensing. The engine still resembles a Mercedes in many ways, particularly the valve train.
The design is often incorrectly attributed to Mercedes-Benz. In 1966 Prince Motor Company merged with Nissan. At the time of the merger, they were licensed to produce copies of the four and six-cylinder engines. Prince Motor Company later refined the design such that it no longer needed licensing. The engine still resembles a Mercedes in many ways, particularly the valve train.
Chevrolet's third-generation inline-6 was introduced in 1962 (two years after rival Chrysler introduced its Slant Six) and produced through 1988. This generation was lighter in mass although the dimension were similar to the previous generation Stovebolts - the difference between the Stovebolt and the third generation sixes is the cast-in Chevrolet V8 bell housing pattern (similar to Chevrolet small block, big blocks, and the W-series). With the addition of the bellhousing redesign - transmission bellhousings (for manual transmissions) and automatics between Chevrolet V8s and sixes are interchangeable - this also includes the starter motors between both engines
The stroked 250 version produced 145 hp (108 kW) for Chevrolet and GMC. Between 1975 - 1984, an integrated cylinder head was produced, with one-barrel intakes for passenger cars, and two-barrel intakes for trucks after 1978.
During the mid-1970s, the Buick 231 and Chevrolet V6-90 (basically a variant of the Chevrolet small block V8 ) was replacing the Chevrolet 250 for use in passenger cars and light duty trucks/vans. Passenger car use of the 250-cubic-inch (4.1 L) engine was discontinued after the 1979 model year since the six was restricted to light truck usage (the 4.1 was discontinued after 1984 where the 4.3 V6 became the base motor). It would be GM's final inline six (along with the Chevrolet 292) until the introduction of the GM Atlas engine in late 2001.
During the mid-1970s, the Buick 231 and Chevrolet V6-90 (basically a variant of the Chevrolet small block V8 ) was replacing the Chevrolet 250 for use in passenger cars and light duty trucks/vans. Passenger car use of the 250-cubic-inch (4.1 L) engine was discontinued after the 1979 model year since the six was restricted to light truck usage (the 4.1 was discontinued after 1984 where the 4.3 V6 became the base motor). It would be GM's final inline six (along with the Chevrolet 292) until the introduction of the GM Atlas engine in late 2001.
