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Ford takes a lawsuit against the Chinese company on knockoff F-150.
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Nobody likes a copycat, especially when it comes to automotive design Automakers are often accused of a derivative style, but what happens when a company literally copy other JAC 4R3 much like a Ford F -150, which is why Ford blocked the Chinese company to sell it.
Not going to happen, said Bill Coughlin, president and CEO of Ford Global Technologies in an interview with Autoline In the past, other automakers are struggling to protect their Chinese copier models, but Ford did We can not protect us progressive China, it is not easy but you can do is this expensive not really, i mean, it would be less than the deposit in the United States.
In the past, foreign companies filing claims for breach of copyright in China were usually fought by the government, which sided with the domestic automobile manufacturers, the Chinese government also requires foreign automakers to partner with national companies, which are forcing companies like Ford to disclose information they would normally not the However, JAC is not one of the Chinese partner of Ford, so the Blue Oval had a sound legal justification .
Since the Chinese government's past behavior, it is likely that Ford had a little help, the government may be gone for Ford this time remains to be seen whether JAC respect the decision or build its F-150 Sabotage anyway.
The 4R3 is a strange truck facsimile popular Ford Looks like toy cars sold in pharmacies without a license; no Ford badges, but it is clear that the vehicle which is still supposed to be the JAC badge is a copy it its blue oval However, under the skin, the 4R3 recently accompanied the F-150 Truck Chinese is powered by a pathetic 2 diesel 8 liters which only 108 horsepower and 177 lb-ft of torque that is nothing compared to the real range of F-150 V6 and V8 engines, or even August 1 liter Toyota Corolla which has 132 hp.
Ford is not the first foreign automaker to have its models copied Chinas In 2006, Shijiazhuang Shuanghuan came out with a sport utility vehicle called the WECS aping the BMW X5 BMW continued in China, and lost, but the WECS was considered a fraud by the German government Shuanghuan also made a Smart Fortwo knock off called Noble.
Smart micro car to rival the Mini Cooper, was also executed by the copy machine, creating the Lifan 320 Designs Mercedes, Scion and Chevy were also reproduced by Chinese companies Chinese copies are usually cheaper to a 2006 cost X5 about 50.000; a WECS was 19000, but not as well made Ford's victory will force Hopefully these Chinese automakers coming up with their own ideas.
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