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JAC 4R3 pickup is the latest in Chinese knock-off cars.
JAC, a Chinese automotive company, announced 4R3, a carbon copy of the Ford F-150 Wikimedia Commons image.
There are knock-off brands of all kinds of things made in all sorts of countries, for example, China is known for producing knock-off car brands such as JAC truck recently debuted, which is near carbon copy of a Ford F150.
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According to Autoblog, the Jianghuai Auto Corporation has revealed the JAC 4R3, a van that JAC will be able to sell as an affordable work truck in China, South America and Africa The truck is powered by a 108 horsepower, 2 8- liter diesel four-cylinder engine hasn t announced the price and the automaker will begin at the Beijing motor Show.
Unfortunately, as AutoBlog points out, JAC will probably debut, there fanfare but to subpoena the truck's almost a blatant copy of the Ford F150 pickup truck, until even a blue oval in the middle of the front grille JAC, a small car company in China, specializing in re-bodied vehicles.
According to The Economist, a saying goes in Shanghai that we can copy anything except your mother Many car companies in China were found blatantly copying other carmakers vehicles, until all but the badge .
For example, according to the Daily Mail, there was the Geely GE, an almost complete copy of a Rolls Royce Phantom, which Geely unveiled in 2009, His little shorter, has a much less powerful engine, but it seems almost even including a winged lady like a hood ornament that resembles the spirit of ecstasy found on a Rolls Geely, according MotorTrend, redesigned the car and avoid a lawsuit.
Chery Automobile Company, according to Bloomberg, has a subcompact car called QQ, which was an almost complete copy of the Daewoo Matiz Daewoo, a GM subsidiary, sued Chery in 2004 QQ looks almost exactly the Matiz and the gates a Matiz form on the QQ.
There are many other examples that have been found and other lawsuits that have been brought Universal thread was that the Chinese copies are much cheaper than the real thing Geely GE was mentioned above about eighth the cost of Phantom JAC 4R3 will probably be no exception; Ford F150 costs more than 20,000 in the U S which is more than most families make in some countries aimed at JAC 4R3 in the sale.
That said, obviously automakers aren t happy if copies anyone their cars According to an Australian counterpart in AutoTrader and a Rolls Royce framework was asked if Rolls flattered by Geely, that imitation is the sincerest form flattery the answer is that we are certainly not flattered by that.
JAC 4R3 pickup is the latest in Chinese knockoff cars, pickup, later, the Chinese cars.