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10 Strangest Cars Revealed At The 2008 Beijing Motor Show

The Beijing Motor Show traditionally warrants nothing more than a collective "meh" from the mainstream automotive media, but it certainly caught our attention this year. Bigger and better than ever, automakers from China and abroad have done everything to bring attention to their cars but put a gigantic stuffed elephant in one. Oh, no, wait. They've done that, too. But why shouldn't they show off — as the Chinese market continues to mature into it's teenage years, we've watched it shed some of the awkwardness of puberty, but still manage to showcase that youthful wide-eyed optimism with some truly innovative, unique and beautiful concepts. Still, like pimples, a cracking voice and a random desire for adorning oneself with chrome bits n' pieces, this teen still shows off it's rebellious side with vehicles that are completely bizarre, ridiculous knock-offs of popular designs or in most instances, both. Follow us below the jump through as we watch the coming of age tale that is the 2008 Beijing Motor Show. More »

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12:30 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
8,986 views, 43 comments

Latest by SeanKHotay: @Novaload: With booth bab...spokepeople like that, Huanghai Faster is an appropriate alpha male name... more »

beijing motor show

CH Design Scorpio: A Car Albert Brooks Would Be Proud Of

The Chinese are continuing to impress us with their stylistic variations on contemporary supercar styling. Unlike the obvious knockoffs, these cars expand on themes established by European designers. One example is the Geely GT, which draws inspiration from the Maybach Exelero while still maintaing its own design. Another example is the Scorpio concept from engineering firm Great Wall China Winner, a.k.a. CH Design. A little Reanult here, a little Ferrari there and maybe a touch of Aston Martin combine to make an attractive shooting brake-style bruiser. Unfortunately, the firm doesn't currently manufacture cars so this is probably just a design study. Sigh...

[The Tycho]

6:20 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,259 views, 29 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: they have been hard at work researching car forums, and have finally created something that can only be classified as "teh sekc" more »

alternative energy

Great Wall Kunna Electric Concept Unveiled in Beijing, Panda Passenger Unavailable for Comment

Great Wall, a company largely known as the leading Chinese authority on skillful reuse of intellectual property, has unveiled something that can gently be called unique - the Great Wall Kunna. The Kunna is an all-electric runabout operating on a 48V power system good for about 87 miles at a blazing top speed of 40 MPH. Despite that swoopy body work and those handsome LED headlights, the icing on this cake is the stylized panda apparently included in the package. Expect Fiat to sue Great Wall over cuteness infringement.

[TheTycho]

8:00 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,818 views, 28 comments

Latest by pryndyl has gone Welsh: So would make it a Kulla (Cooler), how appropriate. I would definitely drive it..., the car not so much. more »

question of the day

Would You Drive A Chinese Car?

Now that almost everyone would drive a Japanese and now a Korean car, it's worth asking if you all would drive a Chinese car. In fact, given all that's coming out at this year's explosive Beijing Motor Show, it is a harder question than it has been in the past. Though there are questions of quality and originality, cars like the Geely GT do capture the imagination. With the Koreans moving up-scale, it is quite possible the cheaper-than-thou market is opening up. We all like value. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,407 views, 151 comments

Latest by n/a: I might consider a commemorative "Beijing Olympic Riots" Special Edition", from a Chinese car company that might have the courage to make one. Just think, it would be like owning one of the highly collectable Tianamen Square tanks! Interestingly, the emerging more »

sales

Chinese Automakers Go After African Car Market


So what do you do when you can't face the regulatory and marketing hurdles of the US market, but you still want to sell as many of your cheaply manufactured vehicles as possible? Why, you head right on over to Africa like Great Wall Motor Co and take over the European automakers dumping ground for used vehicles. Chinese automakers like Great Wall appear to be making a significant dent in the auto market in Africa — mostly because they're able to sell new vehicles at a lower price than you can buy a used vehicle for. And, as you can tell from the video of the Euro NCAP crash testing of the Chery Amulet above, you also get the added benefit of a car that collapses whenever you need to toss it into a recycling can. Or like, whenever you hit a wall at 30 mph. [via WSJ]

9:45 AM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Ray Wert
3,103 views, 30 comments

Latest by Richaard: @Richaard: Thats bloody for you. more »

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Creation Embodies Charm: The Great Wall Wingle

Let's say you're shopping for a big pickup truck for your ranch but just don't like the stuff coming out of the Motor City or the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Well, plop your ten-gallon hat on your head and saddle up one of these here Great Wall Wingles, cowboy! Don't pay no mind to them tenderfoot city boys who say Chinese vehicles are deathtraps that won't even run long enough to get you killed in the next county- the Wingle is all about those who, in the words of its manufacturer, "Brilliant achievements in their careers enjoy life passion." Available Wingle colors include Milky White and Fashionable Orange. Yeehaw! [Great Wall Motor Company]

3:30 PM on Fri Aug 10 2007
By Murilee Martin
1,434 views, 34 comments

Latest by velocipenguin: The list of options on the specifications page is truly amazing. I wish my car had an anti-dizzy inner mirror, a fashionable combined instrument, an intellective, or a compound U-type bar. That said, I'm very glad to be spared the more »

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Fiat Considering Lawsuit Against Great Wall

The bosses at Fiat are apparently none too pleased with the wily copycats over at Great Wall. The Chinese automaker has aroused the Italians' ire with it's new Peri, which Fiat claims is a virtual copy of its Panda subcompact, and is threatening legal action. Great Wall's got 90 dealerships in the European nation, and is expected to up that figure to 110. We'll be interested to see how this one shakes out. – Davey G. Johnson More »

4:15 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
365 views, 4 comments

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Coolbear!

Wow, what a great Idea. A small, economical car, whose block-like shape is both a symbol of its quirk and the reason for its utility. The kids will totally eat it for breakfast. Or maybe it'll be 55-year-old men. Eh, who cares, it'll sell like hotcakes. Kudos, Great Wall motors of China. – Mike Spinelli More »

2:09 PM on Fri Nov 17 2006
By Mike Spinelli
599 views, 11 comments

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Alles Klar, Commie Car? Fidel's Great Wall Limo

Earlier this year, the Peeps 'Public of Chizza presented Cuban cigar chomper Fidel Castro with a superfly Great Wall Hover limo. In honor of the Guangzhou motor show happening on the other side of the globe, let's check the shit out, read me? Based on the Hover SUV, which may or may not be a reverse-engineered Mitsubishi, the Spirit limo is 22' long and is powered by a Mitsu-sourced 2.4-liter four (carumba!), and is fitted with leather seating and accoutrements, a bar with refrigerator, flatscreen TV with DVD, and a stereo system with MP3 capability. Plus, we'd imagine, a silver-plated holder for the people's cigar. Click through for more pics. [Thanks to Ian for the tip.] More »

9:54 AM on Tue Jul 25 2006
By Mike Spinelli
1,417 views, 3 comments

Latest by Miscellanea: I wonder if Kim Jung Il will get a matching one in black. He'd need one with an elevated roof to accomodate his playboy pompadour. He could totally rock 'Atom Bomb Baby' on the stereo while pimp'n his new ride more »

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More Chinese Euro Safety End-Runs

Following the Landwind fiasco, another Chinese automaker is taking heat for making an end run around EU safety regs. Great Wall Automobile plans to launch the Hover SUV and Deer 4x4, both phenomenally-named vehicles that Great Wall is hoping will hover and bound their way to 12,000 sales a year, primarily in Spain and Italy at first. However, the vehicles are being imported on a license for commercial vehicles, thus conveniently exempting them from crash tests. We think it can go without saying that the Benelux Badasses of Brussels aren't havin' any o' this nonsense. More »

4:17 PM on Tue Dec 20 2005
By Davey G. Johnson
553 views, Comment