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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...
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The Tycho]
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We'd heard
in the past India's Mahindra & Mahindra is looking to expand beyond
Jeep knock-offs and start leveraging their know-how as one of the world's largest suppliers of tractors in order to get themselves into the US pickup market. According to
Automotive News, Pawan Goenka, president of Mahindra's automotive unit, is repeating that party line, and now he's even giving some sales numbers. Goenka claims he would be happy with annual sales of between 20,000 and 25,000 units for a truck sold stateside — but he claims the most important result will be a smooth and successful launch regardless of sales numbers. But key questions still remain — like whether they'd be built in the United States or imported here.
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