exactly, this is a crappy copy of the jeep wrangler. I do not think Chinese car manufacturers know what a copyright is.
I heard dat in China, you don't have to prove that your design is unique to have it approved so...yeah
The Smart Car. The handling is awful, the gas mileage is awful for what it is, the transmission is awful (not sure whether the really new ones are significantly better), and it is of course incredibly slow, and dorky. It might at well be called the Dumb Car. The most sickening part, however, is that, after their Motor Vehicle Safety and Compliance Act of 1988 pretty much killed gray imports, they still took advantage of the gray market to do a trial run before deciding to import their cars officially (unfortunately, enough people bought the little turds during this phase to justify bringing them in).
The Nissan Leaf. This car is not environmentally friendly, nor will it ever be unless you run it off of a clean energy grid, which no countries currently have. The US currently runs off of 67% fossil fuels. The base model is about 30,000 USD and depreciates fast. The environmental costs of actually manufacturing the car outweigh the benefits of it running on clean energy. It doesn't have much range either, an "estimated" 84-107 miles and takes about 20 hours to charge using a household outlet. You can get a Level 2 charger, but they cost about $500 and up to $2,000 to install. Don't get me wrong, this car is the future, but we aren't there yet.The Nissan Leaf was marketed towards naive millennials and ill-informed hipsters who think that driving their car makes a difference to the environment. So what have we learned from all this? The Nissan Leaf is an overpriced, low-range, energy inefficient, piece of modern plastic marketed towards people who don't know what they are buying. --- Post updated --- Agreed, the entire Smart brand deserves a spot on this list. Also, look at the 2017 cabriolet: Oh gawd
I wouldn't call it a trend, pretty sure donks have been around for decades now. Stance on the other hand... I wonder what it's like to drive one of these? I can only imagine it's like a jackhammer pounding away at your taint.
It's an "ugly piece of poo" right up until you buy the AWD Twin-Turbo V6 version and tune it to 400 HP. Ultimate sleeper.
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The thing is, a BMW-quality car would most probably have a BMW-level price. Skoda was meant to produce cars for the Czechoslovak everyman; Tatra was the maker of luxury cars. And a BMW-priced car is not something a slightly above average citizen of a socialist country can afford. The 105/120 was at least affordable enough. And I think that the purchase by VW was one of the best things that can happen to Skoda, because it had let them make world-class cars. --- Post updated --- No. I took a cheeky look at the pricing of Chinese copymobiles and they have pricing that is 2-4 times lower than in the case of the real deal. Still, with Chinese rustproofing and build quality you still get the rough end of the deal.
uhh, thats a really old post but okay. Actually, you are quite wrong, it was at the same price, and the fact that it would be better than BMW is based on that the show cars already got to western press, who did find it better. It was still a skoda, still the people's car. If the soviet's didn't boycott it, skoda could be as well buying VW instead of it being otherwise because with this good material for a low price it would shine even west.
