Beijing Auto Show: DongFeng D120
Chinese carmaker DongFeng introduced its D120 sports car at the Beijing show Saturday. The two-door apparently was created by mating a Solstice with a streeted-up Tiburon and has a 137-hp, 2.4-liter engine. The rear wing's height is adjustable, apparently by way of an old-fashioned bellows-type device, or else the D120 has a built in accordian underneath its rear hatch. That's the most we can say with much confidence. The Autoblog Chinese post, translated by Google, is somewhat hard to understand. Here's an example of some of its description after translation. Feel free to help us make sense of it...
"Safety, equipped with SRS airbag, a double-door antitrapping tightening belts and electric windows; Comfort. CD system with eight-inch LCD super, and after stretching, swinging around from top to bottom; cars are also equipped with the tail depends on probe Ergonomics with leather chairs, prudent elegance; top electric car with a sunroof and adjustable shading plate antitrapping Spoiler body and tail support ring smoother transition."
Not so sure we want our next car to have "probe Ergonomics."
More photos after the jump.
[Source: Hazik at China Car Forums and Autoblog China]
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cFoo 6:25PM (11/18/2006)
The good news is they didn't rip the design from anyone. The bad news? maybe they should continue copying.
"Safety, equipped with SRS airbag, a double-door antitrapping tightening belts..."
It's probably safer to strap yourself onto a Russian made rocket than driving a Made in China car.
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matt 8:44PM (11/18/2006)
yikes. they obviously have a ways to go, and should really keep it simple for now.
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geoff 6:36PM (11/18/2006)
I get and understand the part of a "learning curve" but it's 2006 folks, not 1956. Sweet Jesus is that car horrible. Was that car designed to float or something? Does it come with flippers? That rear end looks like some sort of anime drawing you'd find in the dumpster, not actually on a car.
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$0.02 7:03PM (11/18/2006)
ripped-off last generation Hyundai Tiburon lines. Rear lights and quarter panel are nearly identical.
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BOB 7:05PM (11/18/2006)
NOT TRUE IT IS NOT A COPY (HYUNDAI TIBURON WITH CRAP HANGING ALL OVER IT) -- AND FOOLISH TO PUT DOWN CHINESE QUALITY, AS THEY LEARN FAST.
AS FOR THE DETAILS -- THE CHINESE ARE AFTER GM --PONTIAC NOSTRILS, BUICK PORTHOLES THAT SOMEONE MOVED FORWARD, AND THAT REAR END CARBUNCLE IS THE TOP OF A 1935 FRIDGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR. (ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE FIREPLACE BELLOWS -- I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A SLAVE PUSH ON IT TO COOL THE INTERIOR)
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BOB 7:07PM (11/18/2006)
I SHOULD HAVE NOTED THAT THE ROOF IS TAKEN MORE FROM A PORSCHE 924/944 THAN THE KOREAN COUPE.
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Kamil 7:20PM (11/18/2006)
Wow... Looks like it was designed by Homer Simpson. Speed holes and all...
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PitBit 7:33PM (11/18/2006)
Every time I see one of these Chinese "automakers" come out with a "concept" or what not, I definitely see styling cues from established cars from other automakers. This is very similar to the chinese branded children toys (action figures - GI JOE, Power Rangers, Transformers, etc.) that pop up in stores & strike a similar resemblance to already established toys. Is this a bad thing? Maybe not so much with the toy industry... but I think you should be more original when designing a automobile. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I suppose. Just my .02
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Lee 7:38PM (11/18/2006)
See what it is right, is the newest thing in cargo versatillity. Everyone has, oh so boring, "split folding rear seats". These Chinese are on top things with the expanable trunk. Give 'em a hand, c'mon. Genius at work people...genius at work
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J Ray 7:44PM (11/18/2006)
The chinese automakers purchased the "Cars of the World" 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle to copy their designs. I think they got the pieces mixed up!
Ugly
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zetha 8:05PM (11/18/2006)
is that built in accordion in the back?
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FireSermon 8:17PM (11/18/2006)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!~ OMG.
Wow... that's about all I can about that car. Gold star for originality.
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dave 8:47PM (11/18/2006)
oh no! i gotta puke!
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N Z K 8:50PM (11/18/2006)
Actually, some of those parts *are* from a first-gen Tiburon. I appreciate the creative elements of the design, but yikes!
I read in Car and Driver that "nothing is more unhip than a carmaker trying to be hip." Here is conclusive proof.
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Blake 9:19PM (11/18/2006)
No.
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Oooogaaaaaaaaah 8:55PM (11/18/2006)
LOL... this thing is out there, but this car is still more interesting to look at than those boring Aura-turned-Saturns coming out.
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Andy 10:19PM (11/18/2006)
cFoo has it right. This is an example of Chinese ingenuity. Clearly, that's not a strong point.
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fernan17 10:40PM (11/18/2006)
i love the triple blinkers on the side
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8189720 11:07PM (11/18/2006)
FIRST OFF, BOB, STOP YELLING or get your Caps Lock key fixed.
Second, the first thing that came to mind was a Celica, but then Pontiac, and then Hyundai, and put together it looks like crap... and what's with the accordion in the rear? Either way, I sure hope the Chineese do learn fast as judging by their designs they are either pure crap and knock-offs from other manufacturers, or they are so futuristic that we are primitive in comparison. But my gut tells me that it's probably the former, not the latter.
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jimmy jomes 11:14PM (11/18/2006)
Please someone take their pencils away no more design for you.
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