Shanghai Auto Show: Geely Mybo II concept
click above image to view more pics of the Geely Meirenbao II in our gallery
We showed you spy shots of this car earlier in the week, but our man on the floor in Shanghai met up with the Geely Meirenbao II on the show floor today. Apparently the Meirenbao on display today is the second generation of an earlier concept produced by Geely. The new model's front clip has been compared by some to an R34 Nissan Skyline. We've got plenty of live shots showing the car from every angle, so we'll let you be the judge of whether or not the Skyline has influenced Geely's designers. This the first time we've seen the rear of the Meirenbao, and it appears as disconnected from the vehicle's overall design as we guessed. We also noticed it would take a good arm to swing a suitcase or grocery bag up over that extremely high trunk lid. Like most Chinese automakers, Geely exclaims its intent on entering the North American every chance it gets. We're wondering what kind of reception a design like this would receive cruising down Woodward Ave. Either way, Geely gets an E for effort.
[Source: Autoblog Chinese]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dylan 2:07PM (4/20/2007)
Wow thats painful. Just because individual car designs are a sucess doesn't mean that you can take pieces of them and icorporate them all into one car and hope for the same.
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Russell 2:09PM (4/20/2007)
Baby's got (Saturn Sky) back.
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Jay 2:10PM (4/20/2007)
I see more Alfa Romeo Brera in the front than Skyline, myself.
The front end is a bit rough, but I like the styling direction it's trying to take...just not as successful as it could be. The rest of the car looks pretty good...if the front meshed better with the rear, it'd be a solid car.
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Cly 2:29PM (4/20/2007)
I'm totally embarrass to be asian. In case anyone is over generalizing. Not all asian are like these copying a$$hole$.
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Joe 2:43PM (4/20/2007)
E is for eeewwwww?
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Judd 2:43PM (4/20/2007)
Looks like the Sky and GT-R just had a baby.
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bmw122487 2:45PM (4/20/2007)
That back end is just like a peugeot 406 coupe:
http://www.netcarshow.com/peugeot/2001-406_coupe/1024x768/wallpaper_0c.htm
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RyanS 2:48PM (4/20/2007)
Actually if you block out that horrible grill, the rest of the car is not bad at all.
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alfa-8c 1:56PM (4/21/2007)
Front-lights are identical to the alfa romeo 159 ones
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aman 3:38PM (4/20/2007)
it actually doesn't look that bad
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aman 3:39PM (4/20/2007)
I'm sorry. I meant the rear end doesn't look that bad
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John 4:14PM (4/22/2007)
It looks like someone ran their Alfa Brera into the wall at 6 miles and hour!
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wild01ride 3:46PM (4/20/2007)
Hmm, Forget the Skyline and Sky, a page or so away on here there are some pictures of a Novitec Alfa Romeo 159...hmm!?!
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paul34 3:51PM (4/20/2007)
#4: Yea, and not all Asians are *Chinese*
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paul34 3:52PM (4/20/2007)
#4: Yea, and not all Asians are *Chinese*
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Stephen 4:04PM (4/20/2007)
Cool, more pictures of the BMW Concept CS! Oh wait...
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Viv 4:35PM (4/20/2007)
Another embarassed asian here. Why can't the damn chinese makeup a design that doesn't copy somebody else. So i guess I am not the only one who saw an Alfa Romeo in it.
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Deezee 4:55PM (4/20/2007)
Lob-sided Alfa front (made of plastic) and Saturn back. What a winning combination. AWESOME. Completely Awesome.
Wait did I say awesome? I meant HORRIFIC.
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Tagg 6:38PM (4/20/2007)
Well, I'll give them some credit for doing it since they are the only privately owned auto company in China. The rest are all government corperations, funded and managed by local government officals.
Its still ugly though!
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Cly 6:41PM (4/20/2007)
#17, that's what you think! Half the corporation is probably owned in some way or is linked to government officials. To do business BIG in China is to buy the government.
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