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Shanghai Auto Show: LIVE shots of the Chery Shooting Sport
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Our colleagues at Autoblog Chinese have just provided us with our first live look of the Chery Shooting Sport concept, which is one of more than a few cars at the Shanghai Auto Show this year that proves Chinese design is evolving. The three-door hatch does have a Prius-esqe front end, as we noted earlier, though it's more inspired by the Toyota hybrid's design than outright aping it. Otherwise, the design of the Shooting Sport is an exercise in restraint compared to many concept designs we've seen come out of China in the past few years. We particularly like the car's very tidy rear end, which locates the stop lamps up and to the side of the hatch glass. This leaves the sheetmetal below smooth and free of interruptions, much like the back end of the soon-to-be-cancelled Ford Focus ZX3 hatchback.
This is also our first glimpse of the Shooting Sport concept's interior. While we're no fans of the pea green accenting, the overal design is simple and appears to have a lot of production potential. The concept car's white leather interior, however, will likely never the see light of a showroom.
It's extremely important at this year's Shanghai Auto Show that Chinese automakers prove they can design vehicles that appeal to the aesthetic taste of the European and North American markets. The Shooting Star is one such vehicle, and a trip through the gallery should be proof enough for anyone.
Gallery: Chery Shooting Sport Concept
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mcheddadi 4:12PM (4/20/2007)
Nissan Sport Concept clone?
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Hamud 4:13PM (4/20/2007)
Looks like a PIMPED version of the Focus.
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John Henrikson 4:45PM (4/20/2007)
A sign of design acumen and maturing taste? Definitely not! Why, it's ugly as dirt.
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Gregg W. 4:32PM (4/20/2007)
...Funk Master Flex Focus? Foose Focus?
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Deezee 4:47PM (4/20/2007)
I give it about a 8 out of 10. For a chinese car.
Which is still about a 1 out of 10 on a global scale.
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CaliberSRT4 6:14PM (4/20/2007)
Reminds me of a Prius in the front.
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Stoneman 2:13PM (4/21/2007)
The actual production model will have windows that are only 1 inch slits, the rest will be sheet metal to protect you from protesting Chinese workers.
Stoneman
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franky 9:34PM (4/20/2007)
Nice! very Nice guys! Just laugh at them chinese car markers while they are growing fast; while GM, ford, and DiamlerChrysler are all going bankrupt with 50,000 ppl laied off every year.
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Jules Mounteer 10:13PM (4/20/2007)
Two thoughts, plus -> Deezee you're a racist!:
1. Be very afraid-this is good stuff!
2. Forget the Focus retards, this is much more 02-05 Civic Si, you know the really cool one made in the UK.
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dan the viking 11:29PM (4/20/2007)
hey guys, keep laughing now while you can, because i have a feeling we won't be getting the last laugh...
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Caleb 9:04AM (4/23/2007)
Sweet car
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