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MJL @ Apr 17th 2008 5:36PM
"A 1.8 liter four of undetermined size and strength."
I'm pretty sure its size has been determined.
Yar @ Apr 17th 2008 5:47PM
Well the displacement has, not necessarily the size. That little motor could have 6" thick cylinder walls and run 150 lbs of boost for all we know. Might have to run that sucker on Nitro-Methane with 5:1 compression, maybe pull a little timing...
MJL @ Apr 17th 2008 5:53PM
You've got big plans for this 1.8 liter four-cylinder, so it seems
havoc @ Apr 17th 2008 6:02PM
they may mean they are not certain of the layout, could be an inline vs flat vs v4, etc. also could have refd to orientation as far as longitudinal or transverse.
Alex Nunez @ Apr 17th 2008 7:11PM
Havoc is being generous. I'm just an idiot and put size in there by mistake.
havoc @ Apr 17th 2008 7:19PM
@alex
heh, well i also didn't mention what valvetrain arrangement. we'll just stick to dohc vs sohc
personally i think they should get an 'iron monger'
Jorge @ Apr 17th 2008 8:22PM
no matter what engine they put in you can expect that it will be an engine purchase from another more well know engine producer or they just reverse engineer a engine from somewhere. Chinese engine R&D is so far behind that no one in china will want to spend money on it and in China profit is more important.
Lupo @ Apr 17th 2008 5:48PM
copy-and-paste
Jon @ Apr 17th 2008 5:50PM
Holly crap! It looks like a Golf GTI mated with a Mazda 6!
http://www.sportscardriven.com
3seriesisking @ Apr 17th 2008 5:51PM
When will these Chinese companies learn. It's really upsetting to see more and more and more of these monstrosities coming onto the market. China....build your own UNIQUE cars!!!
Franz @ Apr 17th 2008 6:14PM
There's quite a few cars in there... look at those headlights. They scream Renault Sport Clio V6. The lower fascia kinda looks like a Mazdaspeed 3 and that rear end has current gen Lancer written all over it... with maybe even a bit of BMW 1 Series Coupe. They may as well call it the Frankenstein.
aron @ Apr 17th 2008 6:25PM
The rear end is nowhere near a current gen Lancer. If this is a rip off of all these cars you mentioned, then the current gen Accord is merely a 5-series clone...
Granted, the car is not very "original", but c'mon, how can you call this a clone? This is along the lines of the Santa Fe's "inspired by FX35" design.
Franz @ Apr 17th 2008 6:36PM
@ aron:
Clone? I don't think looking like a bunch of cars qualifies it as a clone. Matter of fact, you're the only one who mentioned the word. And when I look at an Accord, BMW 5 Series is the last thing that comes to mind. I'm curious... what makes the Accord a 5 Series clone? Unless the word clone means something entirely different where you come from.
aron @ Apr 17th 2008 6:50PM
In my opinion, the Accord's rear-end looks similar to a 5-series, just as this has Lancer's rear end "written all over it". Just trying to point out how all this interpreted "copying" is in the eyes of the beholder and are far from blatant copying,
Yeah, my use of the word clone was improperly used here (I was thinking of the post above saying copy & paste), but I find the inspirations drawn from the other cars mentioned to be fleeting. It's just smack dab in the middle of current styling, nothing that sets it apart and is somewhat boring, but I find it difficult to justify that it's merely a copy of a bunch of other car parts. Now the BYD F1 and Great Wall whatever the hell that POS is called, that's a different story. But I give respect where it's due, and at least this has SOME effort put into it to make a fairly original but mundane design.
Franz @ Apr 17th 2008 7:02PM
I just spent the better part of 5 minutes comparing the Accord and the 5 Series and honestly, I can't even begin to understand how you see any similarities, but it's your opinion... just like it's my opinion that this car's rump looks like a Lancer. Truth is I don't see the big deal. You're doing exactly the same thing you criticized me for a second ago in citing similarities between the 5 Series and Accord. We're allowed to have opinions. Just because you disagree doesn't make my opinions any less valid, or credible for that matter. Lighten up... I think this car is a Frankenstein. No need to feel bad about it.
aron @ Apr 17th 2008 7:13PM
Franz: You're right.. it's not a biggie at all. Just another car, nor is it my car. I just wanted to point out the silliness of all this "X copied Y" talk, with tons of people acting like the authority on automotive design, regardless of the country of origin. I guess I didn't come across as "lighty" as I hoped, didn't mean to be confrontational, but it's hard to express oneself properly on a forum.
bbooth @ Apr 18th 2008 1:53PM
I see a bit of mazda 3 and lancer on the honches. Imagine that, a chinese car with no unique personality!!
Xcountryflyer @ Apr 17th 2008 6:10PM
For every somewhat original design there are 10 blatant knockoffs.
SPG @ Apr 17th 2008 6:30PM
I don't care what car this copies or not, it's darn fine looking.
jgp @ Apr 17th 2008 6:30PM
Hey they put some red stripes on the Saturn Aura's front end!