Click above for high-res gallery of the Geely Tiger GT concept
Of all the cars being debuted at this year's Auto China show in Beijing, most of them are from one company: Chinese domestic automaker Geely. The brand has over 20 some debuts, but most are ho-hum little econoboxes that Chinese consumers are buying by the ton right now. The Tiger GT concept, however, is one vehicle from Geely that's getting a lot of attention for a different reason. It's an all-Chinese design concept, and as you can clearly see, looks like nothing else on the road. Whether or not that's a good or bad thing is up to you, but Geely makes no apologizes for new coupe concept that takes its basic shape from the Italian school of design and adds some unmistakable Chinese touches. As described by our blogging buddies at Autoblog Chinese, "the front is extremely arrogant." Indeed. They liken the grille to a Chinese mask and we wouldn't be surprised to find a sword rack hanging in the back window.
The Tiger GT is reportedly powered by a 3.5L V6 producing 225 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque. Riding on 19-inch concept wheels, the concept's motor would appear to have a hard time backing up the shear loudness of the coupe's design. It's got chrome fangs, for Pete's sake. Love it or hate it, the Geely Tiger GT concept is at least original, and as our colleagues in China tell us, that alone is worthy of applause.
Check out our full high-res gallery of the Geely Tiger GT below and let us know what you think in the comments.
All photos Copyright ©2008 Bin Chen / Weblogs, Inc.
[Source: Autoblog Chinese, Straightline Blog]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Gregg @ Apr 21st 2008 12:09PM
You already featured renderings of this one some days ago, depicted driving on the road. It is a striking design.
Bet there will be some aftermarket replacements for that grill. The engine may be adequate for the Chinese market, should they release it, but they will have to come up with something better for export.
joe23521 @ Apr 21st 2008 12:12PM
That grill is actually really growing on me. Love the tail lights.
chuck @ Apr 21st 2008 12:11PM
OMG! They TOTALLY copied.......nobody!
geo.stewart @ Apr 21st 2008 12:41PM
other than the grill detail, its a better peugot 907.
Rocketboy @ Apr 21st 2008 3:03PM
I think that Mifune Motors might have something to say about the grille design. What a blatant rip-off.
Randy @ Apr 21st 2008 3:42PM
brilliant! :)
Montezuma @ Apr 21st 2008 7:47PM
The first thing I thought about when I saw the taillights - Solstice. Now the rest of the car looks like stretched/smoothed out Solstice. But the resemblance is very vague. Great design.
90ft @ Apr 21st 2008 12:12PM
It's great that Autoblog covers shows like Beijing.
But for ***'s sake can you not have your photographer learn to take pictures that are IN FOCUS
Every show you cover, half the photos are completely out of focus
joe @ Apr 21st 2008 12:25PM
agreed, but, everything looks in focus in that 7th picture-- i think the photog got some of the more opportune shots right.
Way of the Future @ Apr 21st 2008 12:25PM
auto shows are hard to cover. the lighting is difficult in places and sometimes the display itself is hard to get a picture of (either its moving fast or very dark or both) Its amazing that autoblog does such a good job already!
Go autoblog!
Toy Yoda @ Apr 21st 2008 12:16PM
Fantastic looking car. Has some design elements from that black Peugeot concept car a few years ago.
vince @ Apr 21st 2008 12:21PM
This car is a joke
proportions are the first thing needed.
followed by tasteful details
all of which are non-exisent on this
The facias belong on a ride @ Disney
no no @ Apr 21st 2008 12:26PM
@ Vince
so what you say about Mazda Taiki ?
But it's not to hype anyway, Geely will get its credit once this goes into production and Geely dilivers what it promises.
Torrent @ Apr 21st 2008 12:48PM
Vince doesn't like anything made in China. It's his code.
Szyszek @ Apr 21st 2008 12:18PM
Not bad, not bad. Chinese are learning car design very quickly. Now someone needs to tell them that they should not put rusty brake rotors on a show car (see last picture).
Seoultrain @ Apr 21st 2008 1:27PM
holy crap, that rust is inexcusable. I hope that "nice on the outside, no attention paid on the inside" mentality doesn't make it to production.
Ricky @ Apr 21st 2008 1:43PM
You beat me to it, rust on a concept car is ridiculous!
dragin @ Apr 24th 2008 10:56PM
The rust is just Geely's trademark "attention to detail" in the quality of its product. Although it gets an A for effort with this headturner, in order to survive it's got to do more than turn out attention-grabbing concept cars.
TriShield @ Apr 21st 2008 12:24PM
It looks like a long Solstice. But it does look somewhat more original than the automotive bootlegs the Chinese are famous for.
I_Hate_China @ Apr 21st 2008 12:25PM
This is most certainly not of Chinese design, Geely probably contracted a foreign design studio for this one.
But doesn't matter, at least this is on a right step. Chinese should learn to pay for IP, whether bought or inhouse, not stolen.