It could also do without the black wheel arches.

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yep that's what i mean by everything.

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I guess the only solution is to buy a black one. But I agree, those black wheel arches don't blend in too well with the rest of the car.

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Yeah looks like one of those illustrations of some ambiguous no name car that are on the cover of parts manuals that you find at Pep Boys.

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Name the Jaguar that has these headlights.
And a FYI, this is evolved from Rover's designs.

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@ Sektor
I believe the lights somewhat resemble the XF's headlights, but thats a bit of a stretch...On another note, the grille looks like it came from a sebring, and i see a lot of passat cc in this car's profile..the vw looks better too imo.

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Those headlights are reminiscent of some of Chrysler's designs.

But even so, while the design is a bit derivative (most designs are nowadays), it's not a blatant copy like the Geely Rolls Royce rip-off and overall is pretty decent design.

Frankly, I find it humorous that Sektor is so defensive of all the criticism of Chinese designs, etc. considering the fact that he has no problem bashing Hyundai, Kia, etc.

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@ Alex:

For one thing, I really don't see any VW CC in the side profile. The taillights, perhaps... but considering the 550 and CC were developed around the same time, that wouldn't even be possible. The grille has nothing in common with that of any Sebring either.

I think people are trying way too hard to find something it's been copied from, just because it's a Chinese car. By the same token, the new Mazda 3 is a blatant copy of Peugeot's 308:

http://blog.autoworld.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/peugeot_308_gt_thp_175_5_large.jpg

Give credit where it's due.

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"Frankly, I find it humorous that Sektor is so defensive of all the criticism of Chinese designs, etc. considering the fact that he has no problem bashing Hyundai, Kia, etc."

Well, I find him to be more objective than you Hyundai trolls.

"Those headlights are reminiscent of some of Chrysler's designs."

Kind of like how the entire Genesis coupe is reminiscent of the G37?? Or how about the grill the ripped off any Benz and slapped on the sedan after they ripped off that star???

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big J:
"Well, I find him to be more objective than you Hyundai trolls."

Exactly. They're bashing China but not see Hyundai and Kia copies and using by them the same "tactic". For example, Kia Sorento, if it would from China they would immediately say that it's a cheaper version of Mercedes M class like Germans justly noticed:
http://www.autobild.de/artikel/kia-sorento_37198.html

Why use different standards of rating for Chinese cars than for others?

I think Hyundai and Kia trolls see now that Chinese car makers can catch up Hyundai not in 5 years but even earlier.

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"Kind of like how the entire Genesis coupe is reminiscent of the G37?? Or how about the grill the ripped off any Benz and slapped on the sedan after they ripped off that star???"

- Nice try "big J" - but you get the fail there.

If the GenCoupe is reminiscent of the G37 (nevermind that it has a diff. front and rear fascia and more aggressive bulges and character lines, as well as the rear window "dip"), then the G37 is reminscent of the Tiburon which predated it.

As for the Genesis sedan's grille, yeah it has some resemblance to the Mercedes grille, but Hyundai tweaked it w/ their waterfall/klingon effect which you have to admit is pretty original (Mercedes, w/ their new designs, have made their grille less flat; plus, it's not like Mercedes hasn't copied w/ the new E Class looking like the Lexus GS or placing the turn signal at the top of the headlights just like BMW).

And speaking of the G37, Infiniti totally ripped off BMW's Hoffmeister kink (but to be fair, so has pretty much every auto manufacturer - but Infiniti/Nissan were among the first and most prevalent - the G35/37, Altima, etc.).

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abcd -

There is a difference btwn being derivative (like this Roewe design) and being a blatant copy like the Geely faux Rolls or any no. of other copies where once could practically switch fenders, etc. btwn the Chinese version and the original version that was copied.

Like I stated before, this Roewe design is derivative and there's nothing wrong w/ that since most designs are nowadays (even Mercedes has gotten into the act) and any criticism of the Roewe design being a copy is foolhardy since the Roewe 550, overall, isn't going to be mistaken for any other auto.

The Geely faux Rolls and a no. of other true "clones", otoh, deserve their criticism for copying.

And btw, at least I'm CONSISTENT w/ my position - can't always say the same for you or sektor.

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jsjs:
"abcd -

There is a difference btwn being derivative (like this Roewe design) and being a blatant copy like the Geely faux Rolls or any no. of other copies where once could practically switch fenders, etc. btwn the Chinese version and the original version that was copied.

Like I stated before, this Roewe design is derivative and there's nothing wrong w/ that since most designs are nowadays (even Mercedes has gotten into the act) and any criticism of the Roewe design being a copy is foolhardy since the Roewe 550, overall, isn't going to be mistaken for any other auto.

The Geely faux Rolls and a no. of other true "clones", otoh, deserve their criticism for copying.

And btw, at least I'm CONSISTENT w/ my position - can't always say the same for you or sektor."

jsjs,
Roewe isn't derivative becouse like you agreed it isn't going to be mistagen for any other car. Gelly GE is derivative becouse you can clearly see it's designed to look like the Rolls, but it's not a copy, there are many differences like I already said.
Mercedes hasn't derivative styling, it has its own styling.
And yes, you're CONSISTENT in bending reality to excuse Hyundai/Kia from their derivative designs and other "weakness". I'm also consistent in being not biased in contrast to you.

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I don't even think this was funny the first 20 times this joke was made.

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