Beijing mall builds its own Transformer out of VW Jetta
The Jettabot -- Click above for high-res image gallery
We know the Chinese love their Transformers – or perhaps it's just Bumblebee. To promote its new movie theater, a mall in China created its own Transformer out of a Volkswagen Jetta. The best part about the sculpture is that it hasn't been painted to look like Bumblebee, and it's been posed in a way that makes it look like it's either speed skating, or finishing up a dance number, or doing aerobics. Oh, and it has no head. But it's still cool, and you can check it out in the gallery of high-res photos below.
Gallery: Chinese Jettabot
[Source: China Car Times]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
usingthelou 3:37PM (7/16/2009)
I wish my civic could do that.
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dukeisduke 3:45PM (7/16/2009)
Uh, since when did the Jettas have those big honkin' leaf springs?
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paul34 3:52PM (7/16/2009)
Perhaps it is the Chery "Jerta"... nothing like any other car, ever! we swear!
montoym 3:53PM (7/16/2009)
So, which version of the Jetta uses leaf springs? Look at image #4. Maybe it's some odd, China-only version, but I doubt it. Usually, there are still somewhat reated to the original platform.
There's probably more, but that was the first thing that popped out at me.
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jinsei888 3:53PM (7/16/2009)
it has no head, thus effectively making it un-cool.
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A.N.E. 3:58PM (7/16/2009)
Never mind the sculpture, check out those resident buildings in the background. They look like they're about to fall apart! Frightening!
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joe23521 4:05PM (7/16/2009)
I think those A/C units are kinda messing with your eyes. Buildings seem to be in good shape.
It's me 4:22PM (7/16/2009)
That's not a Jetta at all, maybe a 90's Passat
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Tagg 4:41PM (7/16/2009)
In a city of close to 15 million people the fact the only a handful of people are looking at it in the pic should say something.
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Art 4:35PM (7/16/2009)
it morphs into a huge electrical problem
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Aki 6:54PM (7/16/2009)
ROFL, got a good laugh outta that one.
BINGHAMMLOMBRONIA 4:42PM (7/16/2009)
This is the dumbestr hing I have ever heard of. They should have made it a real live transformer!!!!
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Starnerf 4:46PM (7/16/2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dilUbkP-PI
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dwightB 4:47PM (7/16/2009)
Wow. Even China's Transformers are crappy versions of what the rest of the world has...
Well, thanks for the cash to keep our government afloat though, lol! :)
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C 4:48PM (7/16/2009)
The Transformers: More than meets the doing it wrong.
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Shiftright 5:29PM (7/16/2009)
Fail, in so many ways...BTW, is it me or does the sun never shine in China? Anytime I see photos from there, it always seems like it's overcast. Is it due to the massive air pollution?
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CH 2:26AM (7/17/2009)
I was in Beijing and in Zhengzhou and it was kind of funny when I arrived the local that was supposed to pick me up said "You are very lucky, today the sun is shining" and it was exactly like in the pictures. Anyhow then I travelled to Xi'an and there it was really very beautiful and you could actually see the blue sky and some trees and stuff, you know.
RLQ 7:17PM (7/16/2009)
In China robots drives you.
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3seriesisking 9:07PM (7/16/2009)
It'd be nice to see them use some of their time and ingenuity to clean up all that damn smog. Just look at how bad it is in these pictures.
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Heimbachae 10:20PM (7/16/2009)
okay, joystiq, i'm a little disappointed. that's a 1994 vw passat, NOT a jetta. i'll let this one slide, let it happen again though ooooooooo boy i won't be happy.
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