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Shanghai 2009: Nevermind the BMW, Great Wall's Hover M3 is deep-puddle approved!

Great Wall has taken the wraps off this chunky, funky urban toughster, the Hover M3 (sorry, BMW). Reportedly based on the Scion xB-aping Coolbear, the production-bound M3 adds some faux off-road capability to the former vehicle's boxy proportions. Even if it lacks genuine rock-hopping ability, the upright result of the added cladding, big fender flares, and larger front light fixtures gives the H3 added spunk and originality. Looking a bit like a cartoonist's narrow-gauge Dodge Nitro, we might nix the big chrome wing badge on the front ... Read more →

Spy Shots: Great Wall Coolbear chillin' out Frank Filipponio

A while back we told you about China's Great Wall Motors (GWM) and how they planned to get into the small car market, namely by Xeroxing the Scion xA and xB. Well, now we have some spy pics of ...

How do you say 'lazy designers' in Chinese? Coolbear. Damon Lavrinc

Great Wall Automobile Xiong debuted this, the Coolbear, last week in China, proving, once again, that originality is a scarce commodity when it comes to Chinese car design. Although an argument ...

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Shanghai 2009: Nevermind the BMW, Great Wall's Hover M3 is deep-puddle approved! 8 months ago on Autoblog

Spy Shots: Great Wall Coolbear chillin' out 11 months ago on Autoblog

A while back we told you about China's Great Wall Motors (GWM) and how they planned to get into the small car market, namely by Xeroxing the Scion xA and xB. Well, now we have some spy pics of the production GWM Coolbear, and it's the spitting image of the concept we saw in Shanghai a couple of ...

How do you say 'lazy designers' in Chinese? Coolbear. 3 years ago on Autoblog

Great Wall Automobile Xiong debuted this, the Coolbear, last week in China, proving, once again, that originality is a scarce commodity when it comes to Chinese car design. Although an argument could be made that it's hard to make a rolling box not look like a Scion xB, it would seem that Great ...

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