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	<title>Comments on: BMW to join Smart in look-alike suit [update]</title>
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		<title>By: Badwabbit</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-368570</link>
		<dc:creator>Badwabbit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought China has no copyright laws. So wouldn&#039;t a lawsuit fail anyway?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought China has no copyright laws. So wouldn&#8217;t a lawsuit fail anyway?</p>
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		<title>By: Got Handling?</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-326023</link>
		<dc:creator>Got Handling?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Approval from the Chinese government would mean everything if BMW or Benz were to try to sue these manufacturers in the only market where they will see significant sales - China.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Approval from the Chinese government would mean everything if BMW or Benz were to try to sue these manufacturers in the only market where they will see significant sales &#8211; China.</p>
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		<title>By: 55amg</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325535</link>
		<dc:creator>55amg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>put simply..fuck em all</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>put simply..fuck em all</p>
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		<title>By: Captain Spadaro</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325426</link>
		<dc:creator>Captain Spadaro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Approval from the Chinese government doesn&#039;t count for anything in regard to possible copyright infringement(s).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Approval from the Chinese government doesn&#8217;t count for anything in regard to possible copyright infringement(s).</p>
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		<title>By: Get Real</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325266</link>
		<dc:creator>Get Real</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to the world of the Chinese legal system.

We rule and you deal with it.....Or we put you in jail.

By the way, do you have any good kidneys or eyes or heart ??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the world of the Chinese legal system.</p>
<p>We rule and you deal with it&#8230;..Or we put you in jail.</p>
<p>By the way, do you have any good kidneys or eyes or heart ??</p>
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		<title>By: sunshine1810</title>
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		<dc:creator>sunshine1810</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Both pictures look like copies to me. The original design by BMW and Smart were not the best looking cars to begin with so why the Chinese automaker chose to make its versions even uglier is besides me. I hope BMW and Smart win their lawsuit against China Automotive Deutschland. What is ironic is China Automotive Deutschland or CAD which is another term for Computer Aided Design is something China Automotive has not used.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Both pictures look like copies to me. The original design by BMW and Smart were not the best looking cars to begin with so why the Chinese automaker chose to make its versions even uglier is besides me. I hope BMW and Smart win their lawsuit against China Automotive Deutschland. What is ironic is China Automotive Deutschland or CAD which is another term for Computer Aided Design is something China Automotive has not used.</p>
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		<title>By: peter g</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325264</link>
		<dc:creator>peter g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Typically chinese, but as long people buy that chinese crap, they&#039;ll keep on building them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Typically chinese, but as long people buy that chinese crap, they&#8217;ll keep on building them.</p>
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		<title>By: Vdub</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325249</link>
		<dc:creator>Vdub</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the chinese likes to copy big brand products and sell them to idiots who get tricked into thinking its the real deal or they just dont care. its done here in the states too just go visit your local chinatown.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the chinese likes to copy big brand products and sell them to idiots who get tricked into thinking its the real deal or they just dont care. its done here in the states too just go visit your local chinatown.</p>
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		<title>By: RicardoHead</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325229</link>
		<dc:creator>RicardoHead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>solded?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>solded?</p>
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		<title>By: stick2clutch</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325225</link>
		<dc:creator>stick2clutch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow... now they&#039;re hiding behind their government. These guys are ready to go to war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow&#8230; now they&#8217;re hiding behind their government. These guys are ready to go to war.</p>
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		<title>By: 2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325221</link>
		<dc:creator>2008PowerStrokeF450Lariat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what the xxxx do ya&#039;ll consider westener&#039;s? they won&#039;t be solded here in the states.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what the xxxx do ya&#8217;ll consider westener&#8217;s? they won&#8217;t be solded here in the states.</p>
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		<title>By: Impulsive</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325213</link>
		<dc:creator>Impulsive</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Allow them to sell these tin cans in their own country. Set up trade barriers where, through copyright legislation, these pieces of junk cannot be sold in any other country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Allow them to sell these tin cans in their own country. Set up trade barriers where, through copyright legislation, these pieces of junk cannot be sold in any other country.</p>
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		<title>By: jJayC08</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325192</link>
		<dc:creator>jJayC08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is really unfortunate, that these companies are such jack asses. Just because their in the boundaries of Chinese laws doesn&#039;t make it right, I don&#039;t care if they think differently, or if the Chinese have no shame over there, I just want to kick them in the ass and I&#039;m sure BMW and SMART would love to do that too.

I&#039;m happy to see though they&#039;re not going to be showing up at Frankfurt, or any other auto shows any time soon. I seriously hope people remember these companies, and don&#039;t argue that the Japanese were once like the Chinese when they were a growing automotive industry- they followed trends, but I don&#039;t remember anything so blatantly copied to where body panels could be shared, etc.. And even so, I care less if the Japanese once did it, I hope they never get a foothold in ANY markets other then their own.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really unfortunate, that these companies are such jack asses. Just because their in the boundaries of Chinese laws doesn&#8217;t make it right, I don&#8217;t care if they think differently, or if the Chinese have no shame over there, I just want to kick them in the ass and I&#8217;m sure BMW and SMART would love to do that too.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m happy to see though they&#8217;re not going to be showing up at Frankfurt, or any other auto shows any time soon. I seriously hope people remember these companies, and don&#8217;t argue that the Japanese were once like the Chinese when they were a growing automotive industry- they followed trends, but I don&#8217;t remember anything so blatantly copied to where body panels could be shared, etc.. And even so, I care less if the Japanese once did it, I hope they never get a foothold in ANY markets other then their own.</p>
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		<title>By: Commodore</title>
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		<dc:creator>Commodore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kill the Chinese auto industry now...and that&#039;s not funny RicardoHead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kill the Chinese auto industry now&#8230;and that&#8217;s not funny RicardoHead.</p>
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		<title>By: jgodin312</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325187</link>
		<dc:creator>jgodin312</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus H. Christ. How could a company called China Automobile DEUSTCHLAND not be copying German designs?!?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jesus H. Christ. How could a company called China Automobile DEUSTCHLAND not be copying German designs?!?!?</p>
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		<title>By: RicardoHead</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-325172</link>
		<dc:creator>RicardoHead</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sick of BMW copying all those Chinese designs.  Dang Germans can&#039;t do anything original.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sick of BMW copying all those Chinese designs.  Dang Germans can&#8217;t do anything original.</p>
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		<title>By: Elvio</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324770</link>
		<dc:creator>Elvio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A bunch of whining kids here.</description>
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		<title>By: stick2clutch</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324522</link>
		<dc:creator>stick2clutch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Autonut.. You&#039;re right, there is a resemblance between the trunk of Hyundai and the Bimmer.. but get your time-line straight. The 7 series was out first.

China is the bootleg mecca of the world. It&#039;s time someone steps to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Autonut.. You&#8217;re right, there is a resemblance between the trunk of Hyundai and the Bimmer.. but get your time-line straight. The 7 series was out first.</p>
<p>China is the bootleg mecca of the world. It&#8217;s time someone steps to them.</p>
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		<title>By: AgmLauncher</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324511</link>
		<dc:creator>AgmLauncher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to mention ridiculous piracy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to mention ridiculous piracy</p>
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		<title>By: AgmLauncher</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324510</link>
		<dc:creator>AgmLauncher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The West should go to war with China over ALL of their blatant copying.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The West should go to war with China over ALL of their blatant copying&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry... last one.

Would a true Celebrity have bought a Celebrity?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sorry&#8230; last one.</p>
<p>Would a true Celebrity have bought a Celebrity?</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or, similarly, in days gone by:  Would a Diplomat have bought a Diplomat? (made by Dodge)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Or, similarly, in days gone by:  Would a Diplomat have bought a Diplomat? (made by Dodge)</p>
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		<title>By: Jon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So the real question then becomes:  Would a CEO buy a CEO?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So the real question then becomes:  Would a CEO buy a CEO?</p>
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		<title>By: SERSteve</title>
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		<dc:creator>SERSteve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with the general idea that these companies should come up with their own designs, but both of these expamles are close but not exact enough to win a lawsuit against a Chinese company in China. And lets face it, neither the Smart knockoff nor X5 knockoff is close enough or handsome enough to fool anyone ever. Daimler and BMW should just save their money. I did see a Nissan Maxima knock off a few years back that was an EXACT replica of the Nissan, down to the creases in the doors and everything. That was shameful and hopefully Nissan found a way to make them stop.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with the general idea that these companies should come up with their own designs, but both of these expamles are close but not exact enough to win a lawsuit against a Chinese company in China. And lets face it, neither the Smart knockoff nor X5 knockoff is close enough or handsome enough to fool anyone ever. Daimler and BMW should just save their money. I did see a Nissan Maxima knock off a few years back that was an EXACT replica of the Nissan, down to the creases in the doors and everything. That was shameful and hopefully Nissan found a way to make them stop.</p>
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		<title>By: jJayC08</title>
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		<dc:creator>jJayC08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alright Veda, gunpowder, firecrackers, I could list quite a few Chinese innovations. My point is in the current date of time, the large majority of Chinese products are simply put, junk.

Well, they&#039;re trying to enter into other markets, aren&#039;t they Veda? When they do, I would enjoy seeing one of these vehicles put through the moose test for the whole world to see. 

And no, maybe not everyone will remember, but it will loose trust in the ones that do for 10 years. The Japanese had to come a long way, and into a ripe market for their vehicles to gain the trust of the American people. Same for Hyundai and Kia. It&#039;s not impossible to give a blow to these automanufacturers, and I see they&#039;re in a developing market, but forget the consumers for a second... it&#039;s down right sleazy for the automanufacturer to make such a blatant copy of a vehicle! It&#039;s unfortunate they won&#039;t remember.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alright Veda, gunpowder, firecrackers, I could list quite a few Chinese innovations. My point is in the current date of time, the large majority of Chinese products are simply put, junk.</p>
<p>Well, they&#8217;re trying to enter into other markets, aren&#8217;t they Veda? When they do, I would enjoy seeing one of these vehicles put through the moose test for the whole world to see. </p>
<p>And no, maybe not everyone will remember, but it will loose trust in the ones that do for 10 years. The Japanese had to come a long way, and into a ripe market for their vehicles to gain the trust of the American people. Same for Hyundai and Kia. It&#8217;s not impossible to give a blow to these automanufacturers, and I see they&#8217;re in a developing market, but forget the consumers for a second&#8230; it&#8217;s down right sleazy for the automanufacturer to make such a blatant copy of a vehicle! It&#8217;s unfortunate they won&#8217;t remember.</p>
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		<title>By: 1c3d0g</title>
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		<dc:creator>1c3d0g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great. I hope this forces them into backruptcy. F*cking copycat pigs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great. I hope this forces them into backruptcy. F*cking copycat pigs.</p>
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		<title>By: Deanster</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deanster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Agreed odie. I&#039;m all for the cheap knockoff. Maybe I want to buy that cheap Rolls knockoff and go offroading with it? Maybe I want to buy that CEO and do a little demolition derby with it? I like the idea...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Agreed odie. I&#8217;m all for the cheap knockoff. Maybe I want to buy that cheap Rolls knockoff and go offroading with it? Maybe I want to buy that CEO and do a little demolition derby with it? I like the idea&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: odie</title>
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		<dc:creator>odie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hahaha...you guys vent all you want.  This is going to sell like hot cakes in China.  Like Veda said, Chinese people think differently than westerners.  They rather pay 20k for a knock off than 60k for a real one.  That&#039;s a lot money saved!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hahaha&#8230;you guys vent all you want.  This is going to sell like hot cakes in China.  Like Veda said, Chinese people think differently than westerners.  They rather pay 20k for a knock off than 60k for a real one.  That&#8217;s a lot money saved!</p>
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		<title>By: Karkat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karkat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>None of you should be surprised. China is known across the globe for cheap knock offs. The entire population feeds on it.  Perhaps because most of them cannot afford the real thing. Who knows. Hopefully no Westerners will purchase such cars, and with any luck they may choose to do things differently. Im sure it will continue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>None of you should be surprised. China is known across the globe for cheap knock offs. The entire population feeds on it.  Perhaps because most of them cannot afford the real thing. Who knows. Hopefully no Westerners will purchase such cars, and with any luck they may choose to do things differently. Im sure it will continue.</p>
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		<title>By: obhatti</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324378</link>
		<dc:creator>obhatti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Veda, pasta is Italian... well, good pasta anyways............. did you mean like Mr. Noodles or something??

I&#039;m so sick of seeing this! On that other story about MB maybe suing, someone posted a link of 10 cars that have been copied by the Chinese! PISSES ME OFF like I cannot even tell you!! They tried -and failed- to copy a Rolls!! It was just ugly, thas all!! They should totally be sued!

And I saw their new tPhone......... it&#039;s a blatant ripoff of the iPhone and it looks pretty slick (there&#039;s a video on YouTube about it) but damn, if I ever caught someone using it pretending it was a real iPhone, I&#039;d REAM them out!! What a loser somebody has to be to buy a cheap ass knockoff of something cool.

Kia, for example, is different. With them it&#039;s the same basic idea as a BMW but with slightly less good looks (Bangle has done some bad stuff lately) and for an affordable price! Fine, thas good! But this knockoff xxxx has to stop!!! It gets me so mad!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Veda, pasta is Italian&#8230; well, good pasta anyways&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. did you mean like Mr. Noodles or something??</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so sick of seeing this! On that other story about MB maybe suing, someone posted a link of 10 cars that have been copied by the Chinese! PISSES ME OFF like I cannot even tell you!! They tried -and failed- to copy a Rolls!! It was just ugly, thas all!! They should totally be sued!</p>
<p>And I saw their new tPhone&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; it&#8217;s a blatant ripoff of the iPhone and it looks pretty slick (there&#8217;s a video on YouTube about it) but damn, if I ever caught someone using it pretending it was a real iPhone, I&#8217;d REAM them out!! What a loser somebody has to be to buy a cheap ass knockoff of something cool.</p>
<p>Kia, for example, is different. With them it&#8217;s the same basic idea as a BMW but with slightly less good looks (Bangle has done some bad stuff lately) and for an affordable price! Fine, thas good! But this knockoff xxxx has to stop!!! It gets me so mad!!</p>
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		<title>By: The540Ninja</title>
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		<dc:creator>The540Ninja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unreal, when is the last time China had an original idea?
Do the Chinese really take pride in being second rate copy cats? Pathetic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unreal, when is the last time China had an original idea?<br />
Do the Chinese really take pride in being second rate copy cats? Pathetic.</p>
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		<title>By: seanm415</title>
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		<dc:creator>seanm415</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thats probably lead paint all over it.</description>
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		<title>By: Veda</title>
		<link>http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-to-join-smart-in-look-alike-suit.html#comment-324325</link>
		<dc:creator>Veda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;To tell you guys the truth, I have never seen one single good thing come from China, aside from cheap labor.&quot;

Pasta? Gunpowder? 50 cents perfect DVD copies?

&quot;they want to in the future people will remember that empty showspace that was to be filled with copies of BMW and Mercedes that got their arses sued and slammed into the ground.&quot;

They won&#039;t care... just like how the crap products Japanese puts out after world war 2 are long forgotten and they will be in the midst of cheap reliable and safe Chinese cars of the future.  History will repeat itself.  As for the lawsuits, if Honda couldn&#039;t win their CRV knockoff case at the Chinese court, how will BMW and MB?  Lawsuits yes, slammed to the ground is impossible.  You guys need to understand that people in China think differently than westerners in that if they can get it cheaper they&#039;ll go for it, even if it&#039;s a blatant knockoff.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;To tell you guys the truth, I have never seen one single good thing come from China, aside from cheap labor.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pasta? Gunpowder? 50 cents perfect DVD copies?</p>
<p>&#8220;they want to in the future people will remember that empty showspace that was to be filled with copies of BMW and Mercedes that got their arses sued and slammed into the ground.&#8221;</p>
<p>They won&#8217;t care&#8230; just like how the crap products Japanese puts out after world war 2 are long forgotten and they will be in the midst of cheap reliable and safe Chinese cars of the future.  History will repeat itself.  As for the lawsuits, if Honda couldn&#8217;t win their CRV knockoff case at the Chinese court, how will BMW and MB?  Lawsuits yes, slammed to the ground is impossible.  You guys need to understand that people in China think differently than westerners in that if they can get it cheaper they&#8217;ll go for it, even if it&#8217;s a blatant knockoff.</p>
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		<title>By: jJayC08</title>
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		<dc:creator>jJayC08</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To tell you guys the truth, I have never seen one single good thing come from China, aside from cheap labor.

Wipe this automanufacturer off the FACE OF THE EARTH. Demolish them, put them through the moose test, sue their arses for their copying designs.

I would be ashamed to be seen in a knockoff like this, like already mentioned.

Autonut, Subaru didn&#039;t steal Alfa Romeos design I don&#039;t believe. Walter de&#039;Silva who worked on Alfa Romeos trademark grill also worked on SEATS grill. I&#039;m not sure about Subarus, but aside from the overall shape they differ very much so, and same goes for the 7 series trunk (I don&#039;t see the similarities in the first place).

And Got Handling?, when they&#039;re considering entering a global market, and yet get kicked out of Frankfurt Auto Show it&#039;s a large deal. The Chinese market I consider more important than other markets aside from India at the current time being, but if they want to in the future people will remember that empty showspace that was to be filled with copies of BMW and Mercedes that got their arses sued and slammed into the ground.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To tell you guys the truth, I have never seen one single good thing come from China, aside from cheap labor.</p>
<p>Wipe this automanufacturer off the FACE OF THE EARTH. Demolish them, put them through the moose test, sue their arses for their copying designs.</p>
<p>I would be ashamed to be seen in a knockoff like this, like already mentioned.</p>
<p>Autonut, Subaru didn&#8217;t steal Alfa Romeos design I don&#8217;t believe. Walter de&#8217;Silva who worked on Alfa Romeos trademark grill also worked on SEATS grill. I&#8217;m not sure about Subarus, but aside from the overall shape they differ very much so, and same goes for the 7 series trunk (I don&#8217;t see the similarities in the first place).</p>
<p>And Got Handling?, when they&#8217;re considering entering a global market, and yet get kicked out of Frankfurt Auto Show it&#8217;s a large deal. The Chinese market I consider more important than other markets aside from India at the current time being, but if they want to in the future people will remember that empty showspace that was to be filled with copies of BMW and Mercedes that got their arses sued and slammed into the ground.</p>
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		<title>By: sik59rt</title>
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		<dc:creator>sik59rt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>autonut....if BMW did copy a trunk, i think its a little bit different than this Chinese company copying almost the entire car.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>autonut&#8230;.if BMW did copy a trunk, i think its a little bit different than this Chinese company copying almost the entire car.</p>
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		<title>By: maximus</title>
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		<dc:creator>maximus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>it might actually be embarrasing for BMW if they win this.</description>
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		<title>By: Cire</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cire</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would be nice to see the Chinese develop their own style. I can see some Chinese citizen laughing all the way to the bank over his lookalike BMW knockoff until another vehicle crashes into him. Then no one will be laughing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would be nice to see the Chinese develop their own style. I can see some Chinese citizen laughing all the way to the bank over his lookalike BMW knockoff until another vehicle crashes into him. Then no one will be laughing.</p>
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		<title>By: Commodore</title>
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		<dc:creator>Commodore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JSP - yes, but this isn&#039;t a developed market. It&#039;s communist China for God&#039;s sakes. Nearly everything China makes is a knockoff of another product... LLN is pointing out just two example here. There are perhaps nearly 50 such knock-off being bought by consumers in China (and I&#039;m not even exaggerating).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JSP &#8211; yes, but this isn&#8217;t a developed market. It&#8217;s communist China for God&#8217;s sakes. Nearly everything China makes is a knockoff of another product&#8230; LLN is pointing out just two example here. There are perhaps nearly 50 such knock-off being bought by consumers in China (and I&#8217;m not even exaggerating).</p>
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		<title>By: 55amg</title>
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		<dc:creator>55amg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>goo go go go sue these motherxxxxxxx. wipe them off the face of the earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>goo go go go sue these motherxxxxxxx. wipe them off the face of the earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Got Handling?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Got Handling?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So they can&#039;t show in Frankfurt, as if they&#039;ll really be bothered, they&#039;ll still sell like hotcakes in China.  Consumers in China have about as much shame as they have cash, and the manufacturers will be laughing all the way to the bank with a population of 1,000,000,000 - they won&#039;t give a xxxx what happens at a German auto show.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So they can&#8217;t show in Frankfurt, as if they&#8217;ll really be bothered, they&#8217;ll still sell like hotcakes in China.  Consumers in China have about as much shame as they have cash, and the manufacturers will be laughing all the way to the bank with a population of 1,000,000,000 &#8211; they won&#8217;t give a xxxx what happens at a German auto show.</p>
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		<title>By: autonut</title>
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		<dc:creator>autonut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a stupid suit. Look at trunk of 2003 7 series. It looks like KIA or Hundai, but neither one is suing bimmer. The truth is that auto designers, like fashion designers, steal each others ideas. All cars now have &quot;smiling&quot; faces. Failed Subaru fascias are lifted from Alfa by their chief designer who worked for Fiat.
Let consumer and market decide what they like and want to drive. Looks are difficult to patent or copyright.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a stupid suit. Look at trunk of 2003 7 series. It looks like KIA or Hundai, but neither one is suing bimmer. The truth is that auto designers, like fashion designers, steal each others ideas. All cars now have &#8220;smiling&#8221; faces. Failed Subaru fascias are lifted from Alfa by their chief designer who worked for Fiat.<br />
Let consumer and market decide what they like and want to drive. Looks are difficult to patent or copyright.</p>
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		<title>By: JSP</title>
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		<dc:creator>JSP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do the consumers in China have no shame?  If such a vehicle existed in more developed markets, people would be embarrassed to be seen in them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do the consumers in China have no shame?  If such a vehicle existed in more developed markets, people would be embarrassed to be seen in them.</p>
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		<title>By: e46Ne90</title>
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		<dc:creator>e46Ne90</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>they scanned the x5 profile and did a minor facelift of their own..front looks pretty much like lexus rx330</description>
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		<title>By: RSPINAJR</title>
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		<dc:creator>RSPINAJR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>both are blatant copies - They both should easily win the suit</description>
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