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Range Rover Sport Cloned by the Chinese: It's Called the Gonow GX6

Try as they might to protect themselves with patents, globally renowned carmakers are still being blatantly copied by Chinese companies. The latest example of this is a clone for the recently launched Range Rover Sport SUV, the sportiest vehicle of its kind ever made in Britain and the holder of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb record for production cars.
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Despite infringing on the design that cost Land Rover millions to develop, we want to give the Chinese credit. They're trying so very hard to copy western designs and they've gotten a lot better over the years.

The clone model is called Gonow GA6 and will go on sale in October, priced from 110,000 Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to €13,900. That's about a tenth of what a real Range Rover Sport would cost to import.

Two engines will be offered, a 2.4-liter petrol fitted with a five-speed manual, or a 2-liter diesel fitted to six-speed. The GX6 is 4,640mm long, 1,815mm wide and 1,800mm tall. Its 2,745mm wheelbase makes us wonder if this isn't actually a Mitsubishi-based SUV.

And what kind of name is Gonow GX6? It's like a mockery of the English language, mixed with the name of a blender. It would also work for a sportswear company: "The Nike Gonow GX6 will put extra spring in your step."
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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