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Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Makes Blatant Copy of Cadillac SRX

Dongfeng's SRX 5 photos
Photo: auto.163.com
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Why is it that whenever a Chinese manufacturer decides that they want to copy a car, they always seem to pick the wrong one? Like that copy of the Matiz which frankly is pointless, though there’s a chance that it was a better quality product that the original Daewoo Matiz which was a failure in terms of safety, performance and looks.
Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng have done it again, choosing the wrong car to copy. They have chosen, wait for it, a Cadillac SRX, which they’ve made smaller, and frankly a bit less ugly than the original SRX. It was produced by one of Dongfeng’s subsidiaries, which usually makes pick-ups and cheap SUVs.

The car will be launched in 2013 and is most likely based on the previous-generation Kia Sorento. It will probably feature a Nissan-sourced 4-cylinder engine to power it along, and since it has shrunk in size, when compared to the SRX, the small engine will have no problem in pulling it around.

Story via carnewschina.com & 163.com
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