China’s auto industry is far behind leaders like Germany, but in the past 20 years it’s almost certainly the industry that’s changed the most, even turning 180 degrees. compared with the previous period.
The old Chinese automakers wanted instant success but did not have their own direction and personality, leading to the fact that most of their cars on the market from the early 2000s and earlier were designed with the same design. more or less copied from international car models.
The most obvious case is Landwind X7 with a lawsuit related to the original Range Rover Evoque that has just been resolved after a long time of handling.
Landwind X7 is probably the most scandalous Chinese car and until the 2018 facelift, the car is still not much different from the original Range Rover Evoque.
However, China’s auto industry and its consumers are very different now. Chinese users are now also opposed to car models copied from Western cars, many small car companies using this direction have now gone bankrupt because they cannot sell cars.
The turning point of Chinese cars is probably somewhere around the time when Chery launched the Pininfarina-designed A3 Sedan in 2008. This is the first Chinese car to be taken over by a well-known design brand and after It was well received with impressive sales.
Fast forward to the decade of 2020, even though Chinese automakers may not have formed a personality, a certain design language, they have owned models that are different enough from Japanese, Korean or Japanese cars. America.
Hongqi – the national luxury car brand of the Chinese people, although somewhere still receives comments about borrowing Maybach or Bentley designs, also has a very personal personality and does not spare money to bring back famous designers. like Giles Taylor of Rolls-Royce or Walter de Silva of Volkswagen.
Those who criticize the new Chinese car design will probably have to think again (Image: BYD Han EV)
Not only design, Chinese car manufacturers now do not need to borrow technology from outsiders but still have their own impressive platforms. We can take, for example, the Nio EP9, which is currently the fastest electric car to complete the Nurburgring, or Geely lent Mercedes the electric vehicle chassis to build Smart #1.
Although there are still cases of taking outside ideas to make their own in the Chinese car village, perhaps it is time to seriously rethink the strength of the country’s auto industry. With the backing of the world’s largest car buying power, Chinese cars in the near future will be able to compete fairly with giants in Germany, Japan, Korea or the US.
Reference: Carscoops
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