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Songsan Motors SS Dolphin

A pair of hard-working Las Vegas showgirls are buddies, co-workers, and roommates, and every has custody of a a lot youthful sibling. That’s the premise of a short-lived Garry Marshall-produced TV present referred to as “Who’s Watching the Kids.” And in predictable sitcom vogue, usually nobody is watching the children—and hilarity ensues.

The Chinese language authorities is a bit like these harried showgirls, somewhat too busy orchestrating the manufacturing of a lot of the planet’s items to intently monitor the operations of sure companies and industries inside its borders—significantly its automotive sector. And, like Garry Marshall’s present, hilarity usually ensues. Hilarity, that’s, within the type of copyright and intellectual-property theft.

To our eyes, the Chinese language-built Shuanghuan Noble (left) and Landwind X7 look far an excessive amount of just like the Sensible ForTwo and Vary Rover Evoque, respectively.

Over the previous twenty years, Chinese language-built automobiles wanting similar to the merchandise of Mini, Hummer, Vary Rover, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Rolls-Royce have been produced. And, as a result of these automobiles had been produced just for Chinese language distribution, there was little or no the makers of the unique automobiles may do concerning the copycat automobiles. The issue is, even when it acknowledges these designs as largely stolen, the Chinese language authorities isn’t particularly thinking about getting concerned in any overseas motion in opposition to a home firm.

The excellent news for the ripped-off automakers is that they might possible have authorized recourse had been these “clones” retailed outdoors of China—particularly in North America or the European Union. Nevertheless, for probably the most half, the look-a-like rides are stored in China correct. At the least the issue is contained.

Of all of the stolen-design automobiles produced in China, there may be one which may outclass all of the others by way of sheer audacity: the Songsan Motors SS Dolphin.