Another chinese car...

I can't undestand why do Chinese copy others' designs and fit them to their own cars. It's not like the Chinese don't know how to design: Ssang Yong released many models and all of them look beautiful. So why copying ? and if they do, why do they fit things that don't match together ?

Today I was walking home, back from a lecture, when I spot something with wheels. it was a freezing morning, but i stopped to see it from all angles, I was sure it was a car, but I couldn't figure out what kind of cars it was... Well I concluded it was a rubbish one, and here's the reason:





From the back it doesn't only look like the Honda City, I is a carbon copy of the Honda City: the rear bumper, the lights, the little shiny thing on the trunk door... then, turning around...





The side looks identical to the Toyota Corolla, the doors are amazingly identical to the Corolla's doors: the windows, the door handles, everything line up... then, moving along...








You'll be thinking I moved to a Hyundai Elantra parked nearby, but no; it's the same car: the City Corolla has an Elantra front side. and, just to make things a little bit more confusing, guess what the badge looks like:







Yes, I know, it looks like a BMW badge, although it's cut in half rather than cut in four pieces, and it says BYD instead of BMW. So there you go: a chinese car with different sides and a fake german badge. I'd really like to see the owner of that car, and how interesting going out with him in his car would be. I'm sure it'll get a good score in the Top Gear Cock-0-meter.