F&I Management & Training

There was controversy at the Frankfurt Show as wildfire rumours suggested that one of the two Chinese exhibitors at the show was about to be thrown out, following objections by western car makers over allegations of design piracy. A media scrum ensued, though no eviction notice was serves on China Automobile Deutschland, the German-based importer that is trying to turn itself into the "Aldi or Lidl of the car business". At the centre of the storm were two car models, the Jonway UFO and the Sheunghuang CEO. The former looks like a clone of the Toyota RAV4; the latter bears more than a passing resemblance to the BMW X3. In China, this sort of "design piracy" is rife, but allowable.

DATED: 18.09.07

FEED: AW