Chery WindCloud ........... looks like mkI toad

[Fluffy]

the Chery WindCloud is currently sold in Malaysia ...........hmmm looks familiar, doesn't it look like the SEAT Tody mkI ?

[Vit4wd]

Yeah. Looks like Seat Toledo.

 

But if it sells for below $50K in S'pore, or around Matrix prices, should attract a large crowd.

[Sam_wong_cm]

The design sure look out dated ... They should have just try to copy the MK II Tody, and at a price of $50K .. and it will attract a lot of potential owner ..

[Genie47]

WindCloud? FengYun? Can do supernatural sword fight or not?

[Safetyfirst]

Would not be surprise that they used the Toledo tooling n rebadge

[Renegade]

Wonder if it's a VAG tie-up or is there a lawsuit just round the corner....

 

And doesn't the emblem look a bit like Infiniti's ?

[Cantofish]

now that u mentioned it, it sure looks alot like the infiniti badge

[Chimp]

Perhaps it is a joint venture with Nissin?

[Renegade]

"Perhaps it is a joint venture with Nissin?"

 

...as in the cup-noodle makers ? Possible, I suppose

 

Also, I wonder what's with the "Chery" name - did they accidentally drop an "r" or is that deliberate, too ?

 

Edited June 30, 2005 by Renegade

[Renegade]

...with a name like that (WindCloud ?), what will they think of next ? WindChime ? (Or is that one taken ?) WindBreaker ?

 

It probably sounds really good in Chinese but I can't imagine saying, "Oh, I drive a WindCloud" with a straight face...then again, I still have problems explaining to people what I drive to anything's possible, I suppose....

 

[Benhew05]

Wait til you see another Chery model ...

 

Front part is Toyota Altis and rear is Honda City

 

These are China imports

[Benhew05]

There's a Chery Qoo

 

no joke this

[Genie47]

Must not say Windcloud. Say Fengyun with evil glare like the comics.

[Genie47]

Chery Qoo is the Chevrolet Spark knock-off. The Spark is the Daewoo Matiz. Qoo.....like the drink.

[Genie47]

I think China is bringing recombinant DNA technology to the motor industry. All these cars should be called chimeracars.

[Renegade]

Yeah, I think that's the one which had toyota slapping them with a copyright infringement lawsuit (which naturally got thrown out of the courts)

[Chimp]

Must be the effect of skipping lunch this afternoon.

 

It seems that Chery has been getting a lot of attentions from other car makers:

 

GMDAT, Chery Legal Battle Could Enter U.S.

 

By Brian Corbett

 

WardsAuto.com, Jan 10 2005

 

Entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin could face a lawsuit in the U.S. from GM if he imports the China-built Chery QQ car.

DETROIT

Edited June 30, 2005 by Chimp

[Renegade]

Of course, China could file for a grieviance on grounds of protectionism and counter-slap some tarrifs elsewhere, escalating another trade war of sorts....man, don't you love these east-west confrontations ?