Toyota will not sue Chinese company that duplicates RAV4

Shanghai. October 23 (Gasgoo.com) -Toyota Motor says it will strengthen its efforts to get design patents for its models in worldwide markets following China's Jonway Automobile's duplicated car goes on sale, Automotive News reported last weekend.
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r_driver04 - 10/23/2007 9:36:03 AM

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How do we know that Toyota is not already having a Chinese company manufacture some of their vehicles and shipping overseas? That would explain some issues with my Yota.

EL34 - 10/23/2007 11:27:31 AM

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Originality is everything whether it;s music, writing, paintings or automobiles.

DaHarder - 10/23/2007 11:51:12 AM

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dumb Move, as these vehicle manufactures should be made to answer...

The greater question is: Why Would Any Company Want To Duplicate The Looks Of The Goofy Rav4?

BigShow50 - 10/23/2007 1:11:58 PM

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beacause "Goofy" sells...

DaHarder - 10/23/2007 3:20:52 PM

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So Does CRACK, and I've Never Tried That, nor Do I Want To!

To Each their own.

zorbeeze - 10/23/2007 1:56:06 PM

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Doesn`t surprise me at all.
The chineese are kings at stealing industrial secrets.
I`m sure Toyota got some sort of payoff.

S4cabriofoxone - 10/23/2007 7:17:32 PM

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And I'm sure they didn't. It's happened to practically every auto manufacturer and they're not doing much about it.

S4cabriofoxone - 10/23/2007 7:17:00 PM

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http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50597023/Automobile.jpg

There it is. I could understand copying the current RAV4, but why the strange last-gen?

bobus - 10/23/2007 10:25:33 PM

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Didn't Toyota "derived" Lexus's LS400 from Mercedes S Class,like, 20 years ago?