Hautai presents Lexus LS and Bentley Continental GT clone

It seems that the main concern of every Chinese manufacturer is to copy & paste… Hautai, revealed today its latest renderings showing its newest “ masterpiece”: a brand new Bentley Continental GT clone. Of course, if someone would ask them, they will definitely say: “This is not a copy!” We heard this one before at the Geely GE – Rolls-Royce Phantom news and the Porsche Cayenne – Byd T6. And by the way… Are the headlights taken from the Lexus LS? The answer is YES!
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clsboy - 5/11/2009 9:41:33 PM

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This is wrong on so many levels.... just wrong...

B7FAN - 5/12/2009 7:35:25 AM

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I think i just threw up in my mouth....Asians took the name carbon copy and ran with it literally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pushrod27 - 5/13/2009 4:22:48 PM

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how could you possibly defend this garbage? Then again, you actually like Hyundais, so what should we expect? stop inhaling hyundai smoke, it is damaging your brain.

nvme - 5/12/2009 1:41:34 AM

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has anyone noticed how the badge is like the BMW propeller?
oh and btw, copying, not a byproduct of socialism...

LACMAN - 5/12/2009 12:33:07 PM

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I caught that too.

eddiedko - 5/12/2009 1:57:50 AM

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if it costs 5k and has 300+ hp then maybe i will consider it

i am just wondering..
Chinese haven't figured out how to make TVs, Computers and cellophones yet, right?

stelvio - 5/12/2009 3:02:17 AM

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I totally disagree with you guys. Granted the car has the grille of a bentley continental, but the body is an exact replica of the Volvo ECC concept from 1992

Type707 - 5/12/2009 4:43:44 AM

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King of Bootleg strikes again!....Duh, Duh, Duh...Duuuuuuunnnnnn!

M53R - 5/12/2009 8:52:18 AM

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Is it this hard to be original? Seriously?!

roundwego - 5/12/2009 9:01:10 AM

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China as a country is admired by many a CEO, even though they are thieving little a-holes

M_Motorsport - 5/12/2009 9:22:49 AM

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Its actually hurting them because people will see how much better the real thing is!!

stelvio - 5/12/2009 9:25:25 AM

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This is just the opening salvo for the Chinese. Make replicas and crappy cars and sell them cheap. Once the money starts rolling in, source what the need worldwide. Need beautiful cars? get Pininfarina. need efficient high output engines? call Bosch. Need a good manager? call Ulrich Bez or Wiendelin Wiedeking. Money is king and if there's a government out there that's flushed with money right now, its the Chinese. I would be the last to laugh at the Chinese' effort to build autos.

XYZZ - 5/13/2009 8:44:44 AM

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get past your ignorant stereotypes.

the germans have on more than a few occasions been copying the japanese in recent years. honda was first with variable valve timing, and EVERY car maker with an interest in MODERN engines has copied that.

newer VWs look like toyotas.

even MB has (re)copied Lexus design cues. the MB ML models even stooped to copy the TOYOTA 4Runner in making their box look more stylish with a trim C-pillar.

many of the germans' boring headlight clusters are beginning to look asian.

Type707 - 5/12/2009 6:21:48 PM

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China has never been original period.

Agent63 - 5/13/2009 2:20:30 AM

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I am Chinese and proud of the rich history of the motherland. However I'm born in Canada and raised there. I am embarrased of these low lifes trying to make a copy of a great Bentley. The LS isn't exactly known worldwide so copy that all you want but if you copy names like Porsche, Bentley, Mercedes world marque names it just makes the country and its people look bad.