Girl Dumps Man With a Macan, Because He's Really a Guy With a Zotye

[TexRex]

Chinese government: Copyright? What copyright? The car isn't ripping another one off!

Tragically, if Porsche sue, they will probably lose. Remember what happened when a Chines brand blatantly copied an X5? BMW sued but they lost the case! God do I hate the Chinese gover- I mean communist regime.

I'm given to understand that apart from what amounts to a gentleman's agreement, there really is no international copyright law.

Even if there was, it's hard to prove something like automotive styling was actually nicked rather than arrived at organically--which is probably why these suits tend to not bear fruit.

 

[zdenko]

Chinese, vein??? You think. Has anyone here ever watched "If you are the one". Do yourself a favour and see it for yourself. It shows you how vein they really are.
Younger(less than 40) Chinese people living in Australia pretty much display the same traits from what I have seen. It is all about how much money you have and what luxury goods you show off.
As for the rip off Porsche I don't really care as it won't be able to be sold anywhere outside Chinese provinces.

 

[HuskyGT]

I just watched a video on the Zyote. Wow...

If someone offered me a brand-spanking new Zotye in all its 4-banger, plastic glory for free, or just keep my 5 year-old Impala...

I'd go with the rental fleet econo crap box...

 

[AMG 4 LIFE]

There are so much more, so **** her.

 

[TexRex]

Interesting (though not exactly surprising) that it's still entirely one-sided for some...

 

[AerodyManiac]

I know China is one of the counterfeit capitals of the world, but this isn’t really a counterfeit, is it? If it was a counterfeit, it would say Porsche.

If these are anything to go by, my guess is they would’ve gone with the name ‘Porche’ instead.

Either way, the phenomenon of Chinese manufacturers copying foreign manufacturers’ design and proceeding to win a lawsuit filed by the latter to the Chinese court is no news, which is kinda saddening. But then as mentioned by others in this thread, it’s a path taken by Japanese and (more recently) Korean brands before as well, which eventually starts to build their own design language and identity once they have sufficient capital and a sizeable following. And this seems to be what the major Chinese auto manufacturers are doing now, just to give a shimmer of hope.

I don’t think any counterfeit manufacturer is unashamed enough to sue the genuine brand before though. (Apologies for the Chinese article that the link leads to, but it’s the only latest one I can find. Here’s an English version, albeit a bit outdated)

As for the incident in the article, while the man is certainly at fault for lying (and perhaps for misleading the woman), the woman isn’t entirely innocent either, given how she seems to be flaunting about her boyfriend’s apparent wealth (if the original article is to be believed in).

 

[TexRex]

As for the incident in the article, while the man is certainly at fault for lying (and perhaps for misleading the woman), the woman isn’t entirely innocent either, given how she seems to be flaunting about her boyfriend’s apparent wealth (if the original article is to be believed in).

Until the woman's social media feed is presented here, everything is mere speculation as to the context of the posting of certain pictures, but I suspect it conforms pretty neatly to the convention of documenting every banal aspect of one's life on social media platforms.

The fen dropped when she took to social media to celebrate their relationship. She posted pictures, including photos of the car, on Weibo, the Chinese version of Facebook.

There are TWO sides of this story, though, and I can't help but notice one is getting far more attention than the other.

 

[TetsuKobura]

What a great and informing article. I really liked this one.

 

[Clay_GT_17]

Any Pictures of them??

 

[TexRex]

Any Pictures of them??

Perhaps, if you can manage to delve deeper than I was capable of, but I hit a rather large stumbling block when I followed the story back to this page:

https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180119/1096737.htm

Any guesses as to why I didn't manage to progress further?

 

[TonyJZX]

https://carnewschina.com/2016/10/26/how-much-exactly-is-the-zotye-sr9-a-clone-of-the-porsche-macan/


That's an amazing copy. It has what is supposedly a turbo 4G63 and a 6 speed dual clutch (the motor likely a licensed copy of the EVO7-9 motor).

I wouldnt mind this at all, debadged though.

It is only FWD so it will drive like a typical SUV.

 

[AerodyManiac]

Until the woman's social media feed is presented here, everything is mere speculation as to the context of the posting of certain pictures, but I suspect it conforms pretty neatly to the convention of documenting every banal aspect of one's life on social media platforms.

I was basing my opinion on the article that you just posted above (which is what the ‘original article’ is referring to in my first post), which states that the girl was surprised when she discovered that the guy she just met was apparently driving a Cayenne (a bit different from what GTP’s article or this one say, but that doesn’t matter), and jumped to the conclusion that the guy was a understated ‘tuhao’ (a Chinese internet slang that describes people who used to belong to the working class but got rich overnight, with another key characteristic being that they have no taste) herself. A quote from the 3rd paragraph, which ettoday claims is from the girl herself, also explains that ‘at that time I just thought that these rich and understated men are rare, so I gave him a much higher score in my mind...’ (a really literal translation, but I guess you understand what I mean). As if it isn’t enough, the website also says in the 4th paragraph that the girl secretly took a video and shared it on the Internet while her boyfriend was driving to ‘share with her friends the joys of riding in a Cayenne herself’. All these, I would consider, is sufficient for my conclusion to be reached.

With that said, however, ettoday isn’t really a source of investigative journalism (to the best of my knowledge, I’d classify it more as a tabloid), and considering how only one of the evidence is a quote that it claims is from the victim herself, and the rest are all described from the 3rd person narrative, it’s still possible that these evidence are subjective or even made up. So I think it’s a case of ‘innocent until proven guilty’ for the woman here, with there being virtually no way to prove her so, as nobody in their sane mind would admit that they posted their boyfriend’s Cayenne on to the Internet for flaunting purposes in any way, especially after the publicity the incident’s gained since.

Also, if it’s any indication of what was in the woman’s mind when she decided to have a relationship with the man, the article also said that they had sex 17 times in the subsequent 2 weeks after they started the relationship...

 

[TexRex]

I was basing my opinion on the article that you just posted above (which is what the ‘original article’ is referring to in my first post), which states that the girl was surprised when she discovered that the guy she just met was apparently driving a Cayenne (a bit different from what GTP’s article or this one say, but that doesn’t matter), and jumped to the conclusion that the guy was a understated ‘tuhao’ (a Chinese internet slang that describes people who used to belong to the working class but got rich overnight, with another key characteristic being that they have no taste) herself. A quote from the 3rd paragraph, which ettoday claims is from the girl herself, also explains that ‘at that time I just thought that these rich and understated men are rare, so I gave him a much higher score in my mind...’ (a really literal translation, but I guess you understand what I mean). As if it isn’t enough, the website also says in the 4th paragraph that the girl secretly took a video and shared it on the Internet while her boyfriend was driving to ‘share with her friends the joys of riding in a Cayenne herself’. All these, I would consider, is sufficient for my conclusion to be reached.

I didn't really have the intention of translating the page, but have done so since the issue is ongoing--and I'm glad I did.

"On one occasion, when a woman drove her boyfriend, she sneaked a video and then shared the joy of sitting in the "Kaiyan" car with all the friends.

Surely if you had the opportunity to drive a vehicle by which you and your friends would be impressed, you'd wish to document and share the experience.

Moreover, "sneaked," colloquially, isn't inherently sinister, and could simply suggest an act was carried out spontaneously, as in "I sneaked one more cookie before closing the tin." And if it's deemed sinister, why would it be so? Surely someone being so excited about driving a "Kaiyan" would make the owner who allowed it to happen feel pretty good...unless things weren't as they seemed.

Also, if it’s any indication of what was in the woman’s mind when she decided to have a relationship with the man, the article also said that they had sex 17 times in the subsequent 2 weeks after they started the relationship...

WHORE!!!



The only thing I see wrong in that is making those unable to copulate so frequently jealous...oh to be that young again. What does it really have to do with anything?

 

[TonyJZX]

I spoke to a chinese friend at work and their opinion is that this story is a media beatup... there's probably an element of truth but its more like this Zoyte company is after some free press in the mainland... fake news if you will...

 

[AerodyManiac]

I didn't really have the intention of translating the page, but have done so since the issue is ongoing--and I'm glad I did.

"On one occasion, when a woman drove her boyfriend, she sneaked a video and then shared the joy of sitting in the "Kaiyan" car with all the friends.

Surely if you had the opportunity to drive a vehicle by which you and your friends would be impressed, you'd wish to document and share the experience.

Moreover, "sneaked," colloquially, isn't inherently sinister, and could simply suggest an act was carried out spontaneously, as in "I sneaked one more cookie before closing the tin." And if it's deemed sinister, why would it be so? Surely someone being so excited about driving a "Kaiyan" would make the owner who allowed it to happen feel pretty good...unless things weren't as they seemed.

This is why Google Translate isn't used when it comes to official international diplomatic situations or anything serious.

In no way can the original text be interpreted as 'the girl driving', and the words '偷拍' (not sure if they can be correctly displayed once I post this, but I'm afraid that's the only option) literally means 'secretly took a video of'.

Also, just to illustrate how bad Google sometimes is when it comes to translating Chinese to English, if you use it to translate the two Chinese characters above alone, it will come up with the word 'candid', which is nothing similar to what this website says. (or even what Google came up with in the first place!)

WHORE!!!

Nope, at no point did I suggest this in the slightest.

The only thing I see wrong in that is making those unable to copulate so frequently jealous...oh to be that young again. What does it really have to do with anything?

Which is why I also said this:

if it’s any indication of what was in the woman’s mind

You may not understand this due to cultural differences or for whatever reason, and it's perfectly fine. But please, don't misattribute whatever conclusion you managed to derive to what I actually said. Or ignore the rest of the evidence I've put forth.