You’ve read about the Landwind X7 by now, surely. Here comes another clone, and this time the unwitting target is the latest Toyota Alphard, just launched in Malaysia. Spotted on CarNewsChina.com, the Ruili DoDa V8 is just its name, rather than any indication of being powered by eight cylinders joined at the crank.
Powering the DoDa V8 is in fact a Mitsubishi 2.4 litre, four-cylinder engine, compared with the Toyota Alphard’s 3.5 litre V6 petrol engine; which brings about more complications as to the Alphard clone’s direct lineage: the DoDa V8 is actually based on the Joylong Aifei, itself a clone of the previous-generation Toyota Alphard, as is clear to be seen by its interior below.
Exterior dimensions offer little between the two, with the Toyota Alphard measuring 4,925mm long, 1,850mm tall and 1,890mm wide, while the DoDa V8 stretches the tape at 4,900 mm long, 1830 mm tall and 1,890 mm wide (identical to the Alphard). The DoDa’s wheelbase is 2,950mm long, while the Alphard’s is 50mm longer.
When the DoDa V8 goes on sale, it will reportedly be priced higher than the Joylong Aifei it is based on, and it’s expected to reach the Chinese market in the fourth quarter of this year.
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How do we know if the new local launch Alfat and Belfaiya is not Dodo rebadge?
Come here and sell it for 120K please
At that price, New Perdana is better option
Buying a Perdana is like buying a fake car already. The Perdana is so low in quality, it is like owning an Akira aircon or a GC DVD Player
At least Perdana not like ur junk status toyota
So xpensive wan…80k like cherry eastar ok
Poton rebadge it as Bongbus.
that is a good idea. Cause that is all Proton thinks about….perempuan and main.
Slandering slandering
Finally! Someone clone this moving terrace house.
That name sounds like a baby just learning how to talk
DoDa literally means ‘How Huge’ or ‘So Huge’.
Sounds like an extinct flightless bird
Probably it sounds super luxurious to a chinaman.
Now everyone can own an Alphard.
China. Anything can copy
EverythingFakeland
brilliantly brilliant for a Dodo!
Joylong? Ahahahahahaha
Joy long first then become Dodo
Its obviously better than microsoft
Yes, if they were dealing with a redlight district business
But I have to say the front design looks much ‘clean’ and solid that original Alphard !
wad de hell!
I approve of clones, ideas should be shared, not copyrighted and made overpriced. The front grill looks pretty good too, like dragon scales.
I guess u or ur famili is not in the intellectual property or innovative idea business.
R&D cost $$$ and it is a core of business survival. The same for recording artistes where their work came for their hard work.
How would you feel if others copy your work and takes your credit or profit from it leaving you with nothing.
Now we have something that can stand up to the Alfart & Hellfire road bullies
bring it here, and those recon will cry also..lol
China likes to clone everything..Wonder if the people themselves are cloned.
Face the real hard fact, clone or not they are the most hard working and intelligent people in this planet.
Yep. A number of MY pipu says its better to copy and succeed than try own but fail. Thats how they educate their children too.
Obviously you haven’t worked or be in any managerial position that resides in the RoChina. They are the laziest most stubborn rebellious workforce ever. The hardworking dedicated groups spread far from the main land up to Japan (Nihonjin) are the best of the variation.
The same engine used to be in the cherry Eastar MPV.
Masuk Malaysia bagi tukar nama….Dodo to DODOL
Tabouleh! Nanti org ingat badan lembut macam dodol. Xde sales nanti
too bad this facelifted clone alphard
dont have the latest alphard interior.
Another Fake Car, always fake, iphone fake, everything want to faking
What do u expect from EverythingFakeland?
China – always gives an option…
What are the chances of finding asbestos in this car?
Consider a used Starex.
12-18 month old unit at around RM60k
Where can i get a 12 – 18 month starex at rm60k????give me the location please
When I was in a MITI event about ehalal.com, they invited some partners from Chinese Mainland. One of the guy came from a kind of trade supervision agency.
He bragged about product and patent protection, if you sell your products to PRC, register it to us and you don’t have to worry. We have the protection system and we will protect your product from being copied.
Then I dropped my jaw… it is hilarious, your nation is the biggest modern industry copycat, and now you are talking about protection?
And… why MITI invited him…
They have their own way of local automotive industry protektion what?
You must belip in China!
Why were the Chinese invited?
Because Malaysia has sold a huge chunk of our debt to China!
Not bad
Wonder how El-Fart and Hell-Fire owner would feel when one ‘Big/Huge V8’ pulls up alongside? Laugh? Even more proud for he’s driving the original? Or bang his head on the wheel?
Somebody mentioned the grill here and I have to agree. It does look good if you were to look at it a while.
Check out the huge infotainment screen! Wonder if its full HD.
Way to go China! A lawsuit file is probably on its way to your mailbox.
One thing I wonder, must they imitate or duplicate others only to be ridiculed by the world?
I rather have this baby than alphard, more cun..
The ROI on that series of Mistubishi engines (assuming these companies pay mitsu anything) must be crazy..everyone in China seems to be using these engines for their cars..turbo..non turbo….car, mpv,suv, ..macam macam… u name it and most likely there’s a mitsu engine under the hood…
Ruili DoDa V8? betul betul China. When I read it out, 2 things immediately came into my mind; Pamela Anderson and a Mustang.
Please sell it here below RM70k… sure sell like hot cakes regardless the fake names or batches… all we want is high class looking rides to show off to people on the roads.. this will reduce more vivas and axias, making the roads a higher class standard
What a clone nation, and the sympathizers shamelessly brag about it. Oh well lets sing ‘Everybody drive this car..do daa do daa’.
then the Toyota will sue them, but somehow they win..just cos this dodol have bigger wheelbase or else, like the LandWind case..
DOTA V8 – Facepalm lolx
The V8 is intended to fool people for the engine ?