BYD Auto is perhaps better known here as a Chinese brand with a range that rips off other cars, but the ambitious Shenzhen based automaker is actually pretty advanced in the development of hybrids and EVs, and counts Warrern Buffet as a stake holder. We struggle to understand why BYD won’t invest in car design or hire foreign design houses like what many of its local rivals are doing. Perhaps it’s not because they aren’t capable of an original looking car, and apeing the looks of successful models could be a strategy in itself.
Here are pics of the company’s first SUV caught testing. Speculated to carry the name S6, it will have a full electronic sunroof, a sliding luggage rack and could introduce keyless entry. Power is likely to be from the same engine as the BYD M6, a Mitsubishi supplied 4G69 2.4-litre with 160 bhp and 215Nm. China Car Times also says that a 2.0-litre model self developed engine will be included in the lineup; it makes 140 bhp and 186Nm and will only be available with a manual transmission.
As for the S6’s looks, we’ll let you draw the similarities. More images after the jump.
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With Warren Buffet as stakeholder, this co. prob have some hidden potential…
I always thought warren hates investing in car company due to the high cost in R&D and the low Return of Investment.
I bet there is some sort of blueprint we don’t know…
high cost in R&D? but in China, everything is cheap. where alse do you find garbage being used as building materials to replace bricks & concrete?
what kind of R&D they do? only study other people’s design then copy… hehehe.
copy and paste also need skillful person… takes time.. and also money… its easy to a person to say copy is easy when he or she copy in the internet and paste it in their assignment/proposal… but to copy an engineering design is not easy as what you think… but of course…. its more easy if compared to self develop a technology from scratch….
yeah..byd does reverse engineering instead of investing on their on r&d.
not all china copy cat. Italian firm house like Pininfarina and Berton design so many2 car for china car company. But BYD like to copy cat Toyota. Don’t know why?
1st..
toyota harrier/lexus RX copycat.
macam Toyota Harrier
Is this caugt in Bolehland?
nope, i don’t think so…
rear look like harrier
not BMW 3 series?
the rear light looks like 3 series. the curve looks like harrier
couldn’t agree with you more.. bits and pieces of various cars. like a jigsaw
Rear Design – Toyota Harrier
Rear Lamp – BMWs 5 Series+ Satria Neo
Front Design – Hyundai Getz
Front Grill – Chevrolet Optra
Yes, i agreed with you. If the price is good and affordable, the sale should be good.,
nice SUV .
price is RMB 150,000 ( RM 75, 000. 00 ) don’t know price if enter Malaysia market bcoz our G charge higher over tax to rakyat. Ok la that price for 2.4 engine Mitsubishi 4g69 MIVEC with AWD function.
http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1014666/BYD-set-to-unveil-its-first-SUV-at-Beijing-auto-show.html
the overall chasis design looks like a FORD KUGA to me (ford focus suv big brother)
its a harrier body with silly bits n pieces to make it look different
hairier @ back !!! a ciplak of harrier…
NAZA should bring in this SUV.
Put lah any name …. Cendana, Angsana, Buluh Betung, C007, D4, AK48 …. anything…. if the *price* is right, people will buy ……..
… I think ;)
price is RMB 150, 000 ( RM 75, 000 ). I check at one of china auto web
at a glance..the front end looks like a hyundai getz…n the back end…got d curves like harrier but with vios tail lamp.
the tail lamp..also got dat 3 series look-a-like..
harrier+tucson+sorento = whatever the name is
name it as HATUSO=harrier+tucson+sorento
BYD = Build Your Dream….
Why build one only….. build all 3 lah in one car
:D :D :D
hav 2 admit this looks nice 4 a china brand car…
Harrier chasis
havent they got any copyright law whatsoever in China? i read somewhere that it doesnt exist there. and for any outsider doing business in China, they must files patent in China which means lots of problems, marketing wise and patent protection wise.
i mean, of course the patented thing cannot be copied. but these unimaginative, broken, cheap chinamen copy and paste almost pieces and parts off other vehicles onto their design.
the earlier commenters have said the back light is ‘inspired’ by a certain series Bimmer, the roof life/ exterior shells is like a first gen/second gen RX300, the front face looks like a CX 5/CX 7 copycats.
kudos to them for the electric thing, but thats easy part. u got money and cheap labour which can manufacture almost everything, then u are off going. as much i know, which i am, electric thing requires only an electric motor, some storage of electricity. and thats it for a basic.
but for regenerative electricity/ idling technology, etc etc, of course u need rnd.
With 1.6bil population.. China cant go wrong.
Go go go Made in China !!
yup. now China is largest auto market in the world and also largest car producer in ther world suprasing US. GM also begin jan 2010 selling car at china more than seliing car at their home
ya ya..after 1 year everything’s loosen and all lamps turned yellow…cheap plastics…hahaha
AWESOME!!
I think many people don’t realize that Japan starts as a copycat country too. That’s how you start building things if you don’t have much resources or knowledge.
The same thing happens to the Korean cars.
But these companies evolve. One day they’ll have the resources, the knowledge and the dream of being a trendsetter. And that’s when they become the next Honda.
yup. i agree. take Japan and Korea as an example. Plus China has avantage compare to Japan and Korea incl lower labour cost, easy to get raw material at lower cost and huge population. Now they overtake USA as biggest car market in the world also become biggest car producer in the world. Future I thk BYD, Chery, Great Wall, SAIC at par with Toyota, Honda, GM. SAIC now ranked no8 in the world. But unfortunately they produce foreign brand car.
That already old man Warren Buffet’s investment is not neccessary right. Last year he lost a lot of money for wrong decisions.
But no matter what, China will be a motoring powerhouse following Korea in the not too distant future. That’s why many people investing heavily in their stocks.
Warren Buffet style of investing is not always for fast money… His style of buying which a lot of us know “buy low sell high”! He is a very patient man, and well know to buy bargain and sell it high for a profit..
We all know that economy will one day back to those golden times, like the 10 year cycle. So for him, all these money are like kacang to him..
yup. Warren Buffet buy at lower cost. BYD is one of blue chip stock in Hong Kong.
the money he lost you ill never earn in your life time … talk with brain not with feet!!!
BYD= beat your dick
this particular china car maker might like to copies~~
but for some other china car maker, has actually over take or soon to be better than japs~~
so..for proton..we lost a gain.
yup. I admire how company like Chery as example can produce 2 million car in less than 10 years. Double the production from 1 million car to 2 miliion in just 2 1/2 years. 2010 they target to sell 900, 000 car and in July their largest R&D lab in Asia will completed build. Volume of export more than 100, 000 unit a year or more than 1/2 of Proton production annually.
come on BYD
stop copying please!
whatever that is, lets hope the quality not like most china-made item…
yawn…
hehe got eyebrow like e60
YOU ALL ARE WRONG……
The FRONT upper part which are the grille and headlamps from HYUNDAI SONATA NF….
THE FRONT BUMPER FROM MERCEDES SL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AT least they made progress not copy whole front end but HALF-HALF ……LOLOL
CORRECTION: Front bumper from MERCEDES ML
But I thk Kia Optima also have similarity with BMW. Hyundai also have a liitle similarity with Merc.
China car is like playing lego.
You can reuse and reuse and reuse.
China is lacking creativity, but the people is very good at earning as much money through the cheapest means possible.
Profit first, quality second?
very good strategy i must say.
dont care who drive it and be crippled. as long as my stocks are getting up.
another cap ayam
I know this model name………
COPYCAT
if it is cheap, who care who-copy-who?
BYD is not a bad car to be use as daily commute at all… livable..
Very soon we will laughing at ourselves as we pay higher and higher taxes to buy one.
rear lamp = satria neo…wakakakaka
Ford focus hatchback shape, with either that is the front part of a Honda Legend, or those lamps look similar to BMW 5 series
wao
the body shape really look like the lexus harrier
and the front look abit like the mazda CX9
i am quite impress with the interior
look pretty comfy
how much will it sold in malaysia if they bring it in?
but…they wont be quite safe
the better term is reverse engineering…hahaha..i guess the chinese r very smart in a way..maximise ROI…spend the least to get the most profit…boring but definitely a rewarding biz model…give them a few more yrs n they will catch up with the koreans n japs…
the interior middle console area is 90% similar to lexus harrier RX300
yup. BYD known as copier Toyota product. But why Toyota can’t sue BYD like GM sue Chery? Maybe BYD use original part from Toyota
It’s politics. Both countries don’t want to have diplomatic break-up over something as silly as a car’s dashboard.
BMW lights, toyota harrier side profile.
mish mash of this and that, but hey mr buffett invests in it, so its probably a golden goose.
The overall shape is too generic to spot any particular brand. BYD, like most china car manufacturers, haven’t found their identity yet in term of design direction.
Ask yourself how long did it take for Proton to finally escape from the Saga/Iswara/Wira cage?? And, Gen2, Savvy & Waja is not really very fanstastic/outstanding design (if one ever take a short trip down to our good neighbour in Singapore to admire the latest & greatest of global car brands).
China carmakers are coming & we can’t really ignore them any longer:)
I got a headache looking at it. Its like a combination of a few known cars to make into 1 car. Front looks like a Holden Statesman, back like a ford mondeo turned SÜV, side is a complete full view of Harrier.
soon china car will do what the Korean do to the Japs and what the Japs did to the conti brand….
Looks like ablend of Ford Focus and Toyota Lexus.. Even the steering is ripped off from the Camry..
Undeniably nice.. But sad… Its a hybrid of copies… Even though how expensive it is or how exclusive it is, people will say, MADE IN CHINA. Creative thinking anyway BYD, same like P2… just BYD a lil bit more creative in Hybrid-ing the look. And please, dont compare Proton with BYD, proton trying so hard to make the platform. BYD, trying so hard to copy the platform.
RON96 go to singapore then.
China hybrid… a hybrid of copies, sigh.
Hint: for car enthusiast like everyone who roam around paultan.org, it certainly a street eye sort. But for regular layman/woman who barely know about cars, it might seem very nice, and seriously, that is at least 50% of the world population.
not all BYD product is copy cat. Take BYD M6 as example. It is MPV all wheel drive. It’s not copy cat product from other car manufacture. Please google to get info aboud elctric car BYD M6.
kalau tak silap BYD M6 mampu digerakkan lebih 300 km dengan single caj. dan mampu caj penuh kurang 1 jam. BYD bermula sbg pembuat bateri. Masa mula buat bateri pun dia tiru pengeluar lain. Tapi cuba tengok kedudukan BYD hari ini. Mereka adalah pembekal bateri terbesar untuk sykt pembuat telefon bimbit dan laptop termasuk jenama2 spt Nokia, Sony Ericcson, HP, Compaq, Acer dan Lenovo.
wat is thid crap!!!!look like Harrier at the end with donno wat rear lighting…..front look like cruze….
understand that the Chinese are not good in designing…. so i don’t mind the copying that much… but why the tape on the glove compartment to the dashboard??? can’t be shut is it??? scary indication here!!!
more look alike chevrolet captiva i think….
the back lights are from mondeo….the rest of it is like a ripped off harrier
lol nobody bashing this? if only proton did the same thing. sure kena bash kaw2 , but china automaker is ok?
Because, Chinese in Malaysia, They hate Proton, and welcome chinese auto companies.
bcoz BYD not use tax payer Malaysian money
BYD’s rising?
That is a sentence of death to proton.
btw, malayisian have any countermeasure of this?
BYD Auto seriously needs to consider producing their own designs rather than imitating others’. Google up BYD Auto. most of their designs are a mix and match of other breeds in the automotive industry. Toyota, Auto Bavaria, Rolls Royce etc.
Come to think of it, China imitates a lot of goods. be it the clothes, handbags, perfumes, handphones etc. gosh, almost everything!
BYD similiar with Rools Royce. What model bro? i thk Rolls Royce copy by Geely not BYD.
when proton going to come up their own suv……..
at this rate proton should close down if they cannot keep up with the industry….
Proton can tie up with BYD. Rebagde this SUV and sell it here.
Better than local manufacturer
i hate made in china goods, you can be assured you’re being conned… thats my experience… any way, pretty sure they’ll be a byd golf gti soon… lol.,…
Almost everything you use is made there nowadays.
Granted, China makes a lot of crap, but you only get crap that people import in. Plenty of high (export)quality stuff you don’t see here because malaysians can’t afford them….wow..where that come from….the irony.
BYD is a company to watch.
but they also have good product like Lenovo, Haier, Huawei, and BYD batteris. You can see BYD battery in Nokia Handphone, Sony Ericcson Handphone, Samsung handphone, Acer, HP, Compaq and in so many branded handphone and laptop product.
China can make goods from Grade A to Grade F. It’s just a matter of which grade somebody wants to import in to sell. Of course, a lot of businessmen want to maximize profits so they bring in the cheaper grades. Also our kastam tax structure isn’t very favorable for imports. Not only is the value of goods taxable but your shipping cost is also included in the taxation, that means for some products, it can be as high as 40%. So not all the blame can be put on the importer.
Lemme try,
Lexus dashboard
Satria Neo + BMW 3 series rear lamp
Sonata prev generation front lamp with 5 series ‘eye brow’
What you think?
for RMB 150, 000 ( RM 75, 000 ) refer to chinese auto web, I thk it worth and value for money plus 2.4 4G69 Mivec engine.
Dont be so hard on BYD. The new Persona lights look like W211 EClass lights and the new EClass back view looks more like a Camry. What about Lexus G300 with the four headlamp Eclass look. Every big car copied the 7series bootlid after an initial bashing.
Good design no harm using them and I am more aghast at the initial poor quality of China made cars but the new ones are vast improvements and knowing the Chinese consumers will expect them to be serviced easily (lower tech) but last forever. At the expected prices not much to gripe about. Look at how Korean cars especially Kia has become.
dont worry u wont get it cheap here haha
let calculate. RM 75, 000. 00 in China. So in Malaysia ?
China has FTA with Malaysia, so tax is not as high as cars from Europe.
probably around 110-120k here, IF they bring it here.
Its got the same shape as a Renault Koleos
wow, imitation grade AA :D
copy such unit=harrier=lexus= what china production have? all copyright others people idea, and what’s is warren buffet doing with BYD? (BE YOUR DANGER)……don’t talk so much later u will get court letter, he he he……but anyway pls use your brilliant idea to create your own product???&Y@%&!@%^&!@$%
BYD is an auto brand with excellent brand image, reliable quality and reasonable price. Others are just bashing BYD and other chinese auto brands because of politics. These autos are a real blessing for the poor.