As would be obvious, there’s a veritable plethora of fresh Chinese offerings on parade at Auto China, many from manufacturers pretty much unknown to us. One such company is Zotye Auto, which has the Z300 sedan as its debutant at Beijing.
The face might look a bit familiar, and in fact many of the lines might – the front looks a bit Civic-ish, and the rest of the car looks like it could be borrowed from some Toyota.
There’s little info on the car proper – the brochure (all in Chinese) lists nothing beyond what it considers salient points, and these are a 2,700 mm wheelbase and a Mitsubishi 1.5 litre MIVEC mill.
There’s also a “western-style interior: European top fashion design,” which in this case happens to be a relatively neat, black-themed cabin dressed in leather.
Safety kit includes six airbags and ABS and EBD, and there’s the promise of excellent driving performance with the Z300, courtesy of the “BS Lotus Engineering chassis alignment” that the car has been blessed with. Expect to see more doppelgängers as this one as our stories from Beijing keep come along.
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now we see it all..the best japanese car.. add a lil honda..abit of toyota and a heart of mitsu… maybe next year they will add suzuki, daihatsu and nissan? lol :D
*the front n rear are quite modest design but the side profile is lame…
China version honda city.
Nope.
the front end look similar to toyota corolla altis
Macam BLM saga FL.
Who copy who?
china copy china!!!!!!!!!!!
corolla altis copycat?
No people, the car was obviously a Toyota Allion/Premio rip off! :(
Just becos the Allion/Premio is a JDM model and not sold in China doesn’t mean the Chinese can’t copy the model. Just buy an unit over to China and you can have your own in 6 mths…
There are quite a few Allion and Premios running ard SG too… they’re all privately imported and not through official distributor. Some can be seen using as taxis here too.
Allion and Premio are a firm favorite for taxi duties in Hokkaido….saw alot over there. It has a 4WD option and it is a godsend during Hokkaido long and harsh winter months…
See the Allion/Premio here
http://paultan.org/2007/06/05/toyota-launches-new-2007-toyota-allion-for-jdm/
Haha Paultan reported this some yrs ago too…. :)
“BS Lotus Engineering chassis alignment”
How very BS indeed, LOL
“BS Lotus Engineering”…
Hmmm… THE Lotus …. or :-?
Do any of these China manufacturers develop their own engines?
yup. some of the bigger ones do have their own engines…
Zotye Auto is a small auto player in China. Previously rebadge Kembara, like our Perodua. Last year Zotye become famous when they supply full EV to Hang Zhou City as trial fleet for EV taxi.
The fact is Zotye had COPY it (100% exactly pattern/chasis/design) and exported to plenty of third world country. And it was atleast 30% cheaper than the cheapest Korean car in their market.
Now i know proton collaborated with whom to produce the preve.. lol.. the nose n BS lotus handling.. hmmm familiar indeed.. hahaha
This is a 1:1 copy of the JDM Toyota Allion…:S
infiniti copy hyundai sonata yf.
proton copy mitsubishi.
perodua copy daihatsu.
copy trends.
Hope Malaysia Govt. allow most of the China brand car to be on sale here. And of course, don`t impost heavy taxes to make them expensive. Be more resonable and affordable to all Malaysian. Give Malaysian more choice of car of their dreams. That is go global market.
BIG NO!
it’s like buying a 4 tire coffin.
they had a long way to improve their quality in all aspect.
want frugal cheap?. buy yourself a kancil. period
Totally agree..
altis dna…..
Is it me or this is one of the most boring designs and car for that matter to be shown at the the China motorshow ? It’s all about long wheelbases and looking prestige for cars there
Its american camry..google search and see!
look abit like PREVE’
A spunky little outfit that started life as a sheet metaland electric accessory maker. It has taken old Daihatsu and Fiat dies and turned out some attractive/saleable products in the marketplace. As Avereng says, it now is pursuing the EV path, to include swappable battery packs. It was among the many that big BAIC has toyed with buying.