No, that’s not a Porsche Macan. Remember the Zotye T700? Yes, the Porsche Macan clone that we saw earlier in blue. Well, it seems that the model in question is now known as the SR8, as posted on Car News China’s website. It’s now seen getting ready for an appearance at the Beijing Auto Show.
To compare sizes, the SR8 measures 4,744 mm long, 1929 mm wide, and 1,647 mm high. The Macan on the other hand, measures in at 4,692 mm long, 1,923 mm wide,1,624 mm high and has a wheelbase of 2,807 mm. This makes the SR8 a little larger than the SUV that it takes after.
The latest to appear, is the interior of SR8. As expected, it looks exactly like that of the Macan, but with fewer buttons and a manual gear lever. Meanwhile, the copying continues with the steering wheel, instrument cluster and air vents all looking alike.
More identical features include the parking brake beneath the gear shift and the clock located on top of the dash. If you’re wondering what else has been ripped off, well, the seats too are in the exact same design.
Power-wise, the Macan twin, will be utilising a “4G63S4T,” a 2.0 litre turbocharged mill with 190 hp and 250 Nm, paired with either a five-speed manual or a six-speed dual-clutch transmission. For your information, the engine is a Mitsubishi unit that’s manufactured in China and sold to Chinese automakers. It’s also the same one that powers the Landwind X7 – the Range Rover Evoque clone.
It’s way more affordable than the German SUV of course, carrying a price that starts from 130,000 yuan (RM82,280). While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, we believe the folks at Porsche won’t be flattered at all. So guys, what do you think of this photocopy SUV? Leave your comments below.
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Whats the news? It’s in China. No one give a shit about copyright.
Better than that Rm140K clone Accord.
Ya. Malaysian pipu says they rather proudly tell their kids to copy bulat-bulat their smart frens homework than to do themselves and get a few mistakes.
Perdana is not a clone, you goddamn moron.. it’s a product of joint venture.. Two different things.. One with permission and the other one is without.. Stupid basher can’t differentiate between these two things.. Sigh.. I’m not a Proton’s macai but I just want to give a clear definition of clone and not a clone to a basher that don’t know what the hell is “clone” and “licensed product”..
Perdana is not a joint venture. Not a rebadge. It’s not exactly platform sharing either as it came from a Honda model developed some 10 yrs ago.
2 things I wonder.
1. Will proton ever reveal it’s Cd drag factor?
2. Will the perdana get crash tested and evaluated by ASEAN NCAP?
Actually it looks better than the original Macan.
Macan VR4.
looks good… wont mind to get one if sold here with reasonable price
Malaysia signed an FTA with China. China made cars are coming. Your wish may come true very soon.
Will not come to our shore. Our country has strict copyright law.
for 82k, we can drive a Macan Angin, lebih gaya and powderful than a Vios. Ynot?
I’ll buy this car if I live in China. 190hp and 250nm is powerful enough for everyday driving plus cheaper roadtax
bring it over..with the price, dont mind driving it in kampong road to transport kelapa and sure ppl there will thought it’s porsche im driving .
Daylight robbery assisted openly by the authorities.
Bring it in Malaysia, SAF Macan.
I hope they didn’t copy the Macan’s excellent AWD (but with a rear bias) chassis too. The rear of the SR8 is different from the Macan actually, because it looks like the Cayenne! Hahaha. The Macan has its rear plates on the bumper itself, which necessitates the button to open the rear hatch to be located just below the base of the rear wipers. No such oddity on the bigger Cayenne, which has number plates in between the rear lamps (above bumper level).
Mari rebadge into Proton Baja Hitam
Its interesting how they are still recycling old Mitsubushi’s old engines in China, including 4G15s. Even Proton has stopped doing it already.
4G15 that they use is a new generation 4G15 as from the colt CZT, not your bangsat megavalve 4G15..
LOL! 4G15 single cam bangsat? Let’s see how fast is your modern day engine fares in Sepang Drag Race compared to the bangsat engine. 13 seconds can you do it?
Made by and for low-lifers.. this is sickening! Imagine the thousands of hours spent by the people @ Porsche to produce that Macan..
Don’t worry. They can only copy the looks, not the engineering that gone into making Macan a good car. Drive this and Macan back-to-back and you will feel the bigdifference. Chinese carmakers like this usually caters to those cheapskate posers that only want the looks but can’t afford the real deal. Kinda sad, really.
Equally sad also to those who cannot afford to buy original Accord.
And lancer.. XD
current honda accord 2.4 after discount is only 15X k. if u can afford proton accord u most certainly can afford the genuine item.
When it comes to cloning, nobody beats Proton.
It has been doing it for 30 years.
Oh yeah? Then what is that Perodua still doing? Badge engineering?
Perodua is great too… Just that Proton has done it longer.
Please read my complete sentence.
protoh ah…. soso only
In China people call it a clone, but in Malaysia Accordana it’s called innovation, top notch engineering and result of 100++ millions of R&D
-BigBalls-
You think you can easily clone something without spending anything? Proton openly admits they are rebadging the Accord because the predicted sales volume is not viable for a completely new model. On the other note, Perodua also spent huge amount of money just to rebadge Myvi and Axia.
Stupid isn’t it? To make something that you know cannot sell well.
When something is priced high enough (worthwhile) because of it’s name/brand, cloning or copying is bound to happen. It only means that “Now everything can clone”.
Looks better than the real macam.. Added some Maserati headlamp looks.. Hnngh
Ok woh
For the price i dont mind buying it !! sorry man . i am a poor man but dream to drive a porsche.. hehehe
looking forward for china made ferrari and lamborghini model
will bought one if it comes to malaysia. and change the logo to porche.
wow! i want one!
RM82,280 is before duties & freight….
Well at least with this car Porsche stand to gain a lot from their logo sales as many will just swap the logo.
First thing to do is to change to Porsche logo.
It’s looks like GTA5 cars
Wonder if they clone the buggati chiron.. will they put speedometer up to 500 km/h
I don’t mind… If it’s cheap… I will consider to buy this car with extra change to the badge of Zotye to Porsche… haha
I will choose to ride a bicycle in our hot weather rather than being seen in this piece of crap..
Its remembering me the name of tiger species. Macan in java dialect/language. Btw, its not too strange to see clone brands all over the world in china. The biggest market and the largest population in the world.