Shanghai Motors Cadillac Rip-Off

[mustang84]

Has anyone seen this before? It's the Shanghai Maple Automotive Marindo 506. *Cough* CTS/STS *Cough*

Check out the bitchin' wheelbase

[sciguy_0504]

The back reminds me of the STS more than the CTS. That is one long front overhang, though. Damn. It looks like it's on stilts, too.

Edit: spelling.

Edited October 20, 2006 by sciguy_0504

[AAS]

I love these Chinese knock-offs, they always look like "Bizarro" versions. It's hilarious stuff!

[thegriffon]

FYI Shanghai Maple is a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holdings, Shanghai Automotive and SAIC Motors are unrelated companies partnered with GM.

[Drew Dowdell]

Saturn Ion meets Cadillac Catera meets Cadillac CTS and had a baby with birth defects.

[siegen]

FYI Shanghai Maple is a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holdings

Good ol' Geely again. Every vehicle they make is a direct rip of another. It's kind of funny actually.

[FAPTurbo]

I'm really diggin' that single exhaust

[aaaantoine]

Even their emblem is a rip-off of BMW's. Kinda.

[thegriffon]

If you want to see a rip off of BMW's roundel, look up BYD Auto.

[csaba1218]

The back reminds me of the STS more than the CTS.  That is one long front overhang, though. Damn.  It looks like it's on stilts, too.

Edit: spelling.

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yeah really why does it seem so tall the wheels look tiny must need a lot of suspension travel for those crappy chinese roads, but look at it this way it is a blatant rip-off of caddy styling but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

[avant1963]

It has one big windshield wiper that just hangs out on the windshield when not in use. Great. $h!box.

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Good to know it has enough ground clearance required to drive it off-road. This is a key feature when you want to push a rolling object off a cliff.

[DetroitNut90]

Oooh... fancy...

Those rims look like they came right off an Audi A4 3.2 Quattro.

[HarleyEarl]

The sad thing is that the knockoff's rear looks better then the original. That's always been a weak area on the CTS.

[Croc]

The sad thing is that the knockoff's rear looks better then the original.  That's always been a weak area on the CTS.

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Please tell me you're being sarcastic!

[AAS]

The sad thing is that the knockoff's rear looks better then the original.  That's always been a weak area on the CTS.

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Please tell me you're being sarcastic!

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I'm with Croc on that one...

[BrewSwillis]

:rotflmao:

[Guest YellowJacket894]

Hey, Harley, tell me more about your sig. Where did you find that image. I'm interested.

[mjdecker]

Comparison

Front

Rear

[Satty]

Awkward looking, side profile reminds me a bit of the last Sentra but with supersize overhangs.

[Satty]

If you want to see a rip off of BMW's roundel, look up BYD Auto.

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