Chinese rip-offs of specific cars aren't a shock anymore. We've made no less than three lists of Chinese copycat cars over the years because it's a country that doesn't care too much about intellectual property. The only reason we don't see them on the global market is because if they were to go on sale in countries with global agreements for copyright and trademark infringement, the company would be sued out of existence. Of the cars that end up on the Chinese market, the Skyworth Summer van might be one of the most breathtaking examples of design theft yet. We imagine the pitch, then the design brief was very short and involved the words "ID.Buzz."
Leaked via the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), through which dozens of vehicle designs have been prematurely revealed, the Summer somehow looks more like a modern interpretation of the VW Bus than the ID. Bu...
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