its not the soldier thats crazy---

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Is nothing sacred? Chinese release copycat Humvee

Posted Aug 22nd 2007 2:32PM by Siddharth Raja (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/siddharth-raja)
Filed under: China (http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/08/dongfeng-crazy-soldier_opt.jpg
It looks as though no car is safe from China's car copying industry - not even the U.S. military-derived Humvee. Guessing that there's an extensive market out there for urban assault vehicles, China's Dongfeng has released a new model it calls the 'Crazy Soldier,' which shares a striking resemblance to the original military truck created by AM General.

The Crazy Soldier was apparently developed over a period of four and half years, with engineers working closely with army officials in an effort to design a vehicle that perfectly suited the needs of the military. They then added a radio and CD player, slapped a price tag on it and released it onto the Chinese domestic market.

China's habit of cloning cars is getting to the point where Western automakers are starting to fight back. Yesterday, we reported that Mercedes-Benz is considering suing another Chinese automaker, Shuanghuan Auto, for copying its Smart minicar (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/08/21/mercedes-may-sue-over-chinese-smart-clone), and it's a bout time other manufacturers did the same.

[Source: China Car Times via Autoblog.nl (http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2007/08/22/dongfeng-maakt-burgerversie-van-crazy-soldier)]

[Phoenix]

If they worked closely with the army it wouldn't have looked like a humvee, probably more like a santana or land rover.

[EchiDna]

i do not believe it took 4.5 years to reverse engineer that thing in China... no way...

6 months tops!

[cartm58]

lol it prbably took 4 years as all the chinese engineers they sent to USA to do the copying kept on disappearing on them

[Quiggers]

If they're as good as a hummer, that'll be the end of the chinese army:twisted::twisted::twisted:

I wonder when we'll see the chop suey or whatever its called here?:D

GQ

[TJS-70Y]

Well actually they have been in production for about 5 or 6 years now which isn't that bad considering the Humvee has been in production for 22 years.
They are actually made under licence to the Humvee manufacturer AM General (not GM) and were originally built in China using US sourced parts. Not sure about the recent ones, they are probably made locally in China these days.
Toyota made its own copy called a Megacruiser of which there is one in Australia in Brisbane at Motorama Toyota.
We have a Humvee here in Sydney.

[Ben]

There may be a few more Hummer'ish vehicles coming soon to Sydney streets.
This guy in Silverdale is selling galvanised steel copycat Hummer bodies that fit on a GQ Patrol chassis.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320150441557

[spudboy]

There may be a few more Hummer'ish vehicles coming soon to Sydney streets.
This guy in Silverdale is selling galvanised steel copycat Hummer bodies that fit on a GQ Patrol chassis.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320150441557

That's a lot of work to figure out how to make those pressings. Very impressive (from a technical view point).

[Quiggers]

There may be a few more Hummer'ish vehicles coming soon to Sydney streets.
This guy in Silverdale is selling galvanised steel copycat Hummer bodies that fit on a GQ Patrol chassis.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320150441557


I saw a Range Rover / Hummer on carsales or fleabay recently. Fascinating....

GQ

[100I]

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Toyota made its own copy called a Megacruiser of which there is one in Australia in Brisbane at Motorama Toyota.
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oh is that what it is, I didn't have a close look.
Not that I was test-driving a Toyota and not that their V8 diesel was very noice.

[shinz]

[quote=TJS-70Y;588508]

Not that I was test-driving a Toyota and not that their V8 diesel was very noice.

I also didn't take one for a drive(TLC 70 Wagon that is) & I also didn't think the V8 was quite nice(?) If Russel Coight was driving one, THEN it'd be NOICE. :D:D:D
Steve