Do car manufacturers blatantly rip eachother off?

[jdgregory84]

...or is it just coincidence?






EDIT:Kia wins in the looks dept IMO.

[Slowhand]

Those were both in development at the same time. Design runs in trends like this all of the time, everyone "steals" from each other if you want to look at it that way. Look at the new Sonata and Focus.

[jdgregory84]

Those were both in development at the same time. Design runs in trends like this all of the time, everyone "steals" from each other if you want to look at it that way. Look at the new Sonata and Focus.

I can see that a little bit, but not as much as the Kia and VW. I mean, the entire front end looks interchangable. I do see understand what you mean though. Hell, the new fusion looks almost identical to the old acura RSX IMO.

I'd take the fusion sport over any of the cars posted above including the ones I did. The kia is available with 270hp, but lower a new fusion sport and you have one sharp looking car with a respectable 260hp.

[32vfromhell]

If you think thats bad, you should look at the fucking chinese. Those fucks dont recongize ANY western patent laws.

http://gemssty.com/2006/10/29/top-10-copycat-cars/

Shameless mofos.

[EZ MONEY]

Look at the Hyundai Genesis Sedan, it takes alot of its looks from Lexus and BMW/MB.
Also the Kia Amanti looks like a mix of a MB E class and Jaguar.

[jdgregory84]

If you think thats bad, you should look at the fucking chinese. Those fucks dont recongize ANY western patent laws.

http://gemssty.com/2006/10/29/top-10-copycat-cars/

Shameless mofos.

That's funny as hell if it's real.

[HarrisonTX]

When everyone designs shit in a wind tunnel, it dosnt take long.

You can only shape an egg to look some many ways.

[Tx Redneck]

I may be mistaken, but aren't Ford and Kia intertwined?

[jdgregory84]

I may be mistaken, but aren't Ford and Kia intertwined?

I heard Kia was bought by Hyundai, which has nothing to do with Ford. That's just what I heard though. Ford has been getting rid of extra weight, not adding more.

[Sean88gt]

Seems like an Asian thing.

[Mysticcobrakilla]

I heard Kia was bought by Hyundai, which has nothing to do with Ford. That's just what I heard though. Ford has been getting rid of extra weight, not adding more.

You are correct.

[JasonRR]

I think that sometimes it's a matter of a specific styling company or designer being hired away by a competitor following the successful launch of one of their designs. I think that happens quite a bit.

I remember watching a TV program where they said that the team that Ford hired to design the '11 5.0 was the same design team that BMW used for the recent gen M3, and that Ford used that car as a benchmark. So if you hire the same design team and give them their most recent product as a benchmark, you're likely to get something similar. Not saying that is exactly what happened with the M3/5.0, because they are very different cars in a lot of ways, but the program highlighted their similarities, and I was surprised at how much they had in common.

[Juiced4v]

Looks like the Civic also!

[Cannon88]

I actually like that Kia, and I never thought I would say those words.

[BP]

I'd drive a Hongqi just for the name, until the Chinese piece of crap broke down on me.