China's Copy Cars - Familiar Looking Vehicles at Shanghai Auto 2009

This funky little number goes by the name of the Haima me... Smart Car



A model poses next to the Chery Riich M1, which looks a lot like... Toyota Yaris



Here's BYD Auto's M6 at Shanghai Auto 2009. We can't shake the feeling we've seen it somewhere before... Toyota Previa


Rolls-Royce is consulting lawyers after the Chinese launched the Geely GE, a copycat car,including a winged mascot and huge radiator grill, for just £30,000 ...

..which looks very much like the £250,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom.
But the Geely GE is not the only copycat car launched at Shanghai Auto 2009 this week...



It seems that even logos are not safe from reinvention in China.
Here's the ludicrously similar, ludicrously named Riich

Here's the world-famous Bentley badge...



A model poses next to the Lifan Motors 320...

...or perhaps she's auditioning for a remake of The Italian Job (The Chinese Job, perhaps?)
as it looks just like the Mini, seen here



Chinese Copy Cars - A Brief Report.

• Russia is one of the biggest importer of Chinese cars.
• Chinese copy car manufacturers are receiving warnings from the orignal car makers
• Chinese cars fails the crash tests

What do you think?