Great...Walls of fire - Chinese clones of Fiat Panda & Scion xA & xB ?
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Great...Walls of fire - Chinese clones of Fiat Panda & Scion xA & xB ?



Though we can't be entirely sure for their authenticity, its not as if it's the first time we've seen Chinese car manufactures attempting to clone European or Japanese models -see for example the Smart Fortwo clone.

This time it looks like Fiat and Scion are about to get the China-cloning treatment. The perpetrator is Great Wall Motors (remember them at the Paris Show?) and the victims are the Fiat Panda and the Scion xA & xB. But hey, wait a sec, all three cars seem to have different front ends than their parents...

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