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***Redline*** · 06-24-2009 05:34 PM

Filed under: Spy Photos, Minivans/MPVs, China, Scion

Click above for a gallery of the Great Wall Coolbear spy pics

A while back we told you about China's Great Wall Motors (GWM) and how they planned to get into the small car market, namely by Xeroxing the Scion xA and xB. Well, now we have some spy pics of the production GWM Coolbear, and it's the spitting image of the concept we saw in Shanghai a couple of years ago. Admittedly, the mirrors are less show car and more road car, but other than that, it's remarkably unaltered. The Coolbear should help Great Wall Motors expand from their truck-building roots, assuming Toyota doesn't have greater success than other carmakers have been suing China's automakers for copyright infringement. The Coolbear is expected to use a 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine, just like the Scion, but we don't know if it will have a similar VVT-i stamp on it. Check out the gallery below, and if you think we were kidding about this being a copy, check out the taped-over-badges on the silver car used for 'inspiration' in the studio.

Gallery: GWM Coolbear spy pics

[Source: China Car Times]

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A_Snell · 07-06-2009 01:57 AM

WOW!!! Xerox!!!! copy / paste=GWM but I do like their version on the front end... the headlights, grill and bumper area is sick!!

Mad_Sciontist · 07-06-2009 09:02 AM

From music, movie DVD's to cars seems they make knockoff (conterfeit) copies of anything.

A_Snell · 07-06-2009 10:09 PM

^ true. dang them..... lol

RS2BlueDragon · 07-08-2009 05:56 PM

I actually like the looks of this car. Put some nice wheels on it and drop it and it would look really good imo.

A_Snell · 07-10-2009 02:14 AM

(07-08-2009 05:56 PM)RS2BlueDragon Wrote: I actually like the looks of this car. Put some nice wheels on it and drop it and it would look really good imo.

xBMoosexB · 07-10-2009 08:02 AM

Damn Chinese! I don't like the front end. Looks like they tore off the front of a Chrsyler minivan and slapped it on this xB knockoff.

Mad_Sciontist · 07-10-2009 08:04 AM

(07-10-2009 08:02 AM)xBMoosexB Wrote: Damn Chinese! I don't like the front end. Looks like they tore off the front of a Chrsyler minivan and slapped it on this xB knockoff.

LOL yeah it kind of does huh?

A_Snell · 07-10-2009 12:45 PM

didn't think of that one.. but you are right!!

xBMoosexB · 07-10-2009 01:10 PM

It looks like there are two seperate knock-offs being made.

This one..a 1st gen xB
[Image: gwmcoolbearxb---4.jpg]

And this one..a 2nd gen xB
[Image: dsc09476.jpg]

Something smells fishy...unless they are just experimenting with front and back ends...

Mad_Sciontist · 07-10-2009 07:32 PM

Same just differant headlights and grill. The first pic is just a spy shot and so not there finished product. The green one is the actual coolbear.

A_Snell · 07-11-2009 12:32 AM

it's the xB 1 1/2.2 Lol

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