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To: Lucretius who started this subject	1/30/2004 9:27:12 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) of 436258

The Chinese have gone from pirating software and movies to pirating entire cars: biz.yahoo.com Months before General Motors began selling its $7,500 Chevrolet Spark in China in December, a $6,000 knockoff version, the Chery QQ, with the same grinning front end but missing some subtle details (like an airbag), was cruising Chinese streets. Even more galling: The manufacturer of the pirated version was partially owned by GM's Chinese business partner. GM's trouble with the fake Spark probably had its roots in Korea, shortly before GM and other investors bought the assets of bankrupt Daewoo Motors in October 2002. The Spark is a replica of the Daewoo Matiz. One of GM's co-investors in Daewoo is Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Shanghai Autoalso happened to own a 20% stake in SAIC-Chery Automobile Co., a fledgling government-sponsored company that began producing cars in 2001. It is possible that Daewoo insiders sold the design specifications for the Matiz to Chery engineers before the sale to GM was final. GM executives did not storm off to court about the fake car. Instead, they are in a parley with Chinese government officials.

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