Imitations of Japanese cars
The import of cars was liberalized in 1988 in Korea, but the import and sales of the Japanese car had been prohibited sequentially until July, 1998.
However, the Korean makers cooperated with the Japanese companies though the import of “Japanese cars” was prohibited, because seeing from a world car manufacturer, the technology of the Korean makers had had the lagging position until the end of the 20th century.
Hyundai Motors cooperated with Mitsubishi Motors.
KIA with Mazda.
GM Daewoo with Toyota
Renault Samsung with Nissan.
Thus in then Korea, the cars that were made with the Japanese technique only had the mark of the own country brand and the copy of the Japanese car ran in the Korean Peninsula as “Korean car” thereby like a routine.
However, the Korean makers cooperated with the Japanese companies though the import of “Japanese cars” was prohibited, because seeing from a world car manufacturer, the technology of the Korean makers had had the lagging position until the end of the 20th century.
Hyundai Motors cooperated with Mitsubishi Motors.
KIA with Mazda.
GM Daewoo with Toyota
Renault Samsung with Nissan.
Thus in then Korea, the cars that were made with the Japanese technique only had the mark of the own country brand and the copy of the Japanese car ran in the Korean Peninsula as “Korean car” thereby like a routine.
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Prius (TOYOTA, Japan) |
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Ioniq 2016 (Hyundai, Korean) |
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Mitsuhiro Kunisawa, the Japanese car commentator says, “There is no help even if the Korean car is said to be a copy”.
Nikkei technology online writes about the design “The appearance of the vehicle seems to be conscious of Prius, but the hybrid mechanism is greatly different from that of Prius”.
The Record China reports “There are some opinions in China, ‘it is a plagiarism of Prius and Hyundai can not exceed Toyota.’”
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Honda(Japan) |
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Korean imitation |
Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo" could not look away the excessive plagiarism of its mother country Korea either.
★News of Chosun Ilbo "The domestic model" that looks just like the imported car★
★News of Chosun Ilbo "Korean cars resemble foreign cars."★
MITSUBISHI LANCER CEDIA(Japan) MITSUBISHI LANCER CEDIA Wagon(Japan) 
+ Trade mark of SUBARU LEGACY(Japan)  |
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NF SONATA(Korea) Korean plagiarized the trademark of the Japanese car "SUBARU" too. |
It is said in Korea that the Korean car resembles Audi.
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Audi(Germany) |
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Korean plagiarism car |
http://news.empas.com/show_photo.tsp/20040822n02562/
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The Korean media knows that, but they do not point it out because it is a plagiarism of Japanese car.
But naturally the Korean people seem to know that.
Koreans can copy Japanese things without any permission in Korea.
￪"Sonata" of the Hyundai and "Accord" of Honda behind
(Contribution of Korean to NAVER)
RAV4 L(TOYOTA)
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Santa Fe (HYUNDAI)
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Sorento(KIA) |
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Tiburon Front(HYUNDAI) |
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PRADO(TOYOTA) |
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Terracan(HYUNDAI) |
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Oddesey(TOYOTA) |
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TRAJET(HYUNDAI) |
Celsior(TOYOTA) |
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EQUUS(HYUNDAI) |
March(NISSAN) |
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Hiace(TOYOTA) |
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Origin of main material ￫http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity-Circuit/6816/
→http://www.geocities.co.jp/MotorCity-Pit/6686/smsy.htm
Korean highest grade class sedan (Daewoo)￪
Initial model(Upper) received an objection from "Mercedes" Corporation.
The second model(Lower) by a minor change is the "Celsior" style car.
| HYUNDAI has developed the first hybrid car in Korea. http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/08/30/20040830000066.html The mileage of the hybrid car of Hyundai Motors is 16.8 kilometers per 1 liter. Though it is a hybrid car, the mileage is worse than a Japanese gasoline car!!?? |
