Chinese making fake ferrari

Saw the news video but didn't actually show the fake Ferrari in the clip.

 

Not really a clear pic of the fake in the vid, but get the hint that it's a P4.

Heck, theres quite o few replicas floating around, the most notable is the Noble from the UK.

Wonder just how good the Chinese "fake" (replica?) is to get Ferrari's panties in a bunch. They were only complaining about a "7th" car, and not a run or production.

Maybe it was just too good sound bite for Rueters to pass up "exposing" the evils of Chinese fake goods.

JD

 

Just another P4 replica. Heck, check the vintage section for really interesting 'fake Ferraris' that are being built in Italy today.

If I can get a good-looking metal P4 replica from China for cheap, I'm all for that

 

nice

 

I have seen a news segment about a fake chinese Chevy econo car and apparently this thing was copied to the last bolt. Like a whole car taken apart and molded to make a copy. Simply amazing! Guys, check out most of whats around you at home and in the office. Most of it is made in China.

 

aren't patents only good for 20 years?
as long as the ferrari badges aren't used, any p4 copy would be legal right?

if so, i'm first in line for a bolt-for-bolt replica of the p4. i'd pay up to $70k

 

me too!!!

 

Mmm, Until you find out it has a Nissan Micra engine ;-)

 

copyrights and "trade dress" go far beyond patent time limits, then they're only enforcable in countries in which those patents, copyrights and trade dress are registered in. Hopefully Ferrari had the foresight to deal with the legal issues back when.

Penny wise... pound foolish example....
My family had to buy back our company name in Japan when 40 years ago my dad thought there was no need to register in that country.. at that time they were not a consumer of our goods. The Japaneses company registered our name, logo, and all other corporate identity in the 60's. We ended up to "joint venture" in the 80's with 51% of the corporate identity returning to us as an interim, then in the 90's we purchased back the remaining 49%.. not cheap plus all the profit lost from potential sales while "they" were building the brand.

JD

 

Ferrari has nothing to worry about, it will be like other Chinese knock offs with instruments in Chinese, no instructions and it will last till you use it once then fall apart from the the cheap metal used and sloppy engineered parts.

 

just like a real ferrari!

 

As long as the 6 real P4s are all known and documented, this seems like just another replica. If the Chinese were cranking out perfect F430 clones and selling them as the real deal, I'm sure Berlusconi would be calling on us to invade China.

Most "Porsche Speedsters" seem to be replicas, and it hasn't exactly killed the market for the real ones.

 

There are fake F50's literally floating around in Venice, made of wood.

 

Snap!

Jeff - you can't copyright a car though. I've only studied a few trade dress cases, but I don't believe that Ferrari would ever win a "trade dress" suit for a car.

Ferrari holds some patents that could discourage copiers (I was told that the TR strakes were patented, for example), but I highly doubt there would be anything blocking the replication of a P4 that didn't use the Ferrari names or trademarks. Like you said though, 7 replicas is hardly something to really get worked up over.

 

Also, Lotus 7's

 

Who's going to stop China, the world police.
Come on they can do whatever they want.
No one will mess with China over a car.

 

I wonder how close it is to the real deal. Is it just another chassis (Fiero?) with a glass body on it or a recreation? I've heard that some Chinese company or their gov't purchased a 737 to fully replicate so they wouldn't have to purchase it from Boeing. I don't know whatever happened to that.

 

berlusconi was fired two weeks ago.

 

i would like to see one...

 

Here's a little clearer pic, although it's still not totally clear..
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Is it a Fellali?

 

FAH - LA - LEE

 

LOL!

 

i never get the fact why they put the 3 chinese characters of " FE - RRA - RI " in the front the of the car & On the roof... wtf??????
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