yeah but they didnt take the regular name and butcher it for a chineese market. camaro isnt english either.

 

Please go look at what other cars are called in China -

Chinese and English don't mesh.

BMW -- for instance is something along the lines of Boo-Lah --

Therefore the name is the closest thing to "Camaro" in chinese......K?

 

What will the badging on the car read?

 

ya mean this aint a joke?

though, it does look like a phonetic spelling for an "Asian" accent where Ls are sounded as Rs...

what is the word on Australian/New Zeeland models?

 

All those who have full understanding of the Chinese sports coupe marketing and product segment, raise your hand.

I'll bet I count more crickets than hands on this one.

 

I bet China has a HUGE tarrif on importing a car there. For all the trade imbalance they have with the US, they have huge trade barriers if we want to ship something there.

-Geoff

 

This is very typical for cars that wish to maintain their branding in
China.

Chinese characters don't mimic ours, obviously....... So they have to
adjust to make it be as close as possible.

That's all that's happening here....Can't get there from here so to speak.....

The letter C in particular is problematic, pronunciation-wise. The Kei
sound that they use is what is done with all other Chevrolet's that have a
hard-C sound at the beginning (like Cruze, Captiva, etc.)

I'm glad this popped up as a story, actually....highlights the popularity
of the car.....without this no one outside of China would take notice that
the car is launching there. And frankly, I'd think that Camaro Enthusiasts would be thrilled that we're selling the car all over the world......moreover, with our trade imbalance (imbalance is too weak a word....) every American and Canadian should be dancing in the streets that we're exporting some manufactured goods in return....


Oh - and by the way - The BMW? Pronounced "Bee oh lah" or something along those lines - not just GM cars!

 

How does one "High Five" a person on the 'net?

Thank you, Jason!

 

Is GM worried that a Chinese car company will reverse engineer the Camaro and rebuild it without the structural integrity of the original car? Basically, is GM worried the Chinese will ignore the intellectual property of GM like they do with everything else over there? This is a serious question. I have seen their own versions of BMWs and Mercedes. I would hate to see the Camaro disgraced over there. Since the price tag is going to be steep, I am waiting for a company to build a cheap knockoff for the lower income population.

 

Chinese tariffs.

 

I am no expert, but I wouldn't think that is a concern. Popping off an iPod clone is easy for them because they make it to begin with. I don't see them cloning cars very much, at least not to my knowledge. It would cost more to make it identical than to just sell the real deal.

Plus if they wanted to, they could just make one off photos or buy a US version and use it as a template.

 

Seriously? Where have you been?

http://www.theautoindustrieblog.com/...lone-cars.html

 

And I stand corrected. Crazy.

I still also stand by the fact that they don't need to sell the car there to copy it.

 

and it means.......?

 

History of the Camaro Name