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Mitsubishi engines in china - to my knowledge these 2.4 and 2.0 4G64 4G63 engines have not been copied, they all come from a plant in shenyang which is a Mitsubishi JV, whilst the smaller 1.6 engines are in a Dongan plant which is invested by a Taiwanese company that is related to Mitsubishi.
Toyota - Geely have copied toyota engines and now include a variant with copied VVt.
Chery - designed by AVL, the chery engine family is now launching and includes VVT, Turbo and DGI technology in some variants.
Brilliance - designed by FEV, includes turbo technology, has DGI potential (running prototypes) but no VVT yet.
Others - there are Variable cam timing and variable valve timing variants of the Rover K series, so expect to see these in Nanjing and SAIC cars in near future.
Variable valve timing is something that lotus engineering are very strong on, and they have a division in china which is available to support chinese car manufacturers, so expect to see this technology if there is a market demand for it.
Note that the chinese driving style is traditionally very much based on low rpm and so I doubt you will see it the demand for variable timing being as strong as markets like UK where a lot of people like to live life on the red line.
I sometimes used to drive taxis in china for a laugh, and the owners used to panic anytime I started to go past 2500 - 3000 rpm.
Toyota - Geely have copied toyota engines and now include a variant with copied VVt.
Chery - designed by AVL, the chery engine family is now launching and includes VVT, Turbo and DGI technology in some variants.
Brilliance - designed by FEV, includes turbo technology, has DGI potential (running prototypes) but no VVT yet.
Others - there are Variable cam timing and variable valve timing variants of the Rover K series, so expect to see these in Nanjing and SAIC cars in near future.
Variable valve timing is something that lotus engineering are very strong on, and they have a division in china which is available to support chinese car manufacturers, so expect to see this technology if there is a market demand for it.
Note that the chinese driving style is traditionally very much based on low rpm and so I doubt you will see it the demand for variable timing being as strong as markets like UK where a lot of people like to live life on the red line.
I sometimes used to drive taxis in china for a laugh, and the owners used to panic anytime I started to go past 2500 - 3000 rpm.
which have nothing to do in a car forum
