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After all Geely's Conceptcars it was easy to forget that Geely actually produces some interesting real cars, this is the car which was once China's first 'own' sportscar, the Geely China Dragon.
The China Dragon started it's life with the somewhat unlucky name 'Beauty Leopard'. Because of this name, which sounds very soft in Chinese as well, no man bought it, not even with a bunch of spoilers that Geely trew on the market to change things.
So last year Geely came with the new Beauty Leopard and with a new name, the China Dragon, that's Zhongguo Long in Chinese. They changed the front and rear of the car, left the middle section more or less the same and tweaked up the 1.5 liter engine a bit.
The changes are meant to make it look more masculine, we'll have to see whether Chinese men will buy it now...
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source: thetycho.com
The China Dragon started it's life with the somewhat unlucky name 'Beauty Leopard'. Because of this name, which sounds very soft in Chinese as well, no man bought it, not even with a bunch of spoilers that Geely trew on the market to change things.
So last year Geely came with the new Beauty Leopard and with a new name, the China Dragon, that's Zhongguo Long in Chinese. They changed the front and rear of the car, left the middle section more or less the same and tweaked up the 1.5 liter engine a bit.
The changes are meant to make it look more masculine, we'll have to see whether Chinese men will buy it now...
source: thetycho.com
