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Maybe I was rightR1 will be renamed as Heimao (黑貓) meaning "black cat".
http://news.bitauto.com/xinchexiaoxi/20200718/1012149064.html
Perhaps Great Wall Motors wants to pay tribute to former leader Deng Xiaoping who famously quoted: "Bùguǎn hēi māo bái māo, zhuō dào lǎoshǔ jiùshì hǎo māo"*, a variation on an old Sichuan folk proverb. Deng was known to appreciate 20th century painter Chen Liantao, whose nature-themed artworks often featured cats as the subject.
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Images courtesy: http://www.artnet.com/artists/chen-liantao/
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*"不管黑貓白貓，捉到老鼠就是好貓" [It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or white cat, if it catches mice it's a good cat, i.e, the so-called "cat theory" of mixed economic reform]
. The name "好猫" (haomao) indeed is taken from the third "mao" reference in Deng Xiaoping's quote.
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I like it too PGMJ. Forward of the A pillar, at first sight I saw an early Porsche 911.
Anyway D Mitra, I think the Haomao and the Baimao names can make it in the West, but because of cultural differences the Heimao might not catch on.
On the other hand changing it to Huaimao 坏猫 might go over well with mavericks there.
Anyway D Mitra, I think the Haomao and the Baimao names can make it in the West, but because of cultural differences the Heimao might not catch on.
On the other hand changing it to Huaimao 坏猫 might go over well with mavericks there.
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Apparently it was designed by a guy called Emmon Delta, who previously worked for... Porsche. Now he's Ora's head of design. I'm not sure about the name, maybe something was lost in translation to and from Chinese.
The person is Emanuel Derta (LinkedIn profile).
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Production trial commences at Taizhou, Jiangsu.
http://www.ourjiangsu.com/a/20200901/1598971340175.shtml
http://www.cinn.cn/gysp/202009/t20200902_232819.html
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Production trial commences at Taizhou, Jiangsu.
http://www.ourjiangsu.com/a/20200901/1598971340175.shtml
http://www.cinn.cn/gysp/202009/t20200902_232819.html
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Can you see images in AGS2225's posts 10-13? Because I can't.
If you can't, then that means the originating website has disabled hotlinking (those images were directly hotlinked) or removed the images. And that's why I repeatedly advise members to avoid hotlinking.
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