There’s “taking inspiration from” and straight out copying. The line is admittedly blurry. But in this case, I kind of feel it leans a bit towards the latter.

There’s “taking inspiration from” and straight out copying. The line is admittedly blurry. But in this case, I kind of feel it leans a bit towards the latter. This isn’t the first instance Chinese automakers have copied designs. There have been outright shameless egregious clones of various BMWs, Porsches, etc. I don’t know what the legalities are, but those were never intended for sale outside of China IIRC.