By Chris Chang, posted Mar 12, 2012 at 9:54 PM, 6,840 views,

This Is How A Chinese Sells You A Fake Mercedes-Benz

Alright, you can change the overall look of your car by retrofitting the grille. But some car dealer in China is making use of this trick to make their shanzhai copy of Mercedes SUV look like an authentic one. Check it out after the jump!

A Chinese branded SUV that looks like Mercedes SUV

Replacing the grille to make it look like MORE a Mercedes SUV

The fake Mercedes-Benz SUV is borned

Incredible huh? :)


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  • Gmail

    Ummmm this is a Lexus EX350 not one to be mistaken for a Mercedes….? It has TOYOTA written all over it!

    • AaronD12

      EX350 is a sedan. I believe you mean the RX350. Even then the rear greenhouse of the car doesn’t match the Lexus.

      • help me help you

        actually its ES350 smart guy, EX is for honda.  that car looks like a piece of crap and only vaguely resembles similar cars.  its basically a bomb on wheels so if you are stupid enough to buy it, you deserve it.

  • wetad

    ya but da logo says mercedes so it gotta be da mercedes right?  cuz dey changed da old logo so now i dunno wut dat is no more.

  • Thex1138

    So why isn’t Mercedes suing the Chinese manufacturer over copyright breach?
    Looks like they pride themselves for copying another western product…
    It’s OK for this car manufacturer to copy the Mercedes cars… and yet it’s NOT OK for Apple to protect it’s products and legitimate deals on the iPad trade mark. So the government supports Chinese companies copying western products but when western companies enforce their product patents and trade to prevent Chinese piracy… it’s the complete opposite!

    • chillit

      take it easy, you can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig

      all they did was put a mercedes logo on a car, does that make it a mercedes? does the manufacturer claim its a mercedes? do you actually think the government or mercedes care about these bozos?

  • http://twitter.com/T3k Rob Valenzuela

    This is a Kia Sorento

  • scocope

    People in the US have been doing this for years. Some as simple as this grill change to sticking a few body panels on a Corvette to make a Ferrari. Google “kitcars” and you will observe many different examples of how this has been done. I just wish we could get a few Chinese car manufactors to start selling their cars here in the US whether or not they resemble other brands.

    • truthseeker

      50 cent army??

  • Justme

    Just slam the door shut and you’ll know it’s not a true Mercedes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mirta-Rosana-Montiel/1212155537 Mirta Rosana Montiel

    ahora es mas facil tener un mercedes benz…………..

  • http://www.facebook.com/feather.capman Feather Capman

    you people have been buying fake stuff for years. You dont know the difference. You just think you do.