{"id":542137,"date":"2010-04-23T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.caranddriver.com\/?p=19807"},"modified":"2010-04-23T15:48:43","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T19:48:43","slug":"beijing-2010-the-randomness-that-is-a-chinese-auto-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/542137","title":{"rendered":"Beijing 2010: The Randomness That is a Chinese Auto Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why, yes, that is a leopard-print Dodge Caliber. And that\u2019s a leopard\u2019s head painted on the hood. A saber-tooth leopard. Hopefully nobody poaches it. Not pictured: Chrysler Sebring Rhino Edition.<\/p>\n

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This is not a Segway. (And that sentence was not a segue.)<\/p>\n

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Sorry, Steve Jobs, Dongfeng beat you to it. Sic \u2018em, Apple lawyers!<\/p>\n

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This man is not amused by the army of inflatable dolphin people. He will not be visiting Chinaauto.net any time soon. (The show’s logo is dolphin-related, so this isn\u2019t a complete non-sequitur. Although a dolphin logo for an auto show is<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

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Thought GM killed its minivans? The people-hauler lives on in China as the Buick FirstLand GL8.<\/p>\n

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What is this NBA-edition Highlander doing here? Or anywhere, for that matter? Maybe they wanted to impress Yao Ming on the off chance he appeared at the show.<\/p>\n

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  1. Beer Goggles at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show: 5 Chinese Cars Ready for America<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Beijing 2010: 89 World Debuts Provide Proof That the Chinese Auto Market is Exploding<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Beijing 2010: Saab and Spyker Stand Together<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Why, yes, that is a leopard-print Dodge Caliber. And that\u2019s a leopard\u2019s head painted on the hood. A saber-tooth leopard. Hopefully nobody poaches it. Not pictured: Chrysler Sebring Rhino Edition. This is not a Segway. (And that sentence was not a segue.) Sorry, Steve Jobs, Dongfeng beat you to it. Sic \u2018em, Apple lawyers! This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}