Chinese Car Company Knocks-Off Ford F150 Pick Up

From flattery to contempt: the unmaking of American

manufacturing greatness, Chinese style.

It is hardly a secret that the Chinese have, for years, been counterfeiting American currency and just about anything they believe would sell, period. In fact, any inventor who has ever had his/her product manufactured in China would tell you that there is a better than good chance that your product would likely debut in China [under a Chinese name, of course] long before your production run ships. The Chinese illegally copy and sell everything from computer software and hardware, designer goods, ranging from clothing to handbags, and fragrances, to name just a few. The Chinese have even copied an American Aircraft Carrier. I can't wait to see what they intend to do for qualified sailors...then again, with cloning and DNA technology, the drones are probably being tested as I write this.

Up until now, American automobiles and books by American and other Western authors appeared to have been immune to this sort of theft. If the Stolen Ford F150 is a barometer of things to come, Mark Levin's book, Ameritopia might be next—let’s just pray they print this knock off in Chinese.

I found it odd though, that they targeted the Ford F150; especially since Ford was the only of the big three American automobile manufacturers to refuse to kneel at the government's "Stimulus Trough." Why not bootleg the Chevy Volt? Or the Chrysler Town and Country?

While the Chinese manufacturing sector behaves highly unethically, they are certainly not idiots. After all, they still have to sell these bootleg autos to the Chinese consumer, so they had to choose one that actually worked. Why target an overhyped Chevrolet battery operated car with a history of bursting into flames? Or a Chrysler minivan, of which one owner recently questioned why he bought it in the first place. This same owner did comment, however, that Chrysler has been good about paying for a rental car while [he waited] several days to get [the air conditioner on his three month old Town and Country] fixed. 

In spite of the obvious theft of Ford's intellectual property and other associated violations, the American Press, and Ford, for that matter have been uncharacteristically silent on this affront. Ford and the US Authorities appear to have resigned themselves that as Chinese consumers become increasingly sophisticated, they would—over time—come to reject counterfeit merchandise.

You have to wonder why President Obama and his predecessors have not taken the Chinese Government to task over this sort of behavior. While the damage to the Automobile Industry could be quantified in terms of lost [potential] sales to willing Chinese consumers, the long-term impact to the reputation of the Ford Motor Company is limitless. Combine these detrimental effects with the global impact on other American and global companies, and then we are talking real damage.

Should the revenue generated by the Chinese counterfeiting industry from China’s GDP, then the “Paper Dragon” shows its true weight; very, very light.