A Chinese automaker called Songsan is working on a new four-door sedan that steals various design details from the iconic C1 Corvette.
Automotive blog Carscoops recently came across these patent drawings for the new C1 Corvette knockoff, which looks identical to C1 Corvette from the front and rear. The side silhouette, meanwhile, utilizes the contrasting door detailing from the C1 Corvette, along with an elongated domed roof to create a nightmare-inducing, knock-off C1 four-door.
Songsan already offers a two-door version of this monstrosity called the SS Dolphin, so it appears as though the company is looking to expand the Dolphin model range with a more family-friendly sedan. The SS Dolphin is based on a Chinese four-door called the BYD Qin Pro Sedan and features a hybrid powertrain consisting of a turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine and a 16 kWh battery pack. Despite looking like a cheap C1 Corvette kit car, the SS Dolphin produces a stout 315 horsepower and 395 pound-feet of torque. A six-speed dual-clutch transmission sends power to the front wheels, enabling a zero to 60 mph sprint of about 5.9 seconds.
We imagine the four-door version of the Sangson Dolphin SS will share a chassis, powertrain and other components with the two-door model. The BYD Qin Pro is a four-door, after all, so it would be seemingly quite easy to apply the C1 Corvette-style bodywork to this platform – especially seeing as the same company was able to turn it into a two-door convertible. The vehicle in these patent filings will likely also be quite pricy, with the SS Dolphin two-door priced from roughly $88,000 in China.
The automaker also told Business Insider it plans to eventually sell the SS Dolphin coupe stateside, with prices starting at a laughable $159,900. We can’t imagine this cheap knockoff will find very many buyers here at that price – and this newly patented four-door would be even less popular.
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Comments
Good grief…I hope GM/Chevrolet stops that piece of junk from becoming available in the U.S. Just what we need is a suicide on the road piece of crap from China. Let’s hope it never passes crash worthiness.
At $159K you can buy a real C1! But a fool and their money are soon parted.
Who thinks these crazy things up? Ugh.
When you don’t have the talent to create your own design, steal someone else’s.
the thing is hilarious.
And, not everyone believes that China is out to rule the world. Just a little at a time. Wake up America. It’s happening now!!!!!!!
Lame!
I read an earlier article that stated GM didn’t oppose this company. Can someone please tell us why not? Incredible.
Yup, said it before and saying it again…
FUUUGGLY!
This car is a “nightmare” for who exactly? GM doesn’t care, neither does anyone else. As another commenter already said, who is going to fork over 160K for this goofy thing? It’s not like anyone in their right mind is going to confuse it with an actual GM product from either 60 years ago or today.
Captures the essence of C1, compared to Ford’s attempt at their own original Thunderbird. I suspect at an affordable price they couldn’t make enough of them.
Looks more like a Corvair.
In your dreams
The front looks like the back or the back looks like the front or maybe I have it backwards.
I have a C1 (59′)..CRC carbon fiber conversion sits on a C5…though purists would say bah…once you see it it’s a dream come true…looks of old drives, handles great… from what I have seen mine is a one off. This Chinese car ..not enough details ..but the price?…I’ve been offered 125k…several times…but not being able to replace it…not for sale