Sunday, July 17, 2005

LV in pigs

via: yahoo news photo

Photo

Pigs tattooed with the logo of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton rest in a farm in the rural area of China's capital Beijing July 14, 2005. The pigs are owned by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye, who has a staff of local farmers and tattoo artists raising sows to use them as canvases for skin art. Picture taken on July 14, 2005.

posted @ 8:24 AM

first chinese car appears in european market

via: der spiegel

not surprisingly, price is what attracts the customers

"The car is 40 percent cheaper than a comparable Western model," says Bijvelds, who clearly enjoys the shockwaves he is sending through established automobile manufacturers in Europe. "All 200 of the cars here have already been sold."

but you would wonder - "is it a CHINESE car at all?"

But the Landwind is much more than a Chinese "Yugo" -- it's a tinny symbol of globalization......The engine comes from Japan's Mitsubishi and the body closely resembles the Opel Frontera, which used to cost €30,000 until General Motors suspended its production a year ago. Thirty percent of Landwind's manufacturer, the Nanchang-based Jiangling Motors Company, is owned by American car-maker Ford. And General Motors gave the Chinese permission to use the Frontera's design. Indeed, the connections to the west can be seen everywhere in the project.

TBC...

posted @ 8:17 AM