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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Brenbo on 18 October 2015, 08:31
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My parents have just bought a new Hyundai 'Tucson', for which I have checked to see if they are sane, as it is a terrible car. However on first looking at the car I noticed something was a bit familiar. On closer inspection I realised the alloys were in a bad way, ripping off the 'axe' style 5 spoke diamond cut design of the 'Austin alloys on my GTI. You could see they have changed the thickness of the diamond cut on each spoke, but the 'axe' styling was definitely the same idea as the GTI wheels.
Check them out yourselves on Google and see whether you think the same.
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I suspect (or know in fact)that VW does not produce the wheels for their cars... they are produced by wheel manufacturers... so it should not be surprising that oem wheels on some different makes of car can look quite similar...
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My parents have just bought a new Hyundai 'Tucson', for which I have checked to see if they are sane, as it is a terrible car. However on first looking at the car I noticed something was a bit familiar. On closer inspection I realised the alloys were in a bad way, ripping off the 'axe' style 5 spoke diamond cut design of the 'Austin alloys on my GTI. You could see they have changed the thickness of the diamond cut on each spoke, but the 'axe' styling was definitely the same idea as the GTI wheels.
Check them out yourselves on Google and see whether you think the same.
You'll find this a lot with the Korean cars - they're trying very hard to look German at the moment. Most of the Hyundai cars are trying to look either BMW or Audi, this started with the first Hyundai i30 years ago mimicking a 1st gen BMW 1 series, why copy a pig ugly car? The current Hyundai grille shape is almost an exact copy of Audi's.
A few months ago I had to pick up an i40 in Dublin airport to see an Irish client. On the outside it looked a nice solid German motor - the front end of an Audi A4, the back end of a BMW 5 series (although the side profile looked a bit Ford Mondeo). Inside though it was obvious where the money had been saved, very cheap interior. On the door grab handles there were plastic bits meant to look like leather - even the stitching was moulded on.
Some are seduced by the long warranties, thinking that it is a measure of the company's confidence in the reliability of the product, but in reality it is built into the price - Korean cars aren't especially cheap any more.
Of course there is a lot of copying going on all over, not just with the Koreans. Every tiny car out there right now is trying to look like a Fiat 500 (New Renault Twingo and Vauxhall Adam especially), and there are a lot of Scirocco lookalikes (the Astra GTC, Merc A-class, current Renault Clio, Hyundai Veloster).
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My parents have just bought a new Hyundai 'Tucson', for which I have checked to see if they are sane, as it is a terrible car. However on first looking at the car I noticed something was a bit familiar. On closer inspection I realised the alloys were in a bad way, ripping off the 'axe' style 5 spoke diamond cut design of the 'Austin alloys on my GTI. You could see they have changed the thickness of the diamond cut on each spoke, but the 'axe' styling was definitely the same idea as the GTI wheels.
Check them out yourselves on Google and see whether you think the same.
You'll find this a lot with the Korean cars - they're trying very hard to look German at the moment. Most of the Hyundai cars are trying to look either BMW or Audi, this started with the first Hyundai i30 years ago mimicking a 1st gen BMW 1 series, why copy a pig ugly car? The current Hyundai grille shape is almost an exact copy of Audi's.
A few months ago I had to pick up an i40 in Dublin airport to see an Irish client. On the outside it looked a nice solid German motor - the front end of an Audi A4, the back end of a BMW 5 series (although the side profile looked a bit Ford Mondeo. Inside though it was obvious where the money had been saved, very cheap interior. On the door grab handles there were plastic bits meant to look like leather - even the stitching was moulded on.
Some are seduced by the long warranties, thinking that it is a measure of the company's confidence in the reliability of the product, but in reality it is built into the price - Korean cars aren't especially cheap any more.
did Hyundai not steal audis chief designer from them by paying him stupid amounts of money maybe that's how they look the same :smiley:
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Peter Schreyer is designer for Kia I believe, formally of Audi.
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Peter Schreyer is designer for Kia I believe, formally of Audi.
thought it was 1 of them that paid him to leave audi :smiley:
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Peter Schreyer is designer for Kia I believe, formally of Audi.
As somebody said earlier, the OEM wheels are not made by VW. VW don't do wheels, headlights etc. They are made by other companies using VW specifications such as dimensions, materials etc.
I suspect (or know in fact)that VW does not produce the wheels for their cars... they are produced by wheel manufacturers... so it should not be surprising that oem wheels on some different makes of car can look quite similar...
You are correct, the wheels on the MK7 are made in Poland by Ronal. It is the same for other manufacturers their wheels are made by companies specialized in manufacturing alloys.