The sincerest form of flattery?

[Michael_in_Baja]

China has knocked off the Grenadier.

212 Off-road Vehicle - BAW International

Discover more GASOLINE – 212 Off-road Vehicle 212 OFF-ROAD Highlights Part Time 4WD, simple structure but firm and reliable. The driver can manually switch the drive system between 2WD and 4WD, which is a common operation mode of off-road vehicles. The time-sharing 4WD can select the driving...

bawauto.com

 

[Jiman01]

Looks like those toy cars Godzilla used to step on in the old-school non-CGI movies….or the Chinese version of an old school LC

 

[drinkmorejava]

Hahaha, "Choose the one that looks most like you"

But they're so awful looking

 

[parb]

It looks a bit like a panel truck trying to be off-road ready

 

[Tazzieman]

Rear drum brakes, very old school
Seems reasonably capable; is it really worse than a Jeep?

View: https://youtu.be/qc4yG-ruJwU?feature=shared

 

[CRH]

Looks a cross between something from Russia and early Japanese?
But they are exceptionally cheap compared to anything

 

[Krabby]

The rivets(?) are an interesting design choice.

 

[Zimm]

I'm gonna go Gen 1 Patrol and a little russian Gaz, but its definitely classic chicom BJ styling.

 

[lagartoboy]

China has knocked off the Grenadier.

212 Off-road Vehicle - BAW International

Discover more GASOLINE – 212 Off-road Vehicle 212 OFF-ROAD Highlights Part Time 4WD, simple structure but firm and reliable. The driver can manually switch the drive system between 2WD and 4WD, which is a common operation mode of off-road vehicles. The time-sharing 4WD can select the driving...

bawauto.com

Are they available in Europe and Africa?

 

[Michael_in_Baja]

Rear drum brakes, very old school
Seems reasonably capable; is it really worse than a Jeep?

View: https://youtu.be/qc4yG-ruJwU?feature=shared

I didn't want to say it, but that's what I was thinking.

 

[hidiyang]

Actually, it is not a knock off the Grenadier, that's a new model of BJ212, which has a very long history dated back to 1964

Beijing BJ212 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This is the original one, which you still can buy in 2021.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqFit__BQ8


I had a ride in one (original one) when I was kid. It was an exciting experience, since no person could privately own a car back then.
However, that car is a genuine industrial garbage with Soviet Union standard

 

[Tenac]

I want one

 

[TJ D]

They do look kinda cool.

 

[Tazzieman]

I want one

You will have to pay double the cost after next week Perhaps no longer a bargain?