Chinese Cadillac clone - Maple Marindo 506

We have already seen a bunch of them: Smart Fortwo, Fiat Panda, Scion xA & xB, Ferrari P38 and God knows how many other Chinese clones so what would stop them from cloning a Caddy? The answer is nothing! Ha, Ha!

The elegantly named... Maple Marindo 506 is a “Caddilzed” Citroen ZX sedan! Guess they read their history when it came to choosing the body host as Cadillac was named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan in 1701. Looks like what goes around comes around for Cadillac. If you can recall the Euro-only, Cadillac BLS, is practically a Saab 9-3 Sedan in disguise!

Hey, here’s an idea, Cadillac should team up with the Chinese and make a sales pitch to the European market enticing them with a cheaper and smaller version of the BLS aimed at the BMW 1 Series and Audi A3 fans… Via: Autoblog.it