Great Wall banned from importing GWPeri minicar

This computer-enhanced photo of the Great Wall Peri shows in orange what sources say are the only design differences between the Peri and the Fiat Panda. The rest of the Peri is exactly the same as the Panda. Even the pillars have the same design, but they appear in orange because they are covered by painted plastic while the Panda’s pillars are painted steel.

By:

LUCA CIFERRI

July 18, 2008 05:00 AM

TURIN -- A Turin court ruled this week that a Chinese minicar built by independent automaker Great Wall won’t be allowed into Europe.

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