Great Wall Perry banned from Europe

Great Walls plans for European expansion by using its newest mini car, the Perry, have been thwarted after a court in Italy declared the Fiat Panda, and the Perry are too alike. TURIN — A Turin court ruled this week that a Chinese minicar built by independent automaker Great Wall won’t be allowed into Europe. The court said the GWPeri minicar is too similar to the Fiat Panda. Fiat sued Great Wall both in Italy and in China. Those moves were aimed at keeping the GWPeri out of the European Union and out of China. Fiat alleged that the car was a clone of its Panda minicar. On July 16, a Turin court accepted Fiat’s claims, saying in its ruling “the (GWPeri) doesn’t look like a different car but is a (Fiat) Panda with a different front end.” The court ruled that Great Wall should pay a 15,000-euro fine for the first GWPeri... [read full story]