# Can't afford a new X5, just buy a replica.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 17, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-afford-a-new-x5-just-buy-a-replica/35511 "2007-09-17T07:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![VANDIT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vandit/32/4977_2.png) [@VANDIT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/VANDIT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-afford-a-new-x5-just-buy-a-replica/35511/31 "2007-09-17T16:21:19Z")
how can a car company (expecally bmw) patten a “design”… there are hundreds of cars that “copy” each other… this should be thrown out of court… everyone knows bmw\>chineese but those with a tighter pocket book may just take a little of the market away… but truthfully what bmw is saying by this lawsuite is “were scared of the chineese” end of story. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cant-afford-a-new-x5-just-buy-a-replica/35511)._