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* An Alleged Motorcycle is the Chang Jiang [[CJ 750]]: a Chinese copy of a Russian copy of a pre-[[WW 2]] BMW. Using tooling the ''Russians'' considered worn, having by then been in production use for 20 years already. Chang Jiang also builds a copy of the Jawa 353, again using the ''original'' tooling.
* The [http://www.maserati-alfieri.co.uk/alfieri33.htm Chrysler TC by Maserati].
* Arguably one of the most famous examples, the DeLorean DMC-12. Despite the Lotus Esprit inspired design and gullwing doors, the car's production run seemed to be cursed from the word go. To elaborate: the factory was located in Dunmurry (a suburb in Belfast), Northern Ireland (bear in mind that this was in 1978, and it was placed [[The Troubles|
* [[Elvis]] fired his gun at his De Tomaso Pantera when it wouldn't start.
* Despite its sleek Italian design, early versions of the Isuzu Piazza had handling that left much to be desired. Later models had Lotus tuning, but not until near the end of its production run.
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