Chinese Company With Fake Bugatti Cloned The Rolls-Royce Cullinan
It's Well Beyond Tribute Territory
Automakers the world over end up influencing each other to greater or lesser extents, but Dreame goes right past that with its planned SUV. It all starts with the front, which has the unmistakable Parthenon-style vertical grille and rectangular headlights to either side. The grille blends into a raised section of the hood, and the whole boxy nose is paired with an equally boxy cabin area.
Dreame SUV side doors open
You'll find the same sort of rear-opening rear doors, as well as a greenhouse that follows closely to the Rolls down to the thick rear D-pillar and the same number of windows. At the rear, the taillights even have a similar vertical treatment. It's a design that's genuinely shameless, which isn't surprising coming from a company that also wants to build a knock-off Bugatti Chiron. The Dreame SUV doesn't seem to have a name yet. We'd suggest calling it the Culli-not.
Where the vehicle differs from the Cullinan, though, is in the claimed powertrain. According to Carscoops, the SUV will be offered in electric and range-extended models, with a battery capacity up to 100 kWh. It will also feature four motors and rear steering. The interior also does look more original, and it does look suitably luxurious with luxurious seats that can recline to extreme degrees.
The Company Plans To Build Cars In Germany
One of the stranger aspects of this story is Dreame's plans to build cars in Germany. It announced in a press release a couple of weeks ago that it had settled on a factory site in Brandenberg, Germany. Now, neither Bugatti nor Rolls-Royce are technically German car brands, but they're both owned by German brands. Bugatti is part of Volkswagen, and Rolls-Royce is part of BMW. It takes some nerve to reveal your first new cars are knock-offs of the most expensive models in two German car conglomerates' portfolios, and then decide to build them in those companies' backyard.
Dreame also noted that it plans to build cars in Germany, citing the strong supplier and development resources in the area. The company also claims that it has around 1,000 employees already working on its vehicle development, and it plans to launch its first vehicle in 2027. That seems like a tight timeframe for launching a production car when the company has only picked a site to start building a factory a couple of months ago. Also, if Dreame really does get around to selling these vehicles, they're almost certainly be sued by Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce. Just a few years ago, Jaguar Land Rover sued a company called Jiangling Motor Corporation over an Evoque knock-off in China called the Land Wind X7. Jaguar Land Rover ended up winning that case, which we again emphasize was in China, not in Europe. That Land Wind was actually even more egregious than the Dreame designs, but it's an indication that China won't necessarily allow its companies to just steal designs nowadays.
