pFiled under: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/" rel="tag"Spy Photos/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag"Economy/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag"China/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag"Hatchbacks/a, a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/toyota/" rel="tag"Toyota/a/pdiv align="center"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087320/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_2.jpg" //abr / /divdiv align="center"emstrongsmallGreat Wall i7 - Click above for image gallery/small/strong/embr //divbr /If we were heading up one of China's numerous automakers and we were looking through the annals of history for a vehicle design to crib, our choice probably wouldn't be that of the Toyota Yaris. It's not so much that the Yaris is a bad car, it's that the success of Toyota's little subcompact hatchback is probably based more on the merits of its nameplate and reputation for reliability and low running costs than its styling. No matter, China's Great Wall has indeed aped a good portion of Toyota's five-door hatchback for its latest entry into the small car wars, imaginatively named i7.br /br /The rear end may have a lot of Toyota in it, but we especially like the front grille, which appears to be a Vulcan mind-meld between the design languages of both Dodge and Audi while managing to look completely strikehorrid/strike original. Inside, the i7 combines the unloved central gauge cluster of the Yaris with some very fake wood trim around the shifter and upholstery borrowed from a mid-Nineties Dodge Neon. br /br /So far, there's no word on what powers the i7 or when it's expected to make it into production.br /br /br /div class="postgallery"pstrongGallery: a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/"Spy Shots: Great Wall i7/a/strong/pa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087320/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087324/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087321/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087319/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //aa href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/spy-shots-great-wall-i7/2087323/"img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/great_wall_i7_3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" //a/divbr /[Source: a href="http://www.chinacartimes.com/2009/06/15/greatwall-branded-yaris-like-car-spotted-in-gwm-car-park/"China Car Times/a | Photos: a href="http://www.bitauto.com/"BitAuto/a]p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/17/spy-shots-new-great-wall-hatchback-plunders-toyota-yaris-booty/"Spy Shots: New Great Wall hatchback plunders Toyota Yaris' booty/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.autoblog.com"Autoblog/a on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:29:00 EST. 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