They are a thing. Many manufacturers outsource some of their production to poorer countries, these factories end up starting up their own brand and produce their own vehicles alongside those of the main manufacturer (who supplies components from engines to dashboard switchgear). For example, Dacia is a knock off Renault.
Dacia is owned by Renault. And the cars they built before Renault bought them were licensed.
I’ve already bought a knock off car - the Dacia jogger is just a Volvo XC90 at a 1/3rd of the cost.
This picture only shows that both of these cars have lights, a rear window and possibly rear wheels. Also they are both red
OP’s comment made me look into this and I found this, https://www.autogott.de/autovergleich/dacia-jogger/volvo-xc90
It’s in German, but the gist of it is, that’s its basically what OP > OP was asking for lol knock offs!
The Dacia is like a Kmart version of the Volvo, but the price difference is insane, I’d buy it in a heartbeat if I could.
Note that the article is an auto-generated comparison. In my opinion these two cars aren’t really comparable and are only kind of similar in terms of looks and dimensions. Everything else is pretty different. The volvo is about twice as heavy and up to three times as powerful depending on configuration and is available with allwheel drive vs just frontwheel drive fir the Dacia and far more luxurious. They appeal to a completely different class of cutomers.
Seat and Skoda are basically off brand VWs
