Corolla clone takes on Prius.

By Mark Andrews

Sydney Morning Herald.
13/08/2011

This article originally appeared in Fairfax newspapers including the Sydney Morning Herald. The online version is now available on the group’s separated Drive website.

It would be all too easy to dismiss the F3 as a clone of a five-year-old Toyota Corolla. However, last year it was China’s best-selling car.

Despite a jet fighter-sounding name, you would be hard pushed to describe the F3DM as sleek, sporty or stylish. It’s based on China’s best-selling car, the F3, with the DM part standing for Dual Mode.

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Mark Andrews has written about everything from Japanese houses to heli hikes on New Zealand glaciers, test drives of Chinese cars to bar and restaurant reviews. He currently specialises in travel articles and reviews of Chinese cars plus articles about the Chinese auto industry.

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