The manufacturer Geely suspected of having copied the Rolls Royce Phantom

The Chinese automaker Geely has caused a sensation this week in Shanghai, with its first luxury model, but mainly because his limousine confounding have similarities with the Phantom Rolls-Royce.

Geely denied Friday that his Geely GE or a copy of the British model, but without convincing home centennial announced consider prosecution.

The long black car similar to the Phantom, also features in the signs as particularly distinctive grille or bonnet mascot: a winged woman who, instead of leaning forward like Rolls Royce, features a arched posture.

Both models are actually different. At first glance people may feel they are the same but the details are really different ", said Zhang Xiaoshuai, an official of the Commission.

The Chinese says "reinventing the classic, with its GE - Geely Excellence" - who is yet a prototype and should not be sold until at least three years, according to Zhang Xiaoshuai.

It would be at a price defying any competition: one million yuan, or 112,500 euros, against at least 280,000 euros in Europe for a Phantom, or even more.

In China, taking into account taxes, the Phantom range actually begins six million yuan (680,000 euros).

Rolls-Royce did not hide his displeasure Friday: "We are not flattered by this design," Hal responded Serudin, Director of Communications for Asia Pacific of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, not excluding prosecution .