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China may be the world's fastest-growing automotive market, but so far homegrown Chinese car design has proven unimaginative at best. The generic econoboxes and clones of aging Audis are the result of years of knock-down kits, alliances with Western automakers and an automotive market where few ordinary Chinese could participate until recently.
However, China's automotive design language is slowly evolving. While the majority of designs for indigenous vehicles are drawn by -- or at least inspired by -- Western carmakers, events such as the Auto China show in Shanghai have given Chinese designers a chance to explore a signature Chinese style.
"Chinese automakers, just like the Korean and Japanese automakers before them, are beginning to develop designs with their own design language," said Eric Gallina, editor of Car Design News.
The publication sponsored recently sponsored Car Design Awards China, a competition for young Chinese automotive designers. We're showing you the winners of that competition in each of the judged categories, from an insect-inspired hovercraft to a stereotypical luxury sedan with a name that'll make you carsick.
Straight from the award ceremony in Beijing, here's the best of Chinese automotive design.
All photos: Car Design Awards China
