Yahoo Autos Foton Big General is a Chinese F-150 Raptor knockoff on Navigator knockoff wheels
Ford's second-generation F-150 Raptor will leave an unexpected legacy, and not the Subaru kind. As the firm prepares to replace it with a new model, a Chinese carmaker named Foton is getting ready to introduce a truck named Big General that dubiously borrows more than a few styling cues from the high-performance off-roader.
Images published by enthusiast website Ford Authority show the Big General (which is called Da Jiang Jun in its home country) wears a Raptor-like front end characterized by angular lights mounted vertically, and a tall, upright grille adorned by an oversized Foton emblem. It also gets gray trim shaped like the Raptor's front skid plate, and fender flares that, to the design team's credit, are boxier than the Ford's. Photos of the rear end are not available.
Oddly, one of the images shows the truck riding on alloy wheels that closely resemble the ones available on the Lincoln Navigator. Ford Authority noted the Big General is smaller than the F-150, it's closer in size to the Ranger and the Toyota Tacoma, but the visual links between the two models are unmistakable -- they're clearer than the ones connecting the 2021 Ford Bronco with the Wey P01 previewed in July 2020. Some will swiftly argue imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it's also known as copyright infringement in legal jargon.
Big General buyers have three engines to choose from: a 2.0-liter, 238-horsepower turbo four, or a four-cylinder turbodiesel with 2.0- or 2.5 liters of displacement. ZF's eight-speed automatic transmission comes standard regardless of what's in the engine bay, though we don't know if it spins the front wheels, the rear ones, or all four.
