There’s a China-Market SUV Named after General Patton

pa href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-market-suv-named-general-205300810.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/CRnXwgumSWaFtXGx9wrj_A--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/car_and_driver_581/4d764b10a799b057263285e59155ad39" width="130" height="86" alt="There’s a China-Market SUV Named after General Patton" align="left" title="There’s a China-Market SUV Named after General Patton" border="0" /aThe Beijing auto show, which opened this week and is officially known as Auto China, produced an abundant crop of the weird and wonderful. At the show, the latest version made its debut to the accompaniment of one of the more stirring parts of the Gladiator soundtrack, behind two male models who had clearly been paid for their considerable skills at muscle flexing and pouts worthy of Derek Zoolander. Named after Gen. George S. Patton, the World War II commander who was once disciplined for slapping two shellshocked soldiers, the G-Patton was introduced to the Beijing audience by the general’s grandson, who seemed to be present mainly to quote his famous ancestor’s most famous line: “Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.” We were mildly surprised to discover that such a spectacular piece of America-branded machismo is actually American, what with China the main importer of American flags these days.pbr clear="all"