Tech-brand-turned-car-maker Dreame has serious form for stealing iconic Western designs. First, it released renders of a luxury sedan that’s the twin of Bugatti’s Chiron. Then it followed up with an SUV that makes no attempt to hide its designers’ admiration for the Rolls‑Royce Cullinan.

So when a new SUV starts appearing on social media, looking every bit like Bentley’s luxury model but isn’t, you’ll forgive us for suspecting the same gang is responsible.

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After all, their CEO did say they were developing a second luxury brand following the one modeled after Bugatti, this time aiming to take on Bentley and Rolls-Royce with comparable models. And we’re not the only ones who think so, as all major Chinese outlets and plenty of commentators also suspect Dreame is behind it.

The images circulating on Chinese social media show an SUV with a tall, upright roofline, a deep chrome surround that mimics the Bentayga’s signature grille but with subtle tweaks, and side windows that match the proportions of a Bentley almost exactly.

The front end is slightly squarer and the roofline more boxy, and sure, there are no Bentley badges, but this is IP theft, plain and simple.

Before the Cullinan renders appeared, we’d already reported that Dreame had been benchmarking both Bentley and Rolls-Royce models in preparation for the launch of its car division. If the mystery SUV is truly Dreame’s, the timing makes sense.

The company is trying to jump into the luxury-EV realm by 2027 and plans to open a new production facility in Berlin, allegedly right next door to Tesla’s Gigafactory.

Electric with Range-Extender Options

The fake Cullinan is confirmed to have a 100 kWh battery, four electric motors, and an optional range-extender petrol engine. Rear passengers are treated to a pair of aircraft-style reclining chairs with up to 1.2 meters (47 inches) of legroom, something made possible by the long 3.2-meter (126 inches) wheelbase.

Some commenters on the posts where this mysterious SUV started circulating have suggested the pictures could be AI-generated. Considering how far the technology has come, now capable of producing everything from hyper-realistic cars to videos of SpongeBob being pulled over by police, it’s not hard to see why.

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However, after taking a closer look, we see no evidence of that and we’re inclined to believe these images are entirely real, even if we’re still waiting for confirmation of which company is responsible.

Is this a copycat step too far, or did the designers of this Bentley wannabe manage to create a better-looking Bentayga? Drop a comment below and let us know.

Chinese vacuum maker Dreame Technology is doubling down on its promise to build an EV that’s the spitting image of a Bugatti Chiron. The company’s car division, Dreame Auto, has just released another image of its creation, and like the handful of renders shown last week, this one also appears to have been generated, at least in part, with the help of AI.

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More importantly, company insiders have also shared some technical details, as well as news of a second luxury brand aiming to rival the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce.

Spot the Differences

The single new image, still a rendering, rather than a photo of a real vehicle, shows the car that’s apparently (and unashamedly) codenamed “Dreame Bugatti,” with its doors open this time. We already knew it had four doors, but now we can see the rear pair are rear hinged, that all four open upwards like a McLaren’s, and that there’s no B-pillar.

Close comparison of the old and new pictures reveals some detail differences. The new images of the white model show two vents in the hood, one behind each headlight, and the grille is slightly broader and less rounded, looking slightly less Bugatti-like, and more Jaguar-ish. The changes are, however, unlikely to placate Bugatti. The company never replied when we asked it for comment last week, but we doubt it’s thrilled at the news.

Both pure EV and range-extender hybrid versions will be offered when the finished car enters production in 2027 at a site next door to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, according to Weixin, which cites a company insider it spoke to. But we’ll get our first look at a physical car in January next year when the company brings a pre-production prototype to CES – yes, that CES in Las Vegas.

Second Luxury Brand Modeled After Bentley and Rolls-Royce

The company’s automotive ambitions stretch further than a Bugatti lookalike. The same insider told the Chinese outlet that Dreame Tech is splitting its car operations into two divisions. Dream Auto is focused exclusively on building the Chiron-a-like, which founder Yu Hao hopes will go on to break hypercar speed records. The other division we learned about today, Starry Sky Auto, has been benchmarking cars such as the Rolls Royce Cullinan and various Bentley models in preparation for the development of four vehicles built from the same basic components.

Citing a recent internal communication meeting, the Chinese outlet reports that the company’s founder told his team the Starry Sky Auto premium models will be built on wheelbases of 3.2 meters (126 inches) and 3.3 meters (130 inches) long. He also “put forward the requirements that the former should be larger in length, width, and height than the Li Auto L9 and M9, and the latter should have a domineering and tough appearance, with all dimensions no smaller than those of the Cullinan.”

According to the report, Dreame Auto has ” assembled a cross-industry team covering R&D, manufacturing, and quality control. The team includes core R&D personnel from its original smart hardware business, as well as experts from traditional vehicle manufacturing.”

Budget Meets Ambition

With prices allegedly ranging from $38,000 to $83,000, Starry Sky Auto’s models will certainly not be in Bentley and Rolls Royce territory, and are instead designed to take on EVs from smartphone-maker Xiaomi, whose expansion from electronics giant to automaker Dreame wants to replicate.

Dreame Auto

A Chinese company whose business involves making things that literally suck has teased its first car, which definitely doesn’t. But we see legal trouble brewing because vacuum maker Dreame’s maiden EV is a dead ringer for a Bugatti Chiron, only reimagined with four doors.

The exterior renders, which seem to have been created entirely or at least partially with AI (telltale signs include the grille pattern) were shared on social media by Dream Technology founder Yu Hao. They show a swoopy four-door coupe that could easily pass for a stretched Bugatti Chiron variant that never made production.

CES Debut?

Chinese media reports the new automotive division of the company plans to display a physical prototype of the car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next January.

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Though not an exact clone, the design is similar enough to make you do a double take. The headlights are different but the other core Chiron design elements like the horseshoe grille, central spine and C-shaped rear quarter motif are shamelessly carried across.

The interior at least looks more original, and doesn’t feature the vertical bank of dials fitted to the Chiron, whose steering wheel was milled from a single chunk of aluminium billet, but which didn’t feature any kind of touchscreen. That of course would be absurd for a Chinese car in 2027, so Dream Technology’s Chiron-a-like has a large widescreen tablet mounted above the console, plus a secondary display on the console itself.

Last month Dreame, which was founded in 2017 and styles itself as China’s answer to Apple, confirmed plans to enter the automotive space in 2027 with an electric hypercar capable of outrunning machines from Bugatti and Koenigsegg.

Shopping for Space in Tesla’s Backyard

The company is currently scouting potential production locations for a new plant to build the EV in Berlin, Germany, which include a site next door to Tesla’s Gigafactory, Car News China reports. Yu Hao previously posted images of the Tesla plant, along with text that said “factories in Europe are being selected for several businesses.” And Chinese media outlet Jieman claims Dreame is getting cosy with French bank BNP Paribas to bring its automotive plans to fruition.

While the Chiron was equipped with a quad-turbo W16 making 1,479 hp (1,500 PS / 1,103 kW) in stock form and its Tourbillon successor has a naturally-aspirated hybrid V12 that cranks out 1,775 hp (1,800 PS / 1,324 kW), Dreame’s car will be a pure EV.

Will Bugatti’s lawyers suck up this egregious theft of its IP, or will they fight back? We’ve reached out to the company for comment. Check out the images below of the pretend Chiron and the real thing.

Dreame Technology/Bugatti