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That's why you see a market for aftermarket car badges. And then subsequently lots of badged up M series/ M sport BMWs. And you think "I'm pretty sure they never made a M3 diesel estate for that year"
People aspire to own a Gibson or a fender. And if you can't afford one then sometimes people go for an imitation.
I couldn't afford a real 335 in 09, so ended up buying a jap tokai. Which i still love. I'm not ashamed of it. I just didn't have the money back then. The guitar sounds great and id never try and claim it was a Gibson.
If Gibson were to open up a Gibson china plant and produce licensed high end copies then they'd clean up. Not full fat copies but along the lines of suhr and PRS etc. Just give the people what they want. Not sure how they'd brand it.
But accept the problem head on. Same as the cereal manufacturers did when supermarkets started producing knock offs. Weetabix started making cereal for the major supermarkets own brands.