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China's Landwind clones Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
May 5, 2014 - Everyone knows that cloning western designs has been common practice in China's automotive industry for long. Stories and anecdotes about it have been spreading around for years. However, we have also seen that lately, technically as well as stylistically, the Chinese automotive industry has made giant steps forward, with award-winning original products.
However, as in all things, there is always an exception. In this case, it is represented by the Landwind E32.
Landwind is an automobile marque owned by the Chinese automaker Jiangling Motor Holding, a joint venture between Changan Auto and Jiangling Motors Corporation(JMC). In 2005, Landwind became the first Chinese car brand to be sold in Europe, when it began exporting the Landwind X6 sport utility vehicle to some European countries.
Now Landwind seems preparing to launch the E32 crossover of which several technical drawings leaked out of a Chinese patent office.
The leaked images reveal the Landwind E32 is basically identical to the five-door Land Rover Range Rover Evoque from nearly every angle. The clone stands out from the Evoque with more squared-off headlights, a slightly taller radiator grille, smaller wheels and model-specific badging, but the Evoque's overall silhouette, its sculpted flanks and its pronounced wheel arches have been carried over essentially unchanged.
The difference between the two crossovers is obviously more noticeable under the hood. Reportedly, the E32 will be powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 190 hp and 184 lb-ft. of torque. Power will be sent to the front wheels via either a six-speed manual transmission or an eight-speed automatic unit. There's no word whether a four-wheel drive model will be offered.
Land Rover has not commented on the clone but there is very little it can say or do. As is typically the case in situations like this, all the automaker can realistically hope to obtain by taking the matter to court is to stop Landwind from selling the crossover in Europe, but we strongly doubt the Chinese manufacturer will ever be selling the car outside of its home country |
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发表于 2014-5-5 22:45
发表于 2014-5-5 22:58
发表于 2014-5-6 00:53
挺漂亮啊！买不起极光买个这个YY下很不错好嘛