Can’t Afford a Range Rover Evoque? The Landwind X7 Clone is Four Times Cheaper

Remember the patent images of the Range Rover
Evoque Chinese copy, the Landwind X7 ?
Well, fresh spy shots of the SUV have appeared
recently and it seems the Chinese are not bothered at
all with the reactions their copy has provoked.
That’s because the final product looks exactly like the
car in the patent photos – i.e. almost identical to the
Range Rover Evoque.

See pix after the cut

And that’s not all; since the X7
is expected to arrive in dealerships later this month, it
means it will beat the real Chinese -made Range Rover
Evoque to the market by at least two months!
The cabin is also inspired by the Evoque’s, although
the Chinese manifested more restraint in copying the
interior and put in a little more effort to differentiate it
from the original.
The Landwind X7 will be priced from 120,000 yuan,
which is the equivalent of about $19,500. That makes
it a lot cheaper than the imported Range Rover
Evoque, which starts at 528,000 yuan ($85,665) in
China. The locally made Evoque will be priced from
425,000 yuan when it launches later this year.
Based on a shortened variant of the platform that also
underpins the Landwind X8, the Evoque clone is
powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder
petrol engine producing 190hp and 250Nm (184 lb-ft)
of torque, offered with either a six-speed manual or an
eight-speed automatic.