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A fost lansat pe piața din China o mașină care seamănă izbitor cu Land Roverul britanic dar care costă cam de trei ori mai puțin, potrivit Bloomberg.
A sport utility vehicle that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Land Rover Evoque will go on sale in China this week at a third of its sticker price.
More than 5,500 people have put down deposits for the Landwind X7, which will be available in dealerships from Thursday at a starting price of 135,000 yuan ($21,700). The Evoque, which is Jaguar Land Rover's best-selling model worldwide, retails from 398,000 yuan. Both models feature similar broad fenders, recessed door panels and a sloping roof.
Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer Ralf Speth railed at what he called the the rise of Chinese "copy-and-paste" jobs earlier this year at the Shanghai auto show, where the Landwind X7 was also on display. The carmaker said last year it was investigating whether Landwind copied design elements of the Evoque.
"Customers say the car is good-looking, like the Evoque," Zhu Jianfeng, a sales manager at Ninghai Landwind Specialty Store, a dealership that stocks the X7, said by phone. "The price is attractive too."
