China has knocked off a Range Rover and is selling it at a third of the price ... - Business Insider
The Range Rover Evoque is a major cog in Jaguar Land Rover's expansion into China. Last week, a speed bump in JLR's China plan appeared in showrooms in the form of the Landwind X7. This is because — aesthetically — the X7 is virtually indistinguishable from the Evoque. And it looks as if the Chinese carmaker has a fair number of customers waiting to take delivery of the X7. According to Bloomberg , 5,500 buyers have put down deposits for an X7, which sells for roughly $21,700. That's only fraction of the $65,000... "We do not want to comment on the specifics relating to Landwind X7," a Jaguar Land Rover representative told Business Insider in an email. The Chinese crossover first appeared in November 2014 at the Guangzhou Auto Show in southern China. The Chinese Evoque facsimile appeared again in April at the Shanghai Auto Show , where it drew the ire of Jaguar Land Rover — a subsidiary of India's Tata Group. "I really regret that all of a sudden copy-paste is coming up again," Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth told the press at the Shanghai Auto Show. "There are no laws to protect us, so we have to take it as it is," Speth told reporters in April. Source: www.businessinsider.com
