Landwind SUV X7
The Landwind X7 is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese car maker Landwind since August 2015, the car has received worldwide media attention, because the car was considered a copy of the Range Rover Evoque a result, Jaguar Land Rover has tried vain to prevent the Landwind X7 to enter the market.
Three versions of the X7 are sold, all with 2 0 L Mitsubishi engine that produces a maximum of 190 PS 140 kW; 188 hp at 5500 rpm Maximum torque is 250 Nm 1.
Landwind X7 News appeared in April 2014, when the Chinese auto website Autohome showed pictures of the car as the Landwind E32 He claimed the images come from a patent filing by Landwind The news report also contained specifications of the car March 2 in May, the X7 was first spotted in the open 4.
The Landwind X7 was officially revealed in November 2014 at the Auto Show in Guangzhou 5 Before entering the market, the car was also presented at the 2015 Shanghai Auto 6 Landwind X7 sales in China started August 6, 2015 7.
The Landwind X7 received worldwide media attention due to the similarity of the car to the Range Rover Evoque Although the designs of the cars are similar, the X7 was almost three times as cheap as the Evoque when old hit the X7 prices the market began to RMB 135,000 US 21700 dated August 2015, while the starting price of the Evoque amounted to US 398000 64000 dated August 2015 7 kits for X7 are sold in China to make the car look more like the Evoque These kits include the grille, logos and insignia of the Evoque 8.
The unveiling of X7 came just after the parent company of Tata Motors Land Rover has opened a new plant in the Chinese city of Changshu in October 2014 The plant produces the Evoque Sport and Discovery for the Chinese market in September 10 The Evoque was unveiled for the Chinese market in November 2014 at the Auto Show in Guangzhou, where the X7 was also unveiled and 11 sales of the Evoque in China began in March 2015, five months before the sale began 12 X7.
Jaguar Land Rover and reaction s Edit a lawsuit.
Jaguar Land Rover first response came during the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2014, when car designer Ian Callum who works for Jaguar tweeted pictures of the car and pointed out the similarity between the X7 and the Evoque 13 in addition, the company said it had to consider whether the Evoque design elements have been copied by Jiangling Motors Landwind's parent company, and it would take all appropriate measures to protect its intellectual property May 7 Jaguar Land Rover then went to court in China, but his complaints were dismissed in early 2015 11 During the 2015 Shanghai Auto, Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth said he regretted that all of a suddenly, copy and paste recovers he added that his company could not do anything because there was no law against copying 10 cars.
Both Jaguar Land Rover and Jiangling Motors had filed design patent for the Evoque and the X7, respectively, but both patents were canceled in 2016. The patent for the exterior design of the Evoque by the regulator Intellectual Property Chinese in China was declared invalid in April, because the car was unveiled before the patent was filed in China in November 2011, the reversal came at the request of Jiangling Motors, on May 16 was canceled patent X7 at the request of Jaguar Land Rover, because the design was too tied to the Evoque's 14 design.
In June 2016, Jaguar Land Rover has taken legal action against Jiangling Motors again in a Beijing court The automaker Jiangling accused for breach of copyright and unfair competition It was a rare move; most non-Chinese automakers choose not to go to court on copying the design by Chinese companies due to the low probability of winning this trial 8 A Beijing lawyer said the following to the Chinese newspaper Global Times about the trial Without detailed information, it is difficult to judge whether Jiangling has copied the design of the Evoque 12 in the same month, an anonymous source told Reuters that Jiangling had agreed with Jaguar Land Rover would not export the X7 Brazil According to this source, the two companies also discussed what would be acceptable in a design update for the X7 8.
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