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There are clones and there are clones. While some come pretty close such as Lifan Motors' effort to give birth to a five-door MINI Cooper, other like Jiangling Motors's Landwind X8 that made its debut at the Shanghai Show this week, is a dead ringer for Mitsubishi's Outlander. For those of you with a weak memory, China's Landwind became known for being the first Chinese automaker to enter the European market with the SUV that spectacularly failed a crash test carried out by the ADAC, Germany's largest auto club.
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In any other case, we'd have a hard time believing it, but when you're talking about Chinese automakers of the likes of BYD Auto that has a history of cloning other vehicles such as the Lexus RX-lookalike "S6 SUV" and the Toyota Aygo-esque "F0...
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Shanghai Clone Wars: Landwind X8 vs Mitsubishi Outlander
There are clones and there are clones. While some come pretty close such as Lifan Motors' effort to give birth to a five-door MINI Cooper, other like Jiangling Motors's Landwind X8 that made its debut at the Shanghai Show this week, is a dead ringer for Mitsubishi's Outlander. For those of you with a weak memory, China's Landwind became known for being the first Chinese automaker to enter the European market with the SUV that spectacularly failed a crash test carried out by the ADAC, Germany's largest auto club.
And it's not only the exterior design of the Outlander that has been copied, it's also the interior as the X8 gets the same exact dashboard styling with the deep set instrument panel featuring the two circular tube-like structures.
But you still haven't heard the best part of the story; according to the Landwind, the X8 will be offered with two engines: a common-rail turbo diesel from Italy's VM Motori that develops 140HP and 350Nm of torque and -get this- a Mitshubishi sourced, 2.4-liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine with 150HP!
Sales of the Landwind X8 are to start in China during the second half of the year.
Mitsubishi Outlander SUV
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Landwind X8 SUV
- Make Your Landwind X7 Look Extra Sporty With New Body Kit
Just admit the fact that when you first laid eyes on Landwind's Range Rover Evoque clone, the X7, you immediately wanted to see it riding on big rims and sporting a body kit complete with a chrome-accented diffuser. Read more »...
- New Land Wind X7 Is China's Range Rover Evoque Knockoff
We don’t know if you noticed it, but Landwind's, or rather Land Wind's [sic], new X7 looks like the Range Rover Evoque – a lot, actually. Read more »...
- 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? Read more »...
- Landwind Cv9 Mpv Receives Two Stars In Euro Ncap's First Chinese Vehicle Rating
Euro NCAP has released its latest crash test results, including the data sheet for the first Chinese vehicle it has ever tested, the Landwind CV9. Although the Chinese maker claims it has revamped the car to meet "the strictest European safety standards",...
- Byd T6: Chinese Maker Readying Porsche Cayenne Suv Clone With 2.0-liter Engine!
In any other case, we'd have a hard time believing it, but when you're talking about Chinese automakers of the likes of BYD Auto that has a history of cloning other vehicles such as the Lexus RX-lookalike "S6 SUV" and the Toyota Aygo-esque "F0...