Land Rover Is Showing Fewer Concepts Because Of Chinese Copycats

It must be a bit annoying when a Chinese company, more or less immune to your legal action on its home soil, reveals a replica of your brand new flagship model. Land Rover has a simple answer
Land Rover Is Showing Fewer Concepts Because Of Chinese Copycats

If you’ve recently wondered why we haven’t seen any dynamic, daring concepts from Land Rover recently, it’s all down to Chinese copycats.

Autocar has quoted the company’s design chief as saying that their experience with the Land Rover LRX concept, which famously wowed the automotive world at around Christmas 2007 and eventually appeared as the Range Rover Evoque, barely altered from the concept, has taught them to be more careful.

The Rangewind Evoque 7. No, wait...
The Rangewind Evoque 7. No, wait...

Chinese rip-off merchants Landwind brought out the X7 copycat soon after the Evoque was launched, solely because the firm was able to get its tape measures out on the LRX when it made its motor show debut, in turn giving it the time to start building one of its own.
The British magazine quotes Land Rover’s Gerry McGovern as saying:

“We’re nervous about showing show cars a couple of years out as you can be copied just like that.”

Land Rover Is Showing Fewer Concepts Because Of Chinese Copycats

There was no concept of the Velar and there have been no new Defender concepts after the unfortunately rubbish DC100 was given a media kicking. The reduction in concepts to pore over is a sad result, though, so we hope the Chinese legal system does the honourable thing and puts a stop to it, despite winning the lottery and being struck by lightning on the same day seeming likelier.

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Anonymous

Looks like Landwind’s sales are going down in China after a while…….

10/18/2017 - 08:50 |
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Noah Thorley Images

Well, if that’s why they haven’t revealed any concepts for the Defender’s replacement, then I’m fine with that.

10/18/2017 - 08:50 |
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BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

I was wondering why I haven seen a concept in a while

10/18/2017 - 08:54 |
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Anonymous

Having explored all legal routes, Land Rover experiment in other means of closing down the land wind factory…

10/18/2017 - 08:58 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Comment of the week material right here.

10/18/2017 - 10:33 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Oh boy is that a Lancaster

10/18/2017 - 11:55 |
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Anonymous

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umm… What’s that?

10/18/2017 - 12:57 |
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675LT_ftw

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Naaah man.. Vulcan for life

10/18/2017 - 19:43 |
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H5SKB4RU (Returned to CT)

Why just dont blow up those damm copycats?

10/18/2017 - 09:12 |
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Ikr nuke em all
kim jong un intensifies

10/18/2017 - 09:34 |
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Anonymous

ayyyy smart

10/18/2017 - 09:46 |
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Made In China

A tag noone wants but has to face reality

10/18/2017 - 10:25 |
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##Oh boy I have a new slogan right here

If that’s a tag nobody wants, then just D-D-D-DROP THE MIC

10/20/2017 - 00:49 |
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Anonymous
10/18/2017 - 12:08 |
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Bring a Caterham To MARS

Oh come on I liked the DC100

10/18/2017 - 12:19 |
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Bustakap

Land Rover needs to show this as their new concept, I bet it would go down.

10/18/2017 - 12:31 |
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What a beauty 👌🏻

10/19/2017 - 15:58 |
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