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Spy Shots: Landwind E32 ‘Evoque’ testing in China

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The very first spy shots of the Landwind E32 testing in China. The E32 became famous last month when leaked patent drawings showed it looked a tad too much like the Range Rover Evoque, and the new spy shots confirm this completely. Wheel-arches, grille, headlights, bumpers, greenhouse; is is all Evoque. But what about this:

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Dashboard. See real Evoque below.

Check start button, air vents top-dash design, instrument binnacle, dials, lower-end of center console, center tunnel, etc etc. But the steering wheel differs and the E32’s screen in bigger than the Evoque’s! Seems a touch screen too, where the Evoque needs buttons for control. Landwind is not only copying the Evoque, they are in fact improving it…

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Price for the Evoque starts at 528.000 yuan and ends at 668.000 yuan ($84.000 – 107.000). The Landwind E32 will cost about 120.000 yuan or $19.000. The Landwind E32 will hit the Chinese car market in Q4.

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The E32 will be powered by a 2.0 liter turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with 190hp and 250nm, mated to a six-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic. The E32 is based on a shortened variant of the platform that also underpins the Landwind X8. Landwind is a brand-name of the Jiangling Motor Corporation (JMC), a large car manufacturing company that also has a successful joint venture with Ford.