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jimbob7



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New Landrover??
Ltd edition Evoque...


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Or cheap Chinese knock off,i guess there's hope for a Defender resurrection after all,lol.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/guangzho...ich-better Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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lambert.the.farmer



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According to the article the land wing has some evident shortcomings in terms of build quality over the original, if that is so then would anyone really want a badly assembled copy of a vehicle that has a reputation for being badly built in the first instance? Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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LR90XS2011



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based on the mathematical equation that a double negative is a positive then a Defender copy built in China would in fact be a brilliantly built vehicle probably called a DEFWING.

DEFWING would have a Locin (Honda Copy) engine and gearbox that would be superbly reliable and not sound like a bag of spanners and destroy itself in the first year of production everything else would stay true to the original vehicle as everyone likes British stuff.

Further with the massive market out there and in other markets that the Chinese are taking advantage of such as India within 5 year the DEFWING would be the most populous car in the world beating off Toyota and all other potential rivals.

This would lead the manufacturer to develop a Series 1 , 2 and 3 version called WINGENDER these would be aimed directly at poorer rice farmers and people living in remote areas these vehicles would have a very basic nature with no creature comforts, cart springs, and a TDI engine developed in Brazil and be capable of running on vegetable oil and various other locally brewed rice and OX poo derived concoctions.

WINGENDERs would be field repairable in nature and have no electronics to confuse and upset dealers, repairers and owners except a built in smart phone copy so you know exactly where you are and how steep the paddy field is, this would of course lead to the requirement for a cranking handle as experience of the smart phone and unbranded batteries would make this a necessity.

After falling out with Europe over various copy right issues, WINGENDERS would be built using bolts matching sizes and threads used before Metric became the modern standard, thus allowing local repairs to recover their old tool boxes from the back of the shed to service these vehicles.

The ingenuity in both these countries would then result in a massive number of accessories available on ALIBABA and EBay that have never before been thought of let alone made, these accessories would of course fit our cars but require additional powder coating and rust proofing as the steel rusts even quicker than British Steel, (read TATA).

Due to EU and other rules the DEFWINGS and WINGENDERS could never be imported to the recently split U-UUK (un-united UK) legally, thus making our vehicles retain their value after production ceases here, however both the U-UUK and US police would report confiscating the odd classic now and again that was in concourse condition but discovered to be a DEFWING or WINGENDER in disguise sold by some unscrupulous car dealers. DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy


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Cupboard



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Rolling with laughter
That post has just won.
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jimbob7



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Sometimes it's hard to think the Chinese could do any worse. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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Supacat



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China 'Segway copycat' buys Segway company
maybe not the same order of magnitude as JLR but interesting to see what happened here after being accused of copying a design...

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/china-...ar-AAb2I9p

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Supacat



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JLR Invalidates Chinese Design Patent for Landwind X7
Update on the legal battle:

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"The China Supreme People’s Court recently rejected the appeal by Jiangling Holdings Co Ltd. against a holding invalidating their Chinese design patent entitled Off-road Vehicle (Landwind E32) numbered eBay Item No. 201330528226.5. In a long-running dispute between Jaguar Land Rover and Jiangling, Jiangling became notorious for manufacturing a crossover SUV Landwind X7 that bore a striking resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.

Jiangling applied for its design patent on November 6, 2013 and the State Intellectual Property Office (now renamed China National Intellectual Property Administration) granted a design patent on April 23, 2014. Shortly thereafter, JLR filed for invalidation with the Patent Reexamination Board, which held that Jiangling’s design patent was invalid in 2016. Jiangling appealed to the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, which reversed the Patent Reexamination Board. In an appeal, the Court was reversed, holding the design patent invalid. The China Supreme People’s Court, on December 16, 2019, rejected Jiangling’s appeal holding that the patented design was not significantly different from the Range Rover Evoque and was therefore invalid.

Ironically, Jiangling initially invalidated JLR’s Chinese design patent for the Evoque due to lack of novelty by JLR’s own public disclosure before filing. Nonetheless, JLR was able to eventually claim a victory under China’s Unfair Competition Law in March 2019 with the Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court ruling a) the plaintiff’s product design has gained a certain reputation; b) the defendant’s product design is similar to the plaintiff’s; and c) the use of the defendant’s product design may confuse or mislead the relevant public. The Beijing Chaoyang District People’s Court ordered Jiangling to stop all acts of unfair competition including manufacturing, displaying, offering for sale and selling the LandWind X7, and awarded damages totaling RMB 1.5 million (about $217,000 USD)."

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/jagua...andwind-x7
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