Friday, June 22, 2012

Toyota Land Cruiser: The Chinese will make a cheaper analog

crossover
The Chinese company, Hongqi, a part of the group FAW, began to develop a "new premium crossover".

Crossover Hongqi designed on the basis of the Japanese model Toyota Land Cruiser, which is going in the Middle Kingdom in a joint venture FAW and Toyota. It is assumed that the novelty of the "donor" will get to the platform along with petrol engines of 4.0 and 4.8 liters, packaged with an automatic transmission. According to Chinese media, Hongqi car will premiere in 2013.

The crossover will be the third new model, developed Hongqi for the last time. In April, at an exhibition in Beijing, the company demonstrated the public limousine L7, intended for the ruling elite of the Communist Party of China, and built based on the Toyota Crown sedan car is a four-H7. At the local market, the model will compete with H7 long-wheelbase sedans BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. The car goes on sale with three gasoline engines volume of 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 liters.

The estimated cost of the machine in the Middle Kingdom will be $ 40 thousand