Landwind

Landwind 陆风

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Type	marque
Industry	Automotive
Founded	November 2004
Headquarters	Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Products	Automobiles
Parent	Changan Auto Jiangling Motors
Website	landwind.com

Landwind
Simplified Chinese	陆风
Traditional Chinese	陸風
Literal meaning	Landwind
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lùfēng Wade–Giles Lu4-fêng1 IPA [lufəŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Luk6 fung1 Yale Romanization Luhk fūng

Landwind is an automobile marque owned by the Chinese automaker Jiangling Motor Holding, a joint venture between Changan Auto and Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC).

History

In 2005, Landwind became the first Chinese automobile marque to be sold in Europe, when it began exporting the Landwind X6 sport utility vehicle to some European countries.

The Landwind X5 was debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2012.

Products

Landwind's current range of products comprises the following models:

• Landwind X5 – a compact SUV with a unibody platform; launched in January 2013
• Landwind X6 (2008-) – SUV
• Landwind X7 (2015-) - SUV
• Landwind X8 (2009-) – SUV
• Landwind X9 (2001-) – SUV
• Landwind CV9 (2005-2011) – Compact MPV
• Landwind CV7 (2006-2011) – Sedan

Gallery

• Landwind X8 Auto Chongqing 2012-06-07.JPG

  Landwind X8

• Landwind X9 01 Auto Chongqing 2012-06-07.JPG

  Landwind X9

• Landwind CV9 (front quarter 2).jpg

  Landwind CV9

Future products

Landwind products in development include a large SUV codenamed E32 planned to be positioned above the Landwind X5 and originally intended for launch in China in 2014.

Controversies

The Landwind X7 was accused of copying the Range Rover Evoque, drawing criticism such as "breach of international regulations" by Range Rover.

External links

• Official website (Chinese)
• Official website for Europe (English)