Landwind
Chinese automotive manufacturer
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::summary Chinese automotive manufacturer ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Landwind |
| logo | Landwind marque.png |
| type | Joint venture |
| fate | Bankruptcy |
| foundation | 2004 |
| defunct | 2022 |
| area_served | China |
| industry | Automotive |
| products | Automobiles |
| owner | Jiangling Motor Holding |
| homepage | |
| child | yes |
| t | 陸風 |
| s | 陆风 |
| p | Lùfēng |
| w | Lu4-fêng1 |
| mi | |
| j | Luk6 fung1 |
| y | Luhk fūng |
| l | Landwind |
| order | st |
| :: |
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Landwind was an automobile marque owned by the Chinese automaker Jiangling Motor Holding (JMH), a joint venture between Jiangxi Guokong Automotive Investment Corporation (50%), Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (25%) and Changan Automobile (25%).
History
Creation and early years
Landwind traces its origins back to 1998 when the then-chairman of JMCG, Sun Min, established Jiangling Lufeng (Landwind) Automobile Co., Ltd. His intention was to create an independent marque to strengthen JMCG's own technical development and reduce its dependence on Ford and Isuzu. While the cars would be designed by Lufeng, the production would be made on Isuzu's production lines. Ford opposed the project and it eventually was abandoned.{{cite web|script-title=zh:江铃人事地震引发合资变局 福特已萌生退意？ |url=http://finance.sina.com.cn/b/20040301/0844651645.shtml?from=wap |trans-title=The Jiangling personnel earthquake triggered a joint venture change. Ford has already retired? |language=zh |website=finance.sina.com.cn |date=1 March 2004 |last=Chen |first=Haisheng |access-date=3 February 2019}} Landwinds were on sale by 2002 and the marque was relaunched in November 2004 by Jiangling Motor Holding.{{cite web|script-title=zh:陆风 |url=http://car.bitauto.com/landwind/ |trans-title=Landwind |language=zh |website=car.bitauto.com |access-date=3 February 2019}}
The Landwind X5 debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2012.
Conflict with JLR
In 2005, when Jiangling Motor Holding registered the marque's English-language name as Landwind, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) lodged a complaint before the European Union, alleging the name was too similar to Land Rover. In 2011, the complaint was dismissed.{{cite web|title=路虎VS陆风 第一次有人从这个角度讲明白这件事 |url=https://m.sohu.com/a/306978681_143021/?pvid=000115_3w_a |trans-title=Land Rover VS Landwind. The case from a different perspective |language=zh |website=sohu.com.cn |date=10 April 2019 |access-date=21 April 2019}}
In 2016, JLR sued Jiangling Motor Holding at the Beijing Chaoyang District Court for unfair competition and copyright infringement, as it alleged the Landwind X7 design was a copy of the Range Rover Evoque. In 2019, the Court dismissed the copyright infringement case, as both the Jiangling Holding and JLR intellectual property claims in China for the vehicle had been made improperly and were invalid within the country. As for the unfair competition case, the Court ruled in favour of JLR, and the X7s were temporarily banned from being sold and produced in China, although Jiangling Holding could appeal the verdict. and that the company being sued was Jiangling Motors. Jiangling Motors published a press release denying it was involved in the proceedings. Later, as JLR partially fixed its press release indicating the company it had sued was Jiangling Motor Holding instead of Jiangling Motors, news agency Reuters corrected its newswire on that point, although it did not apologise for not fact-checking JLR's information.
End of operations
In 2019, Landwind only sold about 1,000 vehicles after a high of 80,000 in 2016. By 2020, production of Landwind-badged vehicles had ceased and the company has stopped its operations. From 2021, the Landwind factory has been transferred to the Changan Automobile, where the previous co-owner of the defunct joint-venture had now started manufacturing of its own model, Raeton CC.
Products
Landwind's range of products had the following models:
- Landwind X2 (2017–2021) – CUV
- Landwind X5 (2013–2021) – CUV
- Landwind X8 (2009–2021) – SUV
- Landwind Xiaoyao (2018–2021) – Compact CUV
- Landwind Rongyao (2019–2021) – Compact CUV
- Landwind X6 (2005–2016) – SUV
- Landwind X7 (2015–2019) – CUV
- Landwind X9 (2001–2009) – SUV
- Landwind CV9 (2005–2011) – Compact MPV
- Landwind Forward (2006–2011) – Sedan
Landwind products in development included a large SUV codenamed E32 planned to be positioned above the Landwind X5 and originally intended for launch in China in 2014.
File:Landwind CV9 001.jpg|Landwind CV9 File:Landwind Forward 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Landwind Forward File:Landwind X2 02 (cropped).jpg|Landwind X2 File:Landwind_X5_01_China_2015-04-06.jpg|Landwind X5 File:Landwind X6 facelift China 2012-05-01.jpg|Landwind X6 File:Landwind X7 2 China 2016-04-07.jpg|Landwind X7 File:Landwind X8 -- Auto Chongqing -- 2012-06-07.jpg|Landwind X8 File:Landwind X9 facelift 01 -- Auto Chongqing -- 2012-06-07.jpg|Landwind X9 File:2018 Landwind Xiaoyao (front).jpg|Landwind Xiaoyao File:Landwind Rongyao 005.jpg|Landwind Rongyao
Sales
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| Calendar year | Sales (China only) |
|---|---|
| 2005 | url=http://left-lane.com/china-car-sales-data/landwind/ |
| 2006 | 10,162 |
| 2007 | 9,899 |
| 2008 | 5,120 |
| 2009 | 4,556 |
| 2010 | 15,151 |
| 2011 | 14,017 |
| 2012 | 12,501 |
| 2013 | 21,271 |
| 2014 | 34,002 |
| 2015 | 43,099 |
| 2016 | 80,002 |
| :: |
References
References
- (2 July 2021). "爱驰"割肉"退出江铃控股，陆风汽车重组失败原因何在？".
- (23 November 2012). "Landwind X5 SUV debuts at the Guangzhou Auto Show". Car News China.
- link. (19 April 2019)
- (2019-03-22). "Land Rover Finally Wins Case Against Chinese Evoque Clone".
- Wilmot, Stephen. (23 March 2019). "Land Rover Wins Over Chinese Court—but Not Car Buyers". The Wall Street Journal.
- (26 March 2019). "Announcement". JMC.
- (1 April 2019). "Corrected: Jaguar Land Rover wins case against Jiangling Holdings in China".
- Breevoort, Leo. (2023-07-09). "The Big Read – Jiangling (3/3) – The Landwind story".
- "Product list". Landwind.
- (15 October 2012). "Landwind to Launch X5 CUV". China Auto Web.
- (5 January 2013). "Landwind X5 SUV launched on the China car market". Car News China.
- (8 January 2018). "Landwind Xiaoyao Launched on the Chinese Car Market". Car News China.
- Zhang, Benjamin. (10 August 2015). "China has knocked off a Range Rover and is selling it at a third of the price of the real thing". Business Insider UK.
- (17 September 2010). "Neuer Wind aus Osten". Auto Bild.
- (11 January 2013). "Landwind is working on large SUV for the Chinese auto market". Car News China.
- "Landwind". Left Lane.
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