Zotye Damai X7
Zotye has officially shown the new Zotye
Damai X7 SUV to the masses. The Zotye Damai X7 is a clone of the Volkswagen
CrossBlue Coupe concept, marking the first time a Chinese auto maker clones a
concept car. Congrats to Zotye for that.
Zotye is a cloning expert in any way,
with a great like for Volkswagen. They did the the SR7 (Audi Q3), Damai X5
(Tiguan), the Zotye T600 (Audi Q5), and will soon launch the SR8 Porsche Macan.
The Damai X7 is the second car in the
Damai range, which might turn into a sub-brand in the near future. The other
Damai is the X5 which was launched in September last year.
The English name for Damai is Damy.
Zotye is using this name on the front and on the back, where they write Zotye
Damy. We saw similar badges on the yet-to-be launched Damai A3 EV, but the
Damai X5 has standard Zotye badgery.
There will be three turbocharged engines
available: a 150 hp/210 nm 1.5 turbo, a 170 hp/245 nm 1.8 turbo, and a 190 hp/250 nm
2.0 turbo. Transmissions: 5-speed manual for the 1.5 turbo, five-speed manual or six-speed DCT for the 1.8 turbo and 2.0 turbo. White car on the photos is a
1.8 turbo.
The engines are sourced from the
Shenyang-Mitsubishi engine-making joint venture, a company that powers
basically every vehicle made by smaller Chinese automakers, including Zotye’s
own Damai X5, SR8 and SR7.
The 2.0 turbo also powers the Landwind
X7, the infamous Range Rover Evoque clone. So; they are both called X7, they
are both powered by the same engine, and they are both copy-clones. Only in
China. The Damai X7 is a seven-seater. Dimension size is 4738/1928/1665 mm, and wheelbase is
2850 mm.
The Damai X7 will be launched on the
Chinese in October. Price will start at 78.800 yuan and end at 153.800 yuan,
which means the X7 will compete with all the other existing and future Zotye
vehicles. That in itself is not a surprise, because all the cars of the current
lineup already compete with each other, with similar prices, engines, and
sizes.
