This is not a Range Rover Sport. This is a Zotye
T900 from China. Zotye is our favorite copy cat brand. They copied the Macan.
And a prototype. And a Mazda. They are also Ford’s friend. And now they went
for the Range Rover. This is the real thing. Proportions are exactly the same. Size seems
the same as well. Zotye hasn’t released any specifications yet, but on their
earlier clones they stayed very close to the originals’ size.
The car seems mostly similar to the patent drawings
we saw earlier on, bar some minor details. The car’s name is expected to be
Zotye T900. Code name is L10. Power will come from a 2.0 turbo with 230 hp and
350 Nm, mated to a 8-speed automatic gearbox.
The interior is somewhat more original; mixing
design elements of Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Range Rover. The instrument
panel is digital, and there is a large touch screen in the middle. Interestingly, the touch screen
shows the instrument panel, and the touch screen. Materials look rather nice,
wood and leather very classy. Recent Zotye’s all have decent looking interiors,
they have made a lot of progress there in recent years.
If only they made some progress with their design.
Perhaps it is better they stick with cloning for now. Just check what happens
if they try to be original.
The front and rear differ quite a bit from the Range
Rover, but mostly in detail. The overall design is very much the same.
The Zotye T900 is expected to launch on the Chinese
car market in early 2019. Price will start around 170.000 yuan or US$ 23.400. For
comparison, Range Rover Sport starts at 1.02 million yuan, and that’s US$ 149.000.
