This is the new the Landscape V3 SUV from small automaker Huanghai, translated as ‘Yellow Sea’. The Landscape V3 debuted at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show as a concept and is now, almost one year later, finally listed. Price starts at 105.800 yuan and ends at 119.800 yuan.

Nice slogan on the wall, it is new. Size: 4620x1860x1830, wheelbase is 2730 and weight 1360. It’s 4×2 or 4×4. Engines a 2.0, 2.4 and 2.5 diesel, the patrol engines are from Mitsubishi. Price, engines and size brings the Landscape V3 is direct competition with the BYD S6 which is a copy of the last gen Lexus RX as well.

This is the dashboard, a copied again from Lexus. Now, just for fun, the dashboard from the BYD S6:

Different on details indeed.

BYD is no longer alone copying old Lexus’ SUV’s. Here is another one, the Landscape V3 from small automaker Huanghai, translated as ‘Yellow Sea’. The Landscape V3 debuted at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show but was never listed. Now it is finally ready…

Size: 4620x1860x1830, wheelbase is 2730 and weight 1360. It’s 4×2 or 4×4. Engines a 2.0, 2.4 and 2.5 diesel, the patrol engines are from Mitsubishi. The 2.4 has 105kw and 200nm, top speed is 160km/h.  Price will start around 100.000 yuan.

MIVEC, by Mitsubishi.

Parked near my house in Beijing. One would think a boring Benz ML but it is much better; it is a fake boring Benz ML, there is a Huanghai Qisheng SUV underneath. Conversion well done, but actually it wasn’t so much work as might appear.

The real thing. Yours from 93.800 yuan up until 125.800. A Benz ML starts from 777.800 yuan. The conversion was around 60 yuan for two three-pointed stars. Who is stupid?

Huanghai thinks ‘suv’ is not cool, so their suv’s are called ‘cuv’.

The wife’s car, parked very near to the ML. It is a Shanghuan Noble, a copied Smart with the engine up front. Real Smarts don’t have Benz-stars, conversion not well done. Benz tries to sell Smarts in China but nobody is buying them, Chinese people think Smart too expensive. The Noble on the orther hand, is a succes. The Noble costs 36.900 to 49.000 yuan. A Smart costs 134.800 to 20.600. Conversion, again, 60 yuan. Who is stupid?

Huanghai Auto is a maker of big trucks, pick ups and simple suv’s for the countryside. Now they want to move into the more sophisticated pessenger-car market to make more money. And there is no better way to do that than copying a Lexus. This is the new Landscape V3.

Size: 4620x1860x1830, wheelbase is 2730 and weight 1360. It’s 4×2 or 4×4. Engines a 2.0, 2.4 and 2.5 diesel. The 2.4 has 105kw and 200nm, top speed is 160km/h.  Price will start around 140.000 rmb.

Another one from Huanghai, this rather cool firetruck is called the DD5030GXFSG ‘Special Vehicle’.