Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval

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Fri 12 Oct 2007 13:44
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - local yokel
Reported in the Telegraph today tinyurl.com/2jbrly

"Prices start at £10,000"

Pictures from Paris 2006 tinyurl.com/2lbg3s

Let's hope it's a better car than the Vx Frontera it's based on.
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 13:47
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - v0n
Wasn't that the car that scored "certain death to all passengers" in ADAC crash test?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ts94rjr4M
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:02
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - local yokel
From the article:

"Harrowing videos of the car hitting the block can still be seen on YouTube. ?It was a shock to the system,? said Paul Williams, managing director of Landwind?s European operation. ?But ADAC doing its worst was perhaps the best thing that could have happened.?

Williams says lessons were learned and predicts three NCAP stars in November. Prices for the X-Pedition will start at £10,000. "

Still a Frontera in a modified frock..
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:07
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - bell boy
You cant beat some scaffolding poles down the sills to toughen a car up---
looks nice for a frontera by the way

(missed an o off missus)

Edited by bell boy on 12/10/2007 at 14:09

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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:12
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - gmac
So come on Channel 5 and fifth gear.
How about a Landwind X-Pedition vs Renault Modus 40mph front offset test ?
Watch that sill mounted scaffold pole run right through the Modus...I wonder how the drivers shin bag will stand up to that ?
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:15
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - bell boy
he might get "clamp" ;-)
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:15
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - v0n
looks nice for a frontera by the way


That's because it's almost exact copy of second generation Isuzu MU, rather than Frontera as we know it.
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:22
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - Hamsafar
Might be OK, cheap and basic, well-evolved and well-honed old-tech.
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Fri 12 Oct 2007 14:57
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - local yokel
With a probable 2500 kg tow weight I can see it appealing to the holiday-shed pulling fraternity. If they had any taste they wouldn't be pulling a shed, so a tad too much Oriental bling isn't going to put them off....

Edited by local yokel on 12/10/2007 at 14:57

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Fri 12 Oct 2007 16:48
Landwind X-Pedition granted EU type approval - Ruperts Trooper
You should have seen the results when the first prototypes of the 94-02 Range Rover were crash-tested at Mira - much re-design and further testing was necessary before it went into production - I believe the strengthening poles had to go across the dashboard.
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