Land Cruiser made in China

I know before reading the first line of this paragraph, you might be scrolling to see is it real deal or fake or how they did it..! Right?? 

Land Cruiser - no one will be there in this world of automobiles like to own such machine from Toyota. But, this is the clone of the real land cruiser produced by a Chinese vehicle manufacturer 'Huaxiang and titled as Fuqi FQ6510B / 6500'. 

If you are an automobile enthusiast, its very easily come to know its the model/ shape in the 80's. There is some differences in the vehicle, the logo at the front grill replaced with the chinese logo, at the back VX-R changed to VX100 at the right.

This Land Cruiser is called Fuqi 6500 Land King!! These offroad vehicles are under the name of Fuqi manufactured by Jiangxi Huaxiang Fuqi Auto Co. Ltd. From 2001 to 2004, this model was made under the brand name Zhongxing.

Oh! I forgot to tell the truth behind this model, Anyhow Toyota discontinued the Land Cruiser 80 model. So this Chinese company bought the shell of this model and obviously not the technology..!

Because of the official purchase from Toyota it can be partially a licensed model. Due to the company restrictions, Chinese engineers made some restyling in the front grill. And the rear of the car virtually untouched. The pumber and arches are made of fiberglass and the fuel tank is in plastic. Headlights, tail lights, front grill are made in China. 

Ready for delivery

This Chinese version using 1 diesel engines and 1 petrol engine. Not like the other Chinese vehicles, here FUQI  is using 2.8 -liter diesel engine from Iveco Toyota and VG30E from Nissan Terrano. Its 3.0 liter V6 Engine. So it has two transmissions as 4 speed automatic and 5 speed manual. 

Fully drive electric switch for the premium model where as the normal having the regular transfer case lever.

FUQI can be seen very much in Russia and its the major market for this model. It comes optional the electric sliding roof and 5 spoke alloy wheels.

See the real toyota and the Chinese Toyota.. Looks much better the Chinese version right? In painting Chinese manufacturers using only one coat paint where in Toyota using 2 layer painting. Also FUQI only doing 1 coat primer at the floor. That's it.

Standard FUQI 6500 is having the following features:

Power Steering

Air Conditioning

Adjustable Steering Column

Four Electric Windows

Electric Mirrors

Central Locking

CD/ Cassette Player with 4 speakers

Fog lamps

Tilt and Telescopic Steering Wheel

Leather interior

Trip Meter

Tow Bar

Roof Rails

Alloy Wheels

Sun Roof

Heated rear windows (for winter)

ABS

Drivers air bag

Hankook painted 275/70R16 inch tyres

Climate control

Guard Rail for Passengers (as Toyota LC80) 

These are the features of the vehicle. And it has stunning features in paper. When it is on road, totally disappointing Chinese technology.

Verdict:

This is a little taller and bigger LC80 because of the stiff suspension. The poor grade plastics and the electrical problem making the machine workshop peoples favorite. Spare parts from Toyota or Nissan or Iveco is not suitable for this model except the engine (because its collected under license).

The Chinese are making the parts identical but can never interchange with the real models. The real door pattern of 30/70 is identically same in the vertical and horizontal sliding rear doors. 

The massive steering will never give confidence at medium and high speeds. The steering wheel is very less sensitive and you need to use more power to turn. When at the exit of a sharp turn, the front wheels never comes back to zero position or you need to turn hard to back to position.

Heavy steering wheel, tight steering wheel, tight pedals making the machine a nightmare. If you are a person not experienced hand, the gear shift also make tough for a long cruise.

BN6V87QE petrol engine (Nissan VG30E).

Petrol 3-liter engine BN6V87QE

The Engine BN6V87QE is made in Beijing at the plant Huaxiang Beinei Engine Co. Ltd. under license from Nissan. This massive engine is with electric control and multi-point fuel injection liquid cooling. This is a less weight, low noice and small volume engine with euroIII standards. Providing a mileage of 12/14KM/Ltr in the city. This engine can reach a maximum of 160KM/Hr speed.

CYQD32Ti diesel engine (Iveco).

Engine CYQD32Ti also produced in Beijing under license from Iveco . engine was a 4-cylinder, 136 hp power . The optimized shape and high strength crankshaft significantly reduced engine noise and vibration . In January 2004 there was a the successful launch of the engine at low temperature-41 ℃ in Heilongjiang Province . in May 2004, was successfully launched at a humidity of 85% and a temperature of 42 ℃ heat . in July 2004 , in the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province has passed successful test run the engine at 43 ℃ heat, humidity was 35 % . in August of 2004 at Mount Tanggula was the successful launch of the engine at an altitude of 5231 meters above sea level . This engine is ideally suited for this type of off-road vehicles. Complies with the "Euro II " . fuel consumption of 13-14 liters city., trail 11-12 liters.The maximum speed of 140 km / h

This LC clone is no more in production from 2006.

Some More Pictures:

Factory Outlet in China

China Vs Japan

Japan Vs China

(This is a re-post of an existing article saw recently. Giving all the rights to the respective owners)

Photo material: Jiangxi Huaxiang Fuqi Auto Co., Ltd., BAW, ZXAuto, Derways