Land Rover Defender with a 1500 cc engine. and the transaction price

The tradition is spreading among Chinese manufacturers with the latest “evidence” being the new rugged and hybrid SUV Stone 01. Does it remind you of anything?

The new Stone 01 was announced through a related announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It is expected to go into production in the coming months Combines the core design principles that made Land Rover models famous with an advanced hybrid powertrain on paper.

Stone 01, developed by Rox Motor as Luo Ke. However, the Chinese company then encountered financial difficulties and to bring it into production it enlisted the help of BAIC, which called it Stone 01.

big SUV, who blatantly copies his immortal lines land Rover cannon, features a plug-in hybrid drive system, which uses a 1.5-liter internal combustion engine as a generator. Turbocharged engine 152 HP feeding two electric motors, one at the front and one on the rear axle with outputs of 203 and 272 HP respectively.

length up at 5,050 mm. Stone 01 is a full-size SUV, with a width and height of 1980 and 1869 mm. respectively. An extended version of the new model with an overall length of 5,295 mm is also available.

The wheelbase is similarly long, “stopping” at 3010 mm, while the weight exceeds three tons, and the scale shows 3189 kg. Partially responsible for the heavy weight is the large battery pack the Stone 01 carries, which is manufactured by CATL.

Although its power capacity is not advertised, unofficial information circulating on the Internet indicates that it does at 56 kWh and can deliver a pure electric drive on a single charge of up to 235 km and 200 km for the short and long wheelbase version respectively..

In China where it will be available in a few months, the Stone 01 price is expected to be available It starts at just over 38,000 euros, a price if nothing else tempting for the hybrid drive system it carries but also for the size of the SUV..

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