{"id":2074946,"date":"2026-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074946"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:00:00","slug":"this-chinese-defender-clone-undercuts-land-rovers-seven-seat-110-by-more-than-20k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2074946","title":{"rendered":"This Chinese Defender clone undercuts Land Rover\u2019s seven-seat 110 by more than \u00a320k"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As evidenced by the number of Jaecoo 7s<\/a> on the road right now, UK buyers clearly aren\u2019t put off by the \u2018Temu Range Rover\u2019 tag. And now it looks like BYD wants a slice of Land Rover\u2019s homemade, artisanal steak and kidney pie, because it has just announced pricing and full details for its new Ti 7 SUV.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no getting away from the fact that it looks a lot<\/em> like a Defender, with BYD boasting in its press release that \u201can unapologetically boxy profile delivers the imposing, chunky design that finds favour among SUV buyers, yet delivers a contemporary look\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s certainly not priced like the Land Rover, that\u2019s for sure, with the single Excellence AWD specification providing seven seats as standard and kicking off at \u00a347,995. That gets you a panoramic roof, LEDs all round and 20in wheels, plus a 15.6in touchscreen, heated and ventilated leather seats, dual wireless smartphone chargers and even an in-car fridge.<\/p>\n

A seven-seat Defender 110<\/a> starts<\/em> at \u00a368,465 before any option boxes have been ticked. Yikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, and BYD\u2019s offering comes complete with a plug-in hybrid powertrain that pairs a 1.5-litre turbo four-pot with a chunky 35.6kWh battery and two electric motors for 402bhp, 0-62mph in 4.8 seconds and 74 miles of all-electric range. If you want a plug-in hybrid Defender, you\u2019re limited to the six-seat layout with just two rows and a tiny jump seat up front.<\/p>\n

The Ti 7 also promises an 18-speaker sound system and 1,830 litres of boot space with both back rows folded away. Deliveries will apparently kick off in January 2027, after which \u2013 if the Jaecoo craze is anything to go by \u2013 you\u2019ll start seeing 18 of them on the school run each morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As evidenced by the number of Jaecoo 7s on the road right now, UK buyers clearly aren\u2019t put off by the \u2018Temu Range Rover\u2019 tag. And now it looks like BYD wants a slice of Land Rover\u2019s homemade, artisanal steak and kidney pie, because it has just announced pricing and full details for its new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2074946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}