Jaguar Land Rover believes that BYD is copying its designs. The Chinese NEV manufacturer is under investigation over suspicions that its Ti7 SUV model is too close to the Land Rover Defender. The model was introduced in China last year and is already available in Europe.
Court bailiffs appointed by the British luxury brand raided BYD's offices in the Netherlands ahead of a court case in The Hague. The Ti7 SUV model is a large, boxy unibody vehicle that visually resembles the Defender, including the colored panel behind the C-pillar.
Although it is not a direct copy, the similarity between the two designs is obvious when the headlights and grille are closed. The news of the raid became public over the weekend, days before the case in The Hague. According to The Times, the raid was carried out in August, when the JLR team was looking for documents proving that BYD had reversed the Defender before the files were destroyed.
In Bulgaria, BYD has an official representative – ESKO Automotive EOOD, with dealership locations in Sofia and Varna. The company was founded in November 1994 and is part of the Fortune Global 500. The contacts of the sales experts are published on the official website of ESKO Automotive.