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Changhe-Suzuki released it's new mini van, the Landy. last Sunday. The top of the line model features 4 speed auto. trans.,dual air bags & ABS. This is the first mini van made in China that offers auto. trans. The price is 69,900.00 RMB or about 9k USD.(not bad!) I gave it a close inspection at the auto show in Shanghai - it's a solid, well built, nice little vehicle, fit & finish is very good, seating & cargo functionality is very well conceived. (7-passengers-small ones for the third row!) The marketing people must have smoked one to many joints when they speced out the audio system - only available with a radio & tape player!!!! I guess they figure the "farmer" segment that they are targeting still listens to tapes! What no CD's yet in Henan province? Come on guys at CS, join the rest of us in the 21st century and give us a simple CD player already!!!! Never the less, it will kick the Changan CM8's butt, which is similarly priced and available with a manual trans only - with terrible built quality to boot. I pulled off the horn cover, on the steering wheel, on the CM8 with my little finger at the show. A very disappointing vehicle. The Landy is light years ahead of any mini van produced in China (cool colors too) Even with the ridiculous tape player, I think I am going to buy one so I can putz around Shanghai.
