The Lantracs (now named Farmtrac) are not based on the Ford design---these are built in South Korea, have more bells and whisles, with 4 cylinder Mitsibishi diesel engines in both the 300 and 360 models.
It can be confusing since LongAgri is changing all of their tractors names to Farmtrac and standardizing the colors to the Ford design Farmtrac blue and have discontinued the Landtrac purple color. In fact the company name will gradually change to Farmtrac.
Since Escorts in India bought Long , there have been and continue to be many positive changes ---name and color standardization are just two ----they are strong financially, and are taking a very aggressive approach in the market, with a lot more advertizing and new product development.
It is a company and tractor line that bears watching---they intend to be a major player in the compact and utility tractor market, and they have the resources and products to do it.
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