Hongqi cars have a special weight in the minds of Chinese. In December 2021, after the official opening of the first experience center in Japan, Hongqi Sedan received a lot of attention from the Japanese media and the public. A reporter from Tokyo rushed to Osaka a few days ago to visit the Hongqi Japan Experience Center.
Hongqi Japan Experience Center is located near Namba Station in Nawasu-ku, Osaka City, and belongs to the downtown area of Osaka. The reporter came out of the west exit of Namba Station of the subway, walked for about five or six minutes, and saw a huge "red flag" sign on the wall outside the store.
The experience center's car showroom is located on the first floor of the Namba Building, and the second floor is used for business contacts and displays auto parts. Corporate meeting rooms and staff lounges are located on the seventh and ninth floors of the building.
On December 27, 2021, Xinhua News Agency reporter visited the Hongqi Japan Experience Center, and the picture shows the Hongqi H9 exhibited in the store. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jian Ye
On display in the lobby on the first floor is the H9 50TD of the Hongqi H series luxury flagship sedan, which costs 11.5 million yen excluding tax, making it the highest-priced car in the store. The clerk said the show car had been sold.
Wang Li, chief operating officer of Hongqi Japan Experience Center, told reporters that the Hongqi H9 series is the main model on sale in the store, and the Hongqi pure electric version of E-HS9 will be launched this year. Judging from the orders that have been received, Hongqi's main customer base in Japan at present is overseas Chinese, Chinese businessmen and Chinese-funded institutions.
When the reporter visited the museum, he happened to meet Mr. He, the first owner of the Hongqi H9 in Japan and a Chinese entrepreneur, and experienced the feeling of Hongqi driving on the streets of Japan in his car.
During the driving process, the inside of the car is quiet, smooth and comfortable. Mosaic large-size navigation screen, full LCD instrument screen full of scientific and technological sense. Mr. Ho is proud to say that the H9 can sense the impairment at 360 degrees and automatically image it, and warn the driver in time through the vibration of the steering wheel. In addition, H9 makes use of artificial intelligence technology in many ways, such as navigation with voice control.
Talking about his car, Mr. He after the 80s was a little excited. He said that on the streets of Japan, a major automobile manufacturing country, driving our own Chinese brand cars, we are extremely proud in our hearts.
On December 19, 2021, Hongqi officially opened its first experience center in Japan in Osaka. The picture shows the first Hongqi H9 sold in Japan temporarily docked in front of the experience center. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jian Ye
Wang Li introduced that Hongqi cars have been sold in Japan for nearly a year, and the opening of the experience center is mainly to provide an exchange service platform for Japanese Hongqi riders.
The experience center performs functions such as vehicle sales, spare parts sales, and information feedback, and provides after-sales maintenance services in Higashi Osaka City, which is about 11 kilometers away from the experience center, which is functionally equivalent to the domestic 4S store. In the future, Hongqi will also provide special maintenance outlets in other Japanese cities to provide convenient after-sales service for local Hongqi owners, and strive to achieve "where Hongqi owners are serving Hongqi."
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Producer: Yan Junyan
Reporter: Liu Chunyan, Jian Ye
Video: Deng Min
Editor: Shen Haoyang Sun Shuo
Editors: Ma Xiaoyan, Tang Zhiqiang
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