As the sales pillar of Hongqi, the importance of the H5, which has sold more than 10,000 units per month, is self-evident. The current H5 has been on the market for 4 years and its competitiveness has declined. The new generation of Hongqi H5 will be officially released at the Beijing Auto Show and will be mass-produced and delivered at the end of May. A few days ago, we learned of a group of road test spy photos of the new generation of Hongqi H5.
Judging from the pictures, the appearance of the new generation of Red Flag H5 has changed a lot, no longer walking in a dynamic style, but adopting a shape similar to H9, including the classic straight waterfall grille, the red central axis extending above the hood and other details, are not absent. The headlights are designed in a split type. The side lines of the body have become more rigid, equipped with multiple wheels, and the overall shape has become atmospheric and calm, and the business style is full.
As a mid-level car, the size of the Hongqi H5 far exceeds its positioning Peugeot, with a length of more than 5 meters and a wheelbase of 2920mm. On the one hand, the larger size and the new atmosphere of the shape more complementary, on the other hand, as an independent brand model, it is presumably possible to compete in the future with the dislocation of the size of the joint venture, which may be a dimensionality reduction blow to be accurate.
From the spy photos, we can find that the interior shape of the new generation of Hongqi H5 is more similar to mercedes-Benz C-class, full LCD instrument, vertical central control screen shape, which integrates most of the interior functions, while maintaining simplicity for the cockpit, creating a good scientific and technological atmosphere.
In the power part, it is reported that the new generation of Hongqi H5 will continue the current 1.5T and 2.0T two kinds of power, but the 1.5T will be lower than the current power, and the 2.0T engine is consistent with the HS5 and matches the 8AT gearbox.
The launch of Hongqi H9 has laid the foundation for Hongqi's luxury brand positioning, and as a priced hundreds of thousands of volume models H5, this replacement adopts a design closer to its own big brother H9, as well as a more graded atmosphere to create, presumably will give consumers who like H9 but have insufficient budget, provide a more cost-effective choice. Therefore, the author believes that the new generation of H5 may have better sales performance in the future.