Regarding this new car of Hongqi, it was previously thought that it would be named Hongqi H6, but with the official release of the official map recently, the official name of the new car was also revealed, Hongqi H5. The new car named Hongqi H5 is still very unexpected, after all, the current Hongqi H5 has been on the market for less than 4 years, and the appearance and interior have not yet undergone a mid-term overhaul. Of course, according to the replacement rhythm of many joint venture brand mid-level cars, four years and five years are indeed a replacement cycle.
And this time the new Hongqi H5, both the appearance and the interior design have changed greatly compared with the current model, the appearance of the new Hongqi H5 obviously has the shadow of the Pentium brand, and the new generation of models is obviously the latest design style of the Hongqi brand, and the appearance is more like the small Hongqi H9, which is more beautiful and atmospheric than previously expected.
Indeed, just looking at the front part of the face at first glance is easy to think that this is the red flag H9, of course, a closer look is not an equal-scale down version of the red flag H9, there is still a clear difference. The first is the light group part, the hongqi H5 split light group puts the far and near light on both sides of the front bar, while the upper arrow feather part is the day running light and turn signal. In addition, the red flag H5's straight waterfall type grid grid has changed from 14 to 12 on the H9, and the horizontal chrome trim on the lower part of the front bar does not extend upward to the two sides of the front bar light group like the H9.
The side of this new Hongqi H5 also looks very stretched and slender, but it does not emphasize the back-sneaking style like the H9, and there is no transitional pull-down at the rear of the roof, which more considers the creation of the rear head space. In terms of details, the vertical chrome decoration of the lower part of the new Hongqi 5 A column has been moved from the front fenders of the Hongqi H9 to the front door front position, and the door handles are ordinary structures, but with chrome decoration.
In the rear part, the taillight shape of this new Hongqi H5 is closer to the taillight design style of Hongqi H9, the shape is more sporty and personalized, the sides are pulled down, the middle is transverse, and the effect after lighting is very exquisite and gorgeous. In addition, the words "40TD" can be seen on the tail, and it is expected to be equipped with the same 224 hp 2.0T engine as the Hongqi HS5.
Although compared with the current model, the appearance of the new Hongqi H5 is more stable and domineering, but from the official map released so far, the appearance of the new car is still very young and avant-garde, at present, there will be several paint colors such as Alpine Yingbai, Charming Night Black II, Hongqi Red, Quantum Silver Gray, Aurora Blue and YaoYe Brown.
Judging from the currently exposed interior drawings, the interior of the new generation of Hongqi H5 neither continues the design style of the current model, nor does it use the interior style of Hongqi H9, but uses a more traditional T-shaped center console layout, but it will still emphasize the use of large screens, and it can be seen that the LCD dashboard size is very large, and the vertical central control screen in the middle is also very large.
As mentioned earlier, the words "40TD" can be seen at the rear of the new car official figure, and it is expected to be equipped with the same 224 hp 2.0T engine as the Hongqi HS5. Considering that the current model is 1.5T and 1.8T, it is expected that the new generation model will also have a 1.5T version in addition to the 2.0T to pull down the price range. Referring to the starting price of the current model of 145,800 and the performance of about 10,000 units sold per month, if the starting price of the new generation model can be maintained at about 150,000, it is expected to become a hit again.