In the Chinese market, there have been many models representing the image of official cars, such as the previous Passat, Audi A6 and Hongqi, etc., and there is a paragraph that says: You never know which leader is the person who comes down from the back of the Audi A6. Before the Red Flag entered the civilian car, most people may only be able to see it on TV, such as when important leaders attended the meeting and the National Day military parade, basically riding the Hongqi L series out of the factory.
Before the Hongqi automobile is as an important foreign guest reception of special cars, until 2018 was changed to civilian vehicles, after entering the ranks of civilian vehicles, hongqi's exterior design has also continued to be a stable and dignified image, so some older and more stable personalities are also willing to choose hongqi models. And as an independent brand positioned as a luxury brand, but its entry-level models still have a very good cost performance, such as Hongqi H5 and HS5. Therefore, these two cars are also cars that are more popular with consumers.
However, Hongqi has entered the household consumer market, hongqi, still with some official car attributes, in addition to some organs, state-owned enterprise units, etc., will choose H5, H7 and HS5 these models as official cars, some state-owned enterprise executives or political officials, they also prefer to choose such a stable and dignified model when choosing private cars.
In 2020, H9 represents the flagship model of Hongqi civil car series into the market, the new family design, the cross-level body size and luxurious interior, so that many people for The Hongqi to throw a very high degree of attention, so in the pre-sale stage there are many people for it to pull out the pocket, and H9 is out of the country to the world stage, last year a news said that Hongqi H9 landed in the Japanese auto market, greatly improving our national pride for Chinese car companies.
Under the Hongqi brand, the entry-level sedan H5 was officially listed in April 2018, and the guidance price is less than 150,000 yuan, and you can buy a medium-sized car that is very good in all aspects, which is a very good choice for many family car users. Therefore, in terms of sales performance is remarkable, in January 2022, in the sales list of medium-sized cars, the 13,137 Hongqi H5 sold in the month ranked 9th, second only to Volkswagen Maiteng and Passat, which is the top self-owned brand medium-sized sedan.
(New Generation Hongqi H5)
As a volume of models, the shorter the replacement interval, the more can improve the attention of market consumers to it, improve their competitiveness in the market, after all, for consumers, the car is a long-term durable consumer goods, of course, buy new not buy old, so the launch of the new generation of products, will certainly attract more attention and consumers.
After 4 years, Hongqi H5 is about to usher in a replacement model, and the new generation of Hongqi H5 has appeared in the 354th batch of "Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Product Announcements" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Judging from the declaration chart, the exterior design of the new generation of Hongqi H5 adopts the same family-style design as the flagship model H9, and the new family-style design of the Hongqi family feels completely bright, and it is very in place in the temperament and aura, and many netizens have said: The aura does not lose Rolls-Royce.
Getting rid of the dull and ordinary design, the new H5 also shows a stable and generous posture, but more fashionable design techniques, more exquisite details, so that its overall sense of high-grade and temperament performance are a higher level, combined with less than 150,000 yuan from the Hongqi H5, and its price is similar to the competitive model, I think the competitiveness of the new generation of H5 will be greatly improved.
The body size of the new Hongqi H5 will also be further increased, the body size is 4988mm/1875mm/1470mm, the wheelbase reaches 2920mm, which is a larger size in the new medium-sized sedan, very close to the standard of the C-class car, compared with the current Hongqi H5 Body Length increased by 43mm, the wheelbase increased by 45mm.
In terms of power system, the new Hongqi H5, which is currently in the declaration directory, will have three powertrains to choose from, namely 1.5T, 2.0T and 1.5T hybrid models, of which the maximum power of the 1.5T model engine is 124kW (169Ps), the maximum power of the 2.0T engine is 165kW (224Ps), and the maximum power of the engine of the 1.5T hybrid model is also 124kW. Previously, it was reported that the maximum power and torque of the motor carried by the new generation of Hongqi H5 were 140kW and 280N·m, respectively, but this news has not yet been officially confirmed.
About the new generation of Hongqi H5 in the transmission system has not yet announced the specific news, but according to the maximum output power of the engine, the maximum power of the 1.5T model is the same as the current model, so I guess that the 1.5T model of the new generation of Hongqi H5 is very likely to still use the current powertrain in power, the transmission system also matches the 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, and the high-end version of the model is equipped with a 2.0T engine, and the power is stronger than the current high-end version of the 1.8T+6AT powertrain. It is therefore likely that a 6AT or 8AT gearbox will be matched.
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Finally, let's talk about the price of the new generation of Hongqi H5, according to the current price of the current H5, the guide price is 14.58-19.08, and the dealer has almost no cash discount. This price range is stable in the price range of high-end independent brands and joint venture B-class cars, I think the new generation of Hongqi H5 models may not have too many changes in terms of price, and it is possible that the price of high-end models will be slightly reduced.
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