China's own state guest Zhongba, Hongqi Guoyue was officially released: replacing Toyota Coaster

Fast Technology reported on December 28 that according to media reports, FAW Hongqi Guoyue was officially released.

As a light bus, the car will provide 17-23 seats optional, and in the future, it will officially replace Toyota Coaster and become "China's own state guest bus".

In terms of appearance, the car adopts a classic flat-head styling design, and the front face adopts the Hongqi family-style straight waterfall design, which is much more magnificent than Coaster.

Inside, the car offers four seating options of 17, 19, 20 and 23 seats, with a total of five seating layouts, as well as three configurations: business, luxury and flagship.

Among them, the business version is available with 20 and 23 seats, the luxury version is available with 17 and 19 seats, and the flagship version is only available with 17 seats.

In terms of equipment, all models come standard with electric adjustment and heating of exterior mirrors, ESC body stability control, reversing radar/video and a 10.25-inch entertainment screen.

The luxury version adds imitation leather wrapped seats, privacy glass in the passenger area, multi-function steering wheel, bullet train pull-down curtains, tire pressure monitoring system, one-button fresh air function and other functions.

In addition, the car also provides a wealth of configurations to choose from, including business package + imitation leather/leather double-detached seats, driver's seat manual lumbar support, single-layer carpet, air purifier, ionizer, passenger area side window acoustic glass, electric folding TV and other configurations.

In terms of power, the car is equipped with a 3.0-liter V6 petrol turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 215 kW, a peak torque of 420 Nm, a top speed of 130 km/h, and the transmission system is mated to a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission.