When did the Chinese's off-road dream begin? If the BJ212 is regarded as the beginning of hard-core off-road, then the Great Wall that made up its mind to make China's off-road vehicles Japanese-level should be regarded as allowing Chinese consumers to see the hope of enjoying at low cost. From the beginning of the use of Toyota engine technology, modified pickup truck chassis to build the Saifer, Great Wall Motors' off-road dream has not been broken, until the arrival of the tank 300 can be regarded as the dream and reality, but once under the name of "China Land Patrol" came to Haval H9 has not been successful, has become a lot of people in the hearts of the "difficult to peace". And after ten years, with the Great Wall of tank platform technology, the replacement of Haval H9 was finally completed, in order to realize the original off-road dream.
In terms of appearance, the Haval H9 realizes the integration of the grille and the headlight cluster, which is a more popular design method nowadays. Among them, the headlights of the vehicle use round high and low beams with a retro flavor on the inside, which is a common design for many new off-road vehicles, while the periphery uses a semi-enclosed treatment to achieve a visual connection with the grille grille. The grille uses a banner stout chrome, which is the classic style of the hard SUVs in the past, especially some Japanese cars will use more, although the current design will be a little traditional, but because Haval still polishes the banner and frame more finely, even if the visual is more traditional, but the impact and sense of grade are still in place.
Around the rear of the car, there may be a lack of the large wide-body kit of the square box off-road vehicle, which will make the Haval H9 less "game", but we can still be on the side skirts and front and rear bumpers of a simple and wide sports surrounding, the latter can be better overall disposal through higher strength and three-dimensional effect, and play the effect of chassis protection and collision cushioning when necessary, which is very beneficial to the off-road driving safety of the vehicle. In addition, the tailgate will be side-opening, with hinges on the right side of the tailgate.
In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new generation model reached 5070/1960/1930 (1976) mm, and the wheelbase was 2850mm, which was +227/+34/+30 (76) mm compared to the current model.
Although the official interior picture has not yet been exposed, we have seen the interior spy photos of the actual car, which not only uses a full LCD screen with a dual suspension layout, but also adopts the same electronic gear knob style as the Haval Raptor and Tank 300, and will be arranged at the gear shift mechanism with the drive mode, driving mode and more auxiliary functions related to the quick adjustment buttons or knobs, and the left side of the shift mechanism contains the seat function buttons.
In terms of power, the Haval H9 will be available in a petrol version, and the return of the diesel version will be ushered in. Among them, the gasoline version will continue to be equipped with the GW4C20B model 2.0T turbocharged engine, and maintain the same 165kW maximum power tuning as the current model, with a maximum torque of 385Nm, which will be matched with the ZF 8AT, while the diesel version will be upgraded to a 2.4T turbocharged engine with a maximum power tuning of 137kW and a maximum torque of 480Nm. In addition, the vehicle will also be equipped with a new generation of BorgWarner's TOD all-wheel drive system, with differential devices on the front and rear axles, and high-torsion girders retained in the body, so that it can drive more resolutely on off-road roads with "three locks" in the front, middle and rear.
It is reported that the new generation of Haval H9 has arrived in stores, and it will complete its public debut at the recently opened Beijing Auto Show. Although from the currently known information, Haval H9 still seems to be difficult to become a real pure-blooded hard-core off-road vehicle, more like Pajero Jinchang, Prado and other hard-core SUVs with urban genes, but we are still looking forward to the return of the medium and large SUV that can patrol PK on the off-road track with a better and more market appeal, and completely realize the off-road dream of the Great Wall and domestic consumers with a 200,000-level positioning.