Simply over a decade in the past, Chinese language vehicles had been a joke in comparison with automobiles constructed by skilled producers. We used to snigger at their poor high quality, efficiency and security, however to show simply how far the Chinese language automotive business has developed it’s now making automobiles just like the Hongqi E-HS9 and there’s nothing to snigger about right here.

Certain, maybe the look may not be to everybody’s style, however a minimum of it might probably’t be accused of being a duplicate of one other car’s design. It’s a distinctive trying factor on the skin, whereas on the within Kris Rifa found that it’s each bit as luxurious as premium fashions from established automakers, a minimum of throughout his transient encounter with one of many solely 4 E-HS9s at present in Europe (extra particularly in Norway).

It is usually a really massive automotive – it’s in regards to the dimension of a BMW X7 – and this interprets into big ranges of rear legroom and house for a 3rd row of seats (it’s accessible as a six- or seven-seater). High quality inside is superb, as per this video, however even simply based mostly on the video, the car does handle to tug off a seemingly premium inside.

Relating to its specs, nicely, there shall be two variations with two battery packs. The primary has 76.5 kWh of usable battery capability and makes 436 horsepower, whereas the 90 kWh model will get 551 horsepower and is ready to dash to 100 km/h in simply 4.9 seconds. The latter will also be charged at as much as 108 kW, fast sufficient to take it from 10 to 80 p.c in 35 minutes.

As soon as they get the car on the transfer, the luxurious impression they received whereas it was static is confirmed. The journey is nice, courtesy of the lengthy wheelbase and the fully-specced tester’s air suspension. Kris was current on the take a look at drive venue with Bjorn Nyland and so they each produced movies in regards to the car.