If for the ultra-modern Tesla Model X crossover in they ask about $ 130,000, then in China for almost twice as much they offer its complete opposite: the huge Hongqi LS7, although equipped with atmospheric backlighting and several screens, looks like a mastodon of the analog era. Yes, and with its big V8 engine.
An electric car is easy to make powerful - just choose the appropriate electric motor. The industry is developing so rapidly because power plants are much simpler than internal combustion engines. But in FAW, in the case of the Hongqi LS7, they did not follow the lead of eco-activists and technomods: the SUV turned out to be large, brutal and gasoline. Quite in the spirit of American counterparts.
To understand the “scale of the tragedy”, you just need to compare the dimensions of the Khuntsy flagship and its American counterparts:
Hongqi LS7: 5695/2095/1985 mm, wheelbase - 3309 mm;
Cadillac Escalade ESV: 5766/2060/1941 mm, wheelbase - 3406;
Ford Expedition Max: 5636/2029/1938 mm, wheelbase - 3343;
Jeep Grand Cherokee L: 5204/1979/1816 mm, wheelbase - 3091.
Hongqi LS7 turned out to be just gigantic, but 215,700 dollars are asked not only for dimensions.
Inside the car - genuine leather and wood. Interestingly, with its 5.7 m length and 3.3 m wheelbase, the car is designed for only four people! In a different situation, such a car would obviously have been popular in Russia no worse than some Land Cruiser 300, but now times are different. And although the Hongqi LS7 has already been announced on the Russian market, the large and luxurious Hongqi LS7 will definitely not reach us. Even in perspective.
Returning to the salon. It has four screens: in the instrument cluster and on the center console (both with a diagonal of 12.3 inches), as well as screens with a diagonal of 12.8 inches mounted on the backs of the front seats. Interestingly, the front passenger does not have its own screen, although it is already found in modern Chinese electric vehicles.
The steering wheel is also very remarkable. It's all about the rim, which is located under the hub. This is a beep! Just like in old cars. Retro theme - both analog clock on the front panel, and in the design of the radio interface on the screen. By the way, there are no liberties in the design of the graphical interface of the media system: there is only one design theme. Switching or changing colors, as is now done almost everywhere, will not work.
Separate rear seats are equipped with heating, ventilation and a built-in massager. They can be reclined in the manner of the seats in the business class of an airplane. Interestingly, atmospheric backlighting is implemented at the back, here you can already choose one of 254 colors.
And what is under the hood of Hongqi LS7? There is a turbocharged gasoline engine with a volume of 4.0 liters and a power of 360 hp. Considering that the curb weight of the car is 3100 kg, this is not so much. The engine is connected to an eight-speed automatic transmission, the drive is all-wheel drive. The car accelerates to 100 km / h in 9.1 and consumes 16.4 liters per 100 km. By the way, there is no load-bearing body here at all - the frame structure, like a real SUV.
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