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FAW Hongqi announced the pre-sale of the new Red Flag HS7 on August 1st, with a total of 4 models, with a reservation range of 25.98-335800 yuan from August 1 to September 30.

As a replacement model, compared with the current model, the new car makes significant adjustments to the appearance and interior details, and the overall sense of luxury is more luxurious. The power is equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged engine, and the new car will go on sale at the Chengdu Auto Show on August 25.

In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the current red flag brand family design style, the front face uses a new large-size straight waterfall intake grille, the interior is decorated with chrome strips, and the red flag LOGO extending to the front cover is very eye-catching visual effect. On both sides with the current popular split headlight group design, the lower enclosure adopts through-type air intake and is equipped with silver guard plate, which looks younger and fashionable.

On the side of the body, the lines of the new car are very sharp, and the raised waistline extends straight from the rearview mirror to the taillight, with a thick D-column, showing a good sense of strength. The roof is blackened, combined with large-size multi-spoke rims below to enhance the fashionable atmosphere of the whole vehicle. In the rear part, the new car taillight is equipped with a newly designed through-type taillight group and metal trim, which runs through the whole taillight and adopts the shape of the upper L taillight, the roof is equipped with a small spoiler, and the bottom is decorated with bilateral four-out exhaust decoration. the overall shape is very athletic.

In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4995/1960/1760mm, the wheelbase is 2920mm, and the positioning is medium and large SUV. As a comparison, the current Hongqi HS7 length, width and height are 5035/1989/1778mm, wheelbase is 3008mm, in contrast, the new car length, width and height, wheelbase are smaller than the current model.

In terms of interior decoration, the overall layout of the new car is similar to that of the new generation Red Flag H5, with a symmetrical design on both sides, and the center console is equipped with a vertical proportional touch screen with a control screen size of 12.6 inches and an LCD dashboard size of 12.3 inches. And cancel the physical keys. In addition, the interior of the new car is decorated with garnet red and black and added piano paint and wood grain decoration, the style is younger. In terms of seat layout, the new car not only has a 5-seat layout, but also adds 6-seat and 7-seat models. Among them, 6-seat models use 2-seat 2-seat layout, 7-seat models use 2-seat 3-seat 2 seat layout. Of the four models pre-sold, the entry version only offers a five-seat layout, while the other three models have a six-seat and seven-seat layout.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 185 kilowatts and a maximum torque of 380 Nm.

At present, FAW Hongqi's existing products include two major product systems: the car family and the SUV family, covering the middle and high-end market of 15-700000 yuan. Among them, the SUV family models include EHS9, HS5, HS7, LS7 and so on. Red Flag HS7 is the first Class C luxury SUV of the Red Flag brand, which went on sale on July 12, 2019.

Data show that FAW Hongqi accumulated sales of 149273 vehicles in the first half of this year, of which in the SUV camp, the highest sales model is Red Flag HS5, with cumulative sales of 51055 vehicles, while Red Flag HS7 is only 4295 and only 8861 in 2022. Overall, whether it is the appearance or interior design, the new car has a certain degree of adjustment and upgrading, as for how much market sales the new car can bring to Red Flag, we might as well look forward to it.

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