Top Chinese brand Hongqi shown at Frankfurt’19 concepts European designer

12 September 2019

A former designer of Rolls-Royce Giles Taylor is working on the exaltation of the Chinese "red banner"

Top Chinese brand Hongqi (read as "Hunza" and means "Red flag"), included in the holder companies of the major Chinese automaker FAW, decided to conquer the audience in Frankfurt'19 pair of concepts whose design is created by famous European Maestro.

One of them under the name Hongqi E115 is a full-sized electrocreaser, 

and another Hongqi S9 is a hybrid hypercar. Start of production электроSUV 2020, and hypercar – to 2021-th.
  

The main intrigue was the fact that both Hongqi concept created by former chief designer of the English Rolls-Royce Giles Taylor

Accordingly, they become his debut game for the new Chinese master, as developed, in full compliance with its new and ambitious strategy for the promotion by 2025, the premium Chinese brand to the heights of prestige in the sky in the global automotive industry.
In accordance with this strategy, the model Hongqi are distributed into four categories: L limousine S sports cars, H – sedans, Q – crossovers. Accordingly giperkara S9 the privilege to access a series of S and electrocreaser E115 created on a modular platform FME, to launch a new E-range electric "red banner". Already in 2020 Hongqi wants to reach the level of sales in 100 thousand cars a year. For this very bold plan current line of models L5, H5, H7, E-HS3, HS5 and HS7 frankly not enough, especially because of them – it's just a bit turned model Mazda.
It is possible that more complicated in pronunciation the spelling of the name Hongqi by the time will give way to a new global "brand" type of Red Flag or even R. Flag. Government limousines Hongqi since the days of Chairman Mao are considered "Chinese rolls Royce", and it is natural to expect that with the arrival of designer of Taylor this flattering comparison, filled finally of genuine content.

Four-wheel drive electrocreaser Hongqi E115 with intellectual filling up to the autopilot of the fourth level, multilevel illumination and the seven modes of the air suspension setup, supposedly able to reach hundreds in less than four seconds and pass on a single charge up to 600 km However, will he be able to compete with the Rolls-Royce Cullinan at least at home and will show the near future.

Hypercar Hongqi S9 with by carbon fiber body and a hybrid system V8T created based on the gasoline turbo V8, supposedly developing over 1400 HP, can accelerate to a hundred in a 1.9 with! Its top speed should exceed 400 km/h, well and the price, accordingly, will approach €2 million