Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Avatr 12 makes its case with Petrol engine and 313-955 hp. Changan Automobile built from 2023 — in the decade the industry is turning electric. Nader Faghihzadeh / Nicolas Guille / Benoit Cauet drew it.
The story
The Avatr 12 (Chinese: 阿维塔12; pinyin: Ā wéi tǎ 12; pronounced "one two" or "yao er", not "twelve") is a battery electric and extended range executive car produced by Avatr Technology, a joint venture between Changan Automobile and lithium-ion battery provider CATL. It is the second vehicle under the Avatr brand.
What is underneath
Power comes from Petrol engine; 313-955 hp is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 2205-2430 kg. Work it out per tonne and you get about 142 horsepower — brisk everyday performance. It shifts through a 1-speed direct-drive. The wheelbase is 3020 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Chongqing, China. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan Z, the Great Wall Motor Tank 400, the Rolls-Royce Spectre — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Changan Automobile catalogue sit the Avatr 06 and the Avatr 07.