Start with what the Chana CM7 is: a 5-door wagon with 1.3 L I4, built from 2003 to 2015, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Marco Raimondi of I.E.G.
The engineering
The engine is 1.3 L I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2430 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Bentley Continental GT, the Mazda Mazda3, the Mazda RX-8. Its Changan Automobile stablemates include the Avatr 06 and the Avatr 07.