Start with what the Chana CX70 is: a 5-door wagon with 1.5 L JL476ZQCC turbo I4, built from 2016 to 2023, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
Where it came from
The Chana CX70, more recently the Oshan CX70 as Chana has developed a new brand, is a 7-seater, rear-wheel drive mid-size crossover produced by Changan Automobile. In most export markets, it is known as the Kaicene CX70.
Under the skin
The engine is 1.5 L JL476ZQCC turbo I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / 6 speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2780 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Changan Automobile line-up the Chana CX70 has a clear place: the factory was Chongqing, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Chevrolet Bolt, the Ferrari 488, the Ford Escort. Nearby in the Changan Automobile catalogue sit the Avatr 06 and the Avatr 07.