Changan Automobile does not build many cars like the Changan Eado DT: a 4-door sedan with 1.0 L BlueCore I3, built from 2014 to 2022 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
Where it came from
The Changan Eado DT (Chinese: 逸动DT) is a subcompact sedan produced by Changan Automobile. Originally called the Alsvin V7 (悦翔V7) before the 2018 facelift, the Eado DT subcompact sits above the Alsvin V5 subcompact sedan.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 1.0 L BlueCore I3; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 6-speed manual / 5-speed manual4-speed automatic. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2610 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Where it sits in Changan Automobile's history is not in doubt: the Alsvin / Alsvin V5 came before it; the Eado DT followed it. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Escort, the Ferrari 488, the Infiniti Q50. Nearby in the Changan Automobile catalogue sit the Avatr 06 and the Avatr 07.