The Dongfeng Fengguang 330 is the Dongfeng that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 58 kW (78 hp from Petrol engine. It was built from 2013, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
How it came about
The Dongfeng Fengguang 330 is a compact MPV produced by Chinese auto maker Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK), a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.
The hardware
The engine is Petrol engine; the output is 58 kW (78 hp; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual. 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 2725 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Dongfeng line-up the Dongfeng Fengguang 330 has a clear place: the factory was China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Daihatsu Ayla, the Honda Amaze, the Honda N-WGN. Its Dongfeng stablemates include the Dongfeng Fengshen L7 and the Front Drive Motor.