Geely does not build many cars like the Geely Binyue: a 5-door crossover SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2018 to 2023 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Jamie Barrett.
The background
The Geely Binyue (Chinese: 吉利缤越; pinyin: Jílì Bīnyuè) is a subcompact SUV produced by Chinese auto manufacturer Geely Auto since 22 August 2018. It is sold in overseas markets as the Geely Coolray.
The engineering
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 6-speed manual / 6-speed DCT / 7-speed DCT / CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2600 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in Geely's history is not in doubt: it was built at Ningbo, Zhejiang. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Porsche Taycan, the Tesla Model 3, the Tesla Model Y. Its Geely stablemates include the Geely GE and the Geely Yuanjing X6.