Hongqi does not build many cars like the Hongqi E-QM5: a 4-door sedan, built from 2021 in the decade the industry is turning electric. Its designer of record is Giles Taylor.
How it came about
The Hongqi E-QM5 (Chinese: 红旗E-QM5) is a battery electric mid-size sedan produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer Hongqi, a subsidiary of FAW Group.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 4-door sedan — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Hongqi's history is not in doubt: the Hongqi H5 (first generation) came before it; it was built at Changchun, Jilin, China. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Kia EV6, the Nissan Z, the Tesla Model Y. Its Hongqi stablemates include the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.