Every car is an argument about what matters, and the Hongqi H5 makes its case with 1.5  and 124 kW. Hongqi built from 2017 — as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. The shape is credited to Xiu Yi.
The story
The Hongqi H5 is a compact executive car produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer Hongqi, a subsidiary of FAW Group from 2017. It was positioned under the Hongqi H7 full-size luxury car. The second generation Hongqi H5 was unveiled in 2022 with updated design language shared with the Hongqi H9 flagship.
What is underneath
The engine is 1.5 the output is 124 kW; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Drive goes through a 7-speed DCT (1.5 L) / 6-speed automatic (1.8 L). The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2875 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Hongqi line-up the Hongqi H5 has a clear place: it replaced the Bestune B90; the factory was Changchun, Jilin, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the BYD Song Max, the Suzuki Xbee, the Chery Tiggo 8. Nearby in the Hongqi catalogue sit the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.