Numbers first, because with the Hongqi HQ9 they are the story: 2.0 , 252 hp. Hongqi built from 2022 to 2025, in the decade the industry is turning electric. The shape is credited to Giles Taylor.
Under the skin
The engine is 2.0 the output is 252 hp. On the scales it comes to 2885 kg. That is roughly 87 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. Drive goes through a 8-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 3200 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Hongqi line-up the Hongqi HQ9 has a clear place: the factory was Changchun, Jilin, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Nissan Z, the Porsche Taycan, the Lincoln Zephyr. Nearby in the Hongqi catalogue sit the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.