Start with what the Hongqi HS5 is: a 5-door SUV with 2.0 L CA4GC20TD-32 I4, built from 2019, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Italdesign.
The story
The Hongqi HS5 is a compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer Hongqi, a subsidiary of FAW Group from 2019.
What is underneath
The engine is 2.0 L CA4GC20TD-32 I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1755-1805 kg. Drive goes through a Aisin 6-speed Automatic transmission. The wheelbase is 2870 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 HS5 has a clear place: the factory was Changchun, Jilin, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Porsche Taycan, the Tesla Model Y, the Tesla Model 3. Nearby in the Hongqi catalogue sit the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.