Start with what the Hongqi LS5 is: a 5-door SUV with Gasoline, built from 2015 to 2017, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
How it came about
The Hongqi LS5 is a full-size luxury SUV that was manufactured by Chinese automobile manufacturer Hongqi, a subsidiary of FAW Group, from 2015 to 2017 for use by the Chinese government only.
The hardware
The engine is Gasoline; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 2850 kg. Drive goes through a 8-speed automatic. The layout matters: drive goes to all four wheels, which is what lets the power be used on a wet road. The wheelbase is 3060 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Hongqi line-up the Hongqi LS5 has a clear place: it handed the line to the Hongqi Guoyao; the factory was Changchun, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Ford Escort, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Ferrari 488. Its Hongqi stablemates include the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.