JAC Group does not build many cars like the JAC Jiayue A5: a 5-door liftback with Petrol engine, built from 2019 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Daniele Gaglione (exterior) / Giancarlo Concilio (interior).
How it came about
The Sehol A5 (Chinese: 江淮嘉悦A5), named the JAC Jiayue A5 until 2021, is a compact liftback produced by JAC Motors under the Sehol sub brand since 2019.
The hardware
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 1432 kg. The gearbox is a 6-speed manual / CVT / 1-speed direct-drive (EV). The wheelbase is 2760 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in JAC Group's history is not in doubt: the JAC J5 came before it; the JAC A5 Plus (certain models) followed it; it was built at Hefei, China. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Porsche Taycan, the Tesla Model Y, the Tesla Model 3. Its JAC Group stablemates include the Heyue A20 and the Heyue A30.