The JAC Tongyue is a 4-door sedan / 5-door hatchback from JAC Group, built from 2008 to 2017, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: 1.3 L 4G13 I4. Goran Popović at Pininfarina drew it.
The background
The JAC Heyue Tongyue (also known as JAC J3) is a subcompact sedan and hatchback produced by JAC Motors in the early 2000s under the Heyue brand in China. Prices as sales began ranged from 52,800 to 58,800 yuan for the sedan and started at 54,800 yuan for the standard Tongyue RS.
The engineering
Power comes from 1.3 L 4G13 I4. It shifts through a 5-speed manual / CVT automatic. The wheelbase is 2410 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at China, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran and Vietnam. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Nissan 370Z, the Tesla Roadster, the Volkswagen Tiguan — show what else the money bought that year. Its JAC Group stablemates include the Heyue A20 and the Heyue A30.