Start with what the Refine S2 is: a 5-door SUV with 1.5 L I4, built from 2015, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer.
How it came about
The JAC Refine S2 is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by JAC Motors. The Refine S2 was also the base vehicle for the Sehol E20X, which is the first car produced by Sehol or originally, Sol.
The hardware
The engine is 1.5 L I4; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 1155 -. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2490 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the JAC Group line-up the Refine S2 has a clear place: the factory was Hefei, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Ferrari 488, the Ford Escort, the Chevrolet Camaro. Its JAC Group stablemates include the Heyue A20 and the Heyue A30.