SAIC Motor does not build many cars like the Rising Auto F7: a 5-door liftback, built from 2022 in the decade the industry is turning electric. Its designer of record is Karming Chan.
The background
The SAIC Rising F7 (also known as Feifan F7) is a battery electric executive car produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC Motor under the Rising Auto brand. It is the second product of the brand, and was launched in March 2023.
The engineering
it is rated at 340 hp. Kerb weight is 2180 kg. Power-to-weight lands near 156 horsepower per tonne, which is quick by any era's standard, the kind of figure a hot hatch or a sports saloon posts. The wheelbase is 3000 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in SAIC Motor's history is not in doubt: it was built at Nanjing, China. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Nissan Z, the Porsche Taycan, the Lotus Eletre. Its SAIC Motor stablemates include the MG 4 EV and the MG S5 EV.