Hongqi Hongqi L9 - Chinese Rolls Royce

[DjordjeC63]

Hongqi means "Red Flag," and the sub-brand of Chinese automaker FAW was created in the 1950s to build cars for leaders of the nation known by its red flag. In those early days Hongqi designers took inspiration from what looks to be fifties Chevrolets; these days they've kept a little of the Chevrolet but look more the way of England. The L9 executive sedan about the length of a Rolls-Royce Phantom – on Mercedes S-Class-like wheels – and not much cheaper than the Rolls, to boot.

According to China Car Times this L9 is the civilian version of the bulletproof L9 sedan that carried then-chairman Hu Jin Tao through the capital during the 60th anniversary celebration of The People's Republic. It's a little shorter and gone are the bulletproof body and platform, but you'll still get a 6.0-liter V12 with something like 400 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque. FAW hasn't released any info and listed prices vary greatly – anywhere from $800,000 to one million pounds ($1.5M US) – and it's not even clear if people can buy it or if it's merely meant to be for VIPs.

 

[LaArtist]

Baller

 

[Cashmere]

looks legit

 

[ateekt]

Whenever I see a phrase with the terms, 'Chinese' & 'Auto' together in it, I get ready to puke.​

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However, this thing looks rather interesting. Nevertheless, I still like the original one better.​

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[DjordjeC63]

 

[SDNR]

Hongqi?

whatup Cracka?

 

[chonkoa]

This will definitely set sales on fire...

 

[DjordjeC63]

More models...

 

[Mr Robert]

So, they really can't grasp the concept of shame in body...

 

[mdartisian]

The copycat that copied the copycat. Their interiors are quite similar.

 

[DjordjeC63]

H9

 

[DjordjeC63]

 

[dalab]

It looks like a Passat with a "RollsBach" grill
Seeing the photos of the interiors is incredible as they have advanced in just a few years and I mean the detailed manufacturing and the perception of quality that should not be bad, of course it is a mixed copy between any of the high-end english and germans sedans but it's a start

The interpretation of the entire front is a hit, very well achieved, interesting, striking and quite attractive, it has that powerful presence of the American cars of the 80s, a pity that the profile does not match at all

 

[CrunchSlaughtered]

It looks like a Passat with a "RollsBach" grill
Seeing the photos of the interiors is incredible a...

These cars have top quality details. They are not cheap copycats. As far as I remember the price is like two times bigger than that of a Phantom.

 

[DjordjeC63]

This one should be cheaper, it is rival to E class or S class (length is more S class than e class).

 

[LaArtist]

Its cold, i like it..
Someone needs to review these things.