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The news of FAW Red Flag building S-series supercars has long been announced, of which Red Flag S9 is the first product to achieve mass production. A few days ago, Changchun Municipal Government, FAW of China and Silco of the United States jointly signed a letter of intent for the Red Flag S-Series project. FAW and Silco will set up a joint venture to manufacture the first Red Flag sports car model.

According to the plans announced by both sides, the Hongqi S Manufacturing and delivery Center will be located in Changchun and will be built in three phases, and will gradually realize the domestic assembly and delivery of Hongqi S9 and S7 supercar products, as well as the domestic manufacturing and delivery of Hongqi S5, S3 and other models.

In the Hongqi S series products and brand joint venture projects, Silco of the United States will invest 10 billion yuan in the next five years.

Silco is an automobile company integrating vehicle design, engineering research and development, prototype car and vehicle manufacturing. Headquartered in New York, it has a wholly-owned R & D and production center in Modena, Italy, and has developed Bugatti Weihang, Pagani Zonda and other supercars. At the same time, Silco of the United States also registered its Chinese branch "Silke Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd." in Shanghai Free Trade Zone on April 29, 2019.

The first supercar of the Red Flag S series is the Red Flag S9, which was first unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2019. The performance data of the car are very strong, with a turbocharged V8 hybrid system with a maximum power of more than 1400 horsepower, a 0-100km/h acceleration time of 1.9s and a top speed that surpasses the 400km/h.

It is worth noting that Red Flag plans to deliver the Red Flag S9 supercar worldwide in 2021.

In terms of appearance, the external lines of the new car are very streamlined, in line with the sports nature and aggressive visual effects of the supercar, and the design of the eagle wing door is also adopted. The new headlamp group uses full LED light source, the interior uses a dense arrangement of light belt design, and the front central red flag brand-new stripe LOGO bright red shining. At the same time, from the front of the car, we can also see an air duct entering from the front and running through the front hatch. this design, together with the huge fixed spoiler at the rear, will bring a stronger aerodynamic effect to the whole vehicle. this effectively improves high-speed stability.

From the side of Red Flag S9, the flat and low body design presses the center of gravity down. What is more unique is that the new car is equipped with a set of star rims locked by a single bolt. In the rear, in addition to the giant rear spoiler, we can also see the design of the central vertical bar echoing the red flag stripe LOGO at the front of the car, as well as the exaggerated shape of the taillight group.

The interior is very simple, but the overall effect is full of performance and is equipped with an irregularly shaped steering wheel.

In terms of power, the Hongqi S9 is equipped with a hybrid oil-electric system composed of a V8 turbocharged engine and a motor. the comprehensive power of this system exceeds 1400 horsepower, the maximum speed can reach 400km/h, and the acceleration of 100 kilometers under normal conditions is less than 2.3 seconds, while the breaking time under limit conditions is only 1.9 seconds.

In the future, the car will be assembled and mass produced in Changchun FAW plant and will become another mass production supercar of Chinese brands. Officials say they are trying to turn the Red Flag S-Series sports car brand into a world-famous luxury sports car brand.

It is conceivable that S-series sports cars are more likely to enhance the brand image and premium of Red Flag, and at the same time help Red Flag enter overseas markets.

Today, Hongqi brand has become the main independent automobile brand of FAW Group, and has been vigorously developed. Red Flag has seen a significant increase in sales after the launch of younger models such as the H5, HS5 and HS7. In 2019, the Red Flag brand sold more than 100000 vehicles for the whole year and set a target of 200000 vehicles in 2020. According to the product plan, Red Flag will launch H9 medium and large cars and a number of new energy models this year.

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