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The recent frequent appearance of the red flag brand, due to the continuous topic of the red flag H9 new car on the network, so that the exposure of the red flag brand has greatly increased. At this time, Red Flag once again released two new models with high-end positioning.

On the date, FAW Group held the second Red Flag Carnival, the Red Flag H9 long wheelbase version was officially unveiled, the new car was named "Red Flag H9 +", and another new car was the Red Flag E-HS9 high-end pure electric vehicle.

"Red Flag H9 +" is based on Red Flag H9, and greatly lengthens the wheelbase and length of the car, the new car positioning is more high-end and luxury, but also does not carry out large-scale mass production. It is reported that Red Flag H9 + will be produced and sold in a customized way to demonstrate the technology and tonality of the Red Flag brand.

The new car not only uses red-and-white special car paint for the first time, but also adopts the design of lengthening the middle of the body B-pillar. In terms of appearance, there is no obvious difference between the Red Flag H9 + and the ordinary version H9, using a new family language, including the straight waterfall grille shape, the unique front LOGO of the Red Flag, the running light strip around the front of the car, and so on. The most recognizable thing is that the red flag H9 + new car uses red and white car paint to show its uniqueness. The ordinary version of Red Flag H9 is available only with Akakin + gentian purple and champagne gold + amber brown two-color car paint.

From the side of the car, the characteristics of the Red Flag H9 + are obvious, and the B-column part of the new car is lengthened, which further improves the legroom of the rear passengers. At the same time, the B-pillar part uses a huge silver decoration board, but also uses a unique LOGO to highlight its luxury identity, making the side of the red flag H9 + very unique.

The interior of the new car is the same as the regular version, with more luxurious materials and a rear two-seat layout, and two separate seats are expected to provide a more luxurious ride experience.

The new car is expected to be equipped with a 3.0T V6 mechanically supercharged engine with a maximum power of 283 horsepower and a maximum torque of 400 Nm, matched with a seven-speed double-clutch transmission.

Due to the uniqueness of Red Flag H9 +, it may only appear on some special high-end occasions, and private ownership may be rare in the future.

Another red flag brand debut new car is the "red flag E-HS9", the car positioning pure electric large SUV, will be completed this year, become the red flag brand's flagship mass production SUV model.

Red Flag E-HS9 is the mass production version of the E115 concept car. The front face of the new car uses a closed grille and a straight waterfall middle net shape, which is in line with the new family design of Red Flag, and the overall design is domineering. At the same time, the center of the front cabin cover is also equipped with a red LED light belt to replace the red flag classic three-dimensional "red flag" sign.

The C-column of Red Flag E-HS9 uses a large area of silver decorative strips to improve the recognition of the car. The new car taillight shape continues the concept car design, the taillight is pierced, coupled with the huge body size, the overall create a strong sense of luxury. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of Red Flag E-HS9 reaches 5209/2010/1731mm and wheelbase 3110mm.

The interior of Red Flag E-HS9 adopts multi-screen design, full LCD dashboard + central control multimedia touch screen + co-driver multimedia touch screen to create a popular sense of science and technology. And at the bottom of the center console, there is another touch screen, which is expected to be the operation area of common functions. In addition, the interior decoration of Red Flag E-HS9 still uses the matching of wood grain and leather to further create a sense of luxury.

In the future, Red Flag E-HS9 will provide two-color body, four-seater / six-seater / seven-seater layout and 21-inch or 22-inch rims and other configurations to meet the needs of different consumers.

Officials also revealed that the new car can achieve L3 advanced auxiliary driving, the whole car supports wireless charging, charging efficiency of more than 90%, wireless charging can be completed in 8.4 hours.

In terms of power, Hongqi E-HS9 will be equipped with a motor provided by Jingjin Electric Technology Co., Ltd. on each of the front and rear axles, and will provide two different power options. The maximum power of the low-power version of the front and rear motors is 218hp (160kW), and the peak torque is 350Nm. The high-power version of the front motor has a maximum power of 218 (160 kW) horsepower, a peak torque of 350 Nm, and a rear motor with a maximum power of 333 horsepower (245 kW). In the range section, the car is equipped with a battery pack with a capacity of 92.4kWh, and the maximum mileage of the new car is expected to exceed 500km zero-100km/h acceleration time or less than 4 seconds.

After launching a series of models with market volume, Red Flag made a breakthrough in the private market, and then began to make efforts in the high-end market. In the future, Red Flag H9 and E-HS9 will assume the task of the brand's flagship models.

In the first half of 2020, Red Flag brand sold 70045 vehicles, an increase of 110.7% over the same period last year. It is still difficult to achieve this year's sales target of 200000 vehicles. However, judging from the development in the past three years, the Red Flag brand has achieved a leap from 3000 to 30, 000 and then to 100000, which is a successful transformation for the brand.

According to the plan, Hongqi brand will form 21 brand-new products covering L (supreme car), S (sedan car), H (mainstream car) and Q (commercial car) in the next five years.

In the future planning, Xu Liuping, chairman of FAW Group, once proposed that the Red Flag brand should achieve the goal of 400000 vehicles by 2022 and 1 million in the future. For the market positioning of Red Flag brand, there may be a greater challenge.

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