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Hongqi H9, as a brand-new "heavyweight" flagship model launched by the new Hongqi brand, took nearly a year to realize the official launch of the new car. Due to limited production, the current possession is relatively small. However, soon after the new car came on the market, netizens photographed a red flag H9 parked on the roadside accompanied by thick white smoke.

Sina Weibo serious car blogger "Li Sheng at sharp car review", posted a video about the red flag H9 appeared smoking. In the video, a new car with double flashes stops in the middle of the road. From the dense front grille and the gradual color matching of black and silver, it can be clearly seen that this model is the brand-new H9 launched by Red Flag.

Since the front hood of the vehicle was open and heavy white smoke was frequently seen from the engine, several salesmen dressed in white shirts continued to put out the vehicle engine with fire extinguishers. Even if the vehicle did not light up, it was known from the video dictation that this was a test drive car and that it suddenly caught fire during the test drive.

Due to the sudden incident, up to now, Hongqi brand and FAW Group have not made relevant reply and explanation for the occurrence of relevant events.

Different from the recent frequent vehicle smoke incidents, the vehicles that have smoked in recent months are all new energy vehicles, while this time it is fuel vehicles. However, since it is not known what configuration the H9 model in the video is, it is not known whether the specific cause of the smoke is caused by the engine or motor, or by other reasons.

According to the current model configuration launched by Hongqi H9, a total of 5 model configurations have been launched, three of which are gasoline plus 48V light hybrid energy systems, and the other two are pure gasoline versions. However, considering that the test drive models are all medium and high equipped models, it is speculated that the vehicle involved may be an oil-electric light hybrid system.

Of course, Hongqi H9, as a model based on high expectations launched by FAW Group, has an important brand positioning for Hongqi brand, and such an emergency situation will naturally cause heated discussion among many netizens.

In any case, the new red flag, which is currently a famous brand in domestic independent automobile enterprises, has become a "member" in China's high-end model market through various marketing. And its red flag H9 is also the benchmark model that has become the brand's new direction positioning, which has attracted much attention. At the same time, the new car sales price has been 30.98- 539,800 yuan, against the standard Audi A6L, Mercedes-Benz E-class, BMW 5 series and other models, undoubtedly become the focus of attention inside and outside the industry.

According to the August sales data released by Hongqi brand a few days ago, it shows that the cumulative sales volume of Hongqi in August is 21,000 vehicles, up 110% year-on-year. As of August 31, 54.25% of the target sales volume has been completed; at present, there are only 4 months left at the end of the year. If Hongqi brand wants to achieve the target sales volume, it must achieve the sales volume of nearly 23,000 vehicles every month, which may have certain challenges.

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