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Following the launch of the Red Flag H9 flagship car, another flagship model of the Red Flag brand is about to be launched. A few days ago, the real car picture of Red Flag's flagship SUV model, the E-HS9, revealed that the new car is located in a full-size pure electric SUV with a body size of 5.2m, which is also known as the Chinese version of Curinan on the Internet.

According to the official product plan, Hongqi E-HS9 will be put into production by the end of this year. Earlier, officials have released a new official picture of the car and opened the "blind booking" mode with a deposit of 4999 yuan (refundable). It can be expected that the Hongqi E-HS9 mass production version will make its debut at the Beijing Auto Show at the end of September.

As the flagship mass production SUV of Red Flag brand, and using pure electric drive system, the new car also has many special designs. 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 and D columns of Red Flag E-HS9 use 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.

According to the previous declaration information, the length, width and height of the new car reached 5209/2010/1731mm, wheelbase 3110mm, reached the full-size SUV level.

The interior of the new car is also a highlight, with a four-screen design. Specifically, the interior of Red Flag E-HS9 adopts multi-screen mode, 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 is still made of leather, solid wood, chrome plating, piano paint and other elements to further create a sense of luxury.

In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with motors provided by Jingjin Electric Technology Co., Ltd., and two different power systems will be available on each of the front and rear bridges. Among them, the maximum power of the low-power version before and after the motor is 160kW (218Ps), the peak torque is 350N ·m, the corresponding mileage is 460km, and the energy density of the battery pack is 181.2Wh/kg. The high-power version of the front motor has a maximum power of 160kW (218Ps), a peak torque of 350 N ·m, a maximum power of 245kW (333Ps), a peak torque of 450 N ·m, a range of 510km and a battery pack energy density of 178.1Wh/kg.

From the perspective of market positioning, the level of Red Flag HS9 is higher than that of HS7, coupled with the pure electric drive form of E-HS9, the price of the car is expected to be between 50 and 700000 yuan, competing with models such as ES8 in the high-end luxury pure electric SUV market.

In the past two years, the Red Flag brand has accelerated the listing of mainstream products, thus filling the gap in the product market. And Red Flag H9, E-HS9 and other high-end models launched, but also in line with the market positioning of Red Flag brand. The Red Flag H9, which sells for 30.98-539800 yuan, has received good feedback from the market, with a cumulative order of 6500 cars since the day it went on sale, officials said.

Data show that Red Flag sold 21000 units in August, up 110 per cent from January to August, up 108 per cent from January to August. The centralized listing of a number of new models plays a role in increasing the sales of the Hongqi brand, but whether the follow-up development can continue the strong growth depends on the comprehensive decision of brand reputation, product quality, market competitiveness and so on.

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