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Recently, netizens have exposed the car planning inside the Great Wall, and the picture shows that the Harvard H9 will stop production by the end of December 2021, including elite model, comfortable model, luxury model and distinguished model. Subsequently, a car blogger retweeted and said: "with regard to Harvard H9 production: it is true that the interior of the Great Wall has decided to stop production of Harvard H9 at the end of this year, and it is more likely to stop production completely and the model is over, but after all, it is a meritorious model that has just been changed, and the leader has softened his heart and changed it to temporary non-stop. Pay attention to it temporarily. However, the Harvard H9 has long been determined not to be replaced, and Harvard has other new off-road products. " At present, Great Wall has not given a response to the question of whether Harvard H9 will be suspended and the authenticity of the pictures circulated on the Internet.

As we all know, the Harvard H9 is Harvard's first medium-and large-scale SUV, which was officially launched in November 2014 with a price range of 22.98-272800 yuan at that time. In August 2020, the 2020 Harvard H9 officially went on sale, with a price range of 20.98-272800 yuan. As a medium-term revamped model, the new Harvard H9 is equipped with a readjusted 2.0T engine and a ZF 8AT gearbox, with a maximum power of 185kw and a maximum torque of 385N m from the original 355N m. At the same time, the new Harvard H9 also uses a non-load-bearing body, equipped with the front, middle and rear three differential locks, TAB tank turning, cross-country performance reloading and upgrading. In addition, the new car is also equipped with L2 self-driving assistance system, which has become the first all-terrain SUV with L2 self-driving capability in China.

According to the data, the cumulative sales of the Harvard H9 from January to October in 2021 is 9176, with an average monthly sales of less than 1,000, which is not very good-looking. However, in the medium and large SUV market, domestic models do not occupy a high market share, coupled with the hard cross-country attribute, doomed to its specific consumer groups. As a 200000 yuan domestic hard cross-country SUV, Harvard H9 lowered the threshold for cross-country, and even robbed a lot of Toyota Prado orders, while bringing more choices for players.

If Harvard H9 announces the suspension of production, what is the reason for the suspension? it is really difficult to analyze. At present, Great Wall Motor has launched a tank brand in order to focus on high-end off-road. Its tank 300s were once popular and became the upstart of the off-road SUV, while the latest model, Tank 500s, also opened for pre-sale at the Guangzhou Auto Show, with an order of more than 13000 units in 20 minutes. Perhaps it is to see the excellent performance of tank brands, cross-country veterans like Harvard H9 should also hand over the "military flag" to the upstart, and at the same time use more high-quality resources on more advantageous products, which is also a better development strategy.

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