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During the Shanghai Auto Show, the pre-price of the new medium-sized SUV HS5 of Hongqi brand is announced: 20-270000 yuan. The car was unveiled at the branch meeting of FAW Group in the 2019 Spring Festival Gala and became the first mass production SUV of the Red Flag brand, which is scheduled to be put on the market this year.

Red Flag brand from the launch of H5 models, positioning and price into the "people-friendly" route, with a number of joint venture brands to compete. As the first medium-sized SUV made by Red Flag, it is not difficult to see from its overall design that it is the mass production version of the Red Flag U-Concept concept car launched at the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show. The new car follows the Red Flag family styling style, uses multi-spoke air intake grille, and the central decorative strip uses red throughout the design, which is unified with the front logo. The front face modeling of the Red Flag brand has always been somewhat domineering and has a high degree of recognition.

There is nothing special about the rest. The size of the body, the length, width and height of the new car are 4760/1907/1700mm, and the wheelbase is 2870mm.

Since Mercedes-Benz used the through-and-through large screen design, many brands have followed suit. The interior of Red Flag HS5 is also used in this way, and the bottom is equipped with an electronic handle. The steering wheel did not appear before the word "red flag" logo, but the latest red flag car logo design.

In terms of power, the car is equipped with a 2.0T engine model CA4GC20TD-32, with a maximum power of 224hp (165kW), is expected to match an automatic transmission and four-wheel drive system, and meets the national six emission standards.

In the nearly two years since Xu Liuping revived the Red Flag, the exposure of the Red Flag brand has been greatly improved, and the sales volume and dealer layout have also increased significantly, while the H5 model acts as the main sales force, and the lack of SUV products has become a major pain point. HS5 medium-sized SUV will play a role in the rejuvenation and sense of technology for the Red Flag brand, and its listing may be a step for Red Flag sales to increase again.

Data show that Red Flag brand sold more than 30000 vehicles in 2018, including 20825 Red Flag H5 and 9175 Red Flag H7. Overall sales reached 13300 in the first quarter of this year, an increase of more than 78% over the same period last year.

Xu Liuping also said that Red Flag achieved a year-on-year increase in market sales of more than 10 times in 2018, and this year it will be able to increase by three to four times on the basis of last year.

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