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On December 23, the new generation of Haoying of Guangzhou Automobile Honda officially went on the market, with a total of models sold at a price of-10,000 yuan. It is understood that the new generation of Haoying is based on the new Honda Architecture platform, and will be launched in the future, including gasoline version, HEV hybrid version and PHEV plug-in hybrid version and other power. As a reference, the official guidance price of 2021 models of Haoying is 16.98-252800 yuan, the price of the new car is 10,000 yuan higher than that of cash models, and the price of the new generation CR-V fuel version is 18.59-249900 yuan.

Although the CR-V and Haoying are sister models, the design styles of the two models are very different. From the point of view of the real car and the official picture, the front face of the new car removes the large intake grille and sturdy chrome strip design of the current model, and instead uses a slender through strip embellishment, and the Honda brand logo also moves below from the middle of the panel. In addition, the headlamp group is connected by a strip to form an integrated design visually. At the same time, the new car also adjusts the front surrounding area, the large-size trapezoidal air inlet becomes polygonal design, and the C-shaped vent is decorated with black strips, which is slightly visible visually.

In the rear part of the car, the new generation of white shadow taillights are composed of red and black lampshades, and are added with a broken line structure that extends all the way to the rear of the side. There is also a concave treatment under the rear window glass, which is similar to the cash model, but the Honda logo is separately embedded in the black box. In addition, the black material surrounded by the rear was removed and replaced with the same color as the car body, and was integrated with chrome strips and quadrilateral chrome exhaust to make the whole tail look more compact.

Like the new generation CR-V, the new generation of Haoying size is fully extended, in which the two-wheel drive version is 4716/1866/1681mm, wheelbase 2701mm, while the four-wheel drive version is 4716/1866/1691mm, wheelbase 2700mm, and provides 7-seat versions. For comparison, the length, width and height of the current Haoying are 4634, 1855, mm, 1679 (1689) mm and 2660 (2661) mm, respectively. The length, width and height of the new generation CR-V are 4703/1866/1680mm and the wheelbase is 2701mm.

In the interior part, the new generation of Haoying basically does not have any suspense, adopting the latest family design style displayed with the new Civic, equipped with a 10.2-inch full liquid crystal instrument and a 10.1-inch central control screen, which has been changed from the previous embedded style to the suspended type. it is also equipped with a three-frame multi-function steering wheel and a mechanical gear rod, the air outlet of the air conditioner adopts a penetrating style, and a silver honeycomb material is added to enhance the sense of refinement. The air conditioning control knob and some physical function buttons are also retained below to facilitate the driver to operate.

In terms of power, the new car continues to carry a 1.5T DOHC direct injection VTEC 240TURBO turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 142kW and a peak torque of 243N ·m, matched with a CVT gearbox.

As we all know, the Haoying BREEZE is a compact SUV owned by Guangzhou Auto Honda, which is a sister car to Dongfeng Honda CR-V. Before the launch of Haoying, GAC Honda has been lack of this level of models, down is colorful wisdom, up is Guandao, Haoying's arrival has made up for GAC Honda's product camp. On August 26, 2019, GAC Honda launched an interactive online naming campaign for the new car, which immediately sparked a heated discussion in the auto circle, and the new car was eventually named "Haoying". On November 30, 2019, GAC Honda Haoying officially went public, with a price range of 16.98-252800 yuan.

From the sales point of view, the market performance of Haoying is far worse than that of CR-V, but as a compact SUV, Haoying's performance is still within the rules. According to the data, Haoying ranked 11th on the SUV sales list with 162810 vehicles in 2021, although it is still far from CR-V (ranked third with 222325 vehicles), but under the influence of the crash test of China Automobile Research Institute, sales are still good. The latest figures show that Haoying sold 106035 vehicles in the first 11 months of 2022, compared with 187399 for CR-V.

In fact, the new generation of Haoying is basically the same as the newly launched models, and its main changes lie in the appearance and interior decoration, and the core power system remains basically the same as the cash, more like a medium-term change. Of course, this change is understandable, after all, the current joint venture brands are facing difficulties in development. On the one hand, they are responsible for large sales of fuel models, on the other hand, they are globally driven by electrification. More and more car companies have begun to stop developing new fuel vehicles. Changes in appearance have become the most commonly used iterative means, which can minimize R & D costs. Of course, this probability will not affect the performance of the end market, after all, as long as the core components do not go wrong, radish and green vegetables have their own preferences, there will always be consumers willing to pay for it.

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