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Changan Ford officially announced that its new Ruijie ST, new Taurus and Fox Active will go on sale on August 16. The Ford Ruijie ST/ST Line sells for 26.98-389800 yuan; the new Taurus costs 22.89-288900 yuan; and the Fox Active sells for 13.98-153800 yuan.

Ford Ruijie ST/ST Line officially launched, a total of three new cars, the price is 26.98-389800 yuan.

In terms of appearance, as a medium-term modification, the new Ruijie ST continues the overseas design style in appearance, with a small logo of ST in the front and middle of the hexagon, a three-stage air inlet design around the bottom, and equipped with blade fog lights and matrix LED headlights. The side lines are straighter, with red brake calipers added to the 21-inch double five-spoke black wheels.

In the rear part, the rear window is made of privacy glass, and the taillight group is linked by a black strip. In terms of body size, the new Ruijie series is 4878/1925/1734mm in length, width and height, and 2850mm in wheelbase, which is the same as the Ruijie on sale. In addition, Ruijie also launched a ST-Line (sports kit version) and ST (performance version) two models.

The new car interior is designed with black as the main color, 12.9-inch vertical central control screen, three-frame steering wheel, knob shift mechanism and so on.

In terms of power, the new Ford ST is equipped with a 2.7T twin-turbine EcoBoost V6 engine, which matches an eight-speed manual transmission with a maximum power 322Ps/5250rpm and a maximum torque of 500N ·m / 2500-4000rpm.

The new Taurus also released three models with a price of 22.89-288900 yuan.

Also as a medium-term revamped model, Taurus, the headlights use LED light source, and provide pipelined turn signals. The inside of the irregularly shaped new style lamp group is connected with the front grille, which is smaller than the cash model, and is filled with corrugated strips in the middle.

The new Taurus also offers the Vignale deluxe model, with the word VIGNALE on both sides of the fender, indicating the identity of the model. Equipped with 19-inch five-spoke rims and black roof. The tail has not changed much, but the area of the taillight has been reduced, and the edges have been sharpened. In terms of size, the length, width and height are 5018/1884/1506mm, wheelbase 2949mm, respectively, compared with the current model length increased 22mm, width and height also slightly improved.

The interior has not changed much compared with the current model, and the interior of the car is still familiar with the T-shaped layout design, with the same large cable display screen and full liquid crystal dashboard (12.8 inches), as well as the knob shift mechanism.

In terms of power, the new car continues to carry a 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 244hp, which meets the national VI emission standard, and the transmission system is replaced with a brand new 8-speed manual integrated gearbox.

This time, the Fox Active released two models with a price of 13.98-153800 yuan.

A crossover model based on the new Fox hatchback, the Fox ACTIVE basically continues the hatchback design of the Fox, but adds a body kit to the details. Before the hexagonal blackening, the middle net, the interior adopts the honeycomb design, and the LED headlamp adopts the layered design.

The side uses a disconnected waistline design, and increases the black wheel eyebrow, black side skirt, silver guard design; the size is 4397/1848/1504mm, the wheelbase is 2705mm, compared with the hatchback version of the focus has increased. The black rear of the tail is surrounded by a silver guard, and the rear row adopts a single-sided and double-out design.

In terms of interior decoration, the Fox ACTIVE basically continues the overall design of the hatchback version of Fox. The biggest difference is that the center console is equipped with a 12.3inch floating touch screen.

In terms of power, the Fox ACTIVE is consistent with the hatchback version of the Fox, still carrying a 1.5T three-cylinder engine, and in terms of transmission, the 8AT gearbox matches the 1.5T engine.

According to Changan Ford's July sales data, cumulative sales in July were 119600 vehicles, down 7.09% from a year earlier to 944800 vehicles from January to July, down 28.28% from a year earlier.

In the face of the cold winter of the automobile market, Changan Ford, which has been in the Chinese market for many years, may be in urgent need of various measures to deal with the increasingly fierce market competition. This time Ford launched three models in succession, which not only further expanded the product matrix, but also brought more choices for consumers.

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