This is the new Qoros 6, a beautiful sedan for the Chinese car market. The 6 marks the return of the struggling Qoros brand. Qoros was once a promising brand, founded in 2007 as a joint venture between Chery and Israel Corporation. Unfortunately, sales were disappointing and over the years, Qoros’ ownership shifted and changed repeatedly. Today, the largest shareholder of the Qoros brand is the Baoneng Group, best known outside China as the de facto producer of the DS9 sedan.
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The new Qoros 6 was briefly shown at a media event hosted by the Baoneng Group earlier this week. At the same event, Baoneng also unveiled a new brand and another new car:
The new brand is called Bao, as in Baoneng, and the car is called the Bao GX5, codenamed GX16. The Bao GX5 is a fully electric crossover with a range of 700 kilometers. It might have made more sense to position the GX5 under the Qoros brands, but as we know, Chinese car manufacturers love nothing more than launching more and more brands. For the time being, the Baoneng Group has two brands: Qoros and Bao, and contract production for the DS9.
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Back to the Qoros 6. It comes in two types: petrol and EV. The petrol version, codenamed C21, is powered by a 1.5 turbo with 177 hp and 260 Nm. The engine is coupled to a 6-speed DCT. It sprints to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds and has a fuel consumption of 6.4 liters per 100 kilometers. Decent figures are not too impressive for 2022. Most competitors offer 1.5 turbos with much more power and linked to DCT boxes with 7 or even 8 gears.
The EV version, codenamed DS05, was not shown at the event and we only have one photo of the car. It has the same basic design as the petrol version, but with a closed grille. It has a single electric motor with 203 hp, good for a 0-100 in 7.6 seconds. The range is 450 kilometers with a 52 kWh battery or 600 kilometers with a 72 kWh battery.
Size of the Qoros 6: 4800/1874/1460(petrol)1492(EV), with a wheelbase of 2820 millimeters.
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The interior will be largely the same in both cars, with the obvious exception of the center tunnel (petrol version shown). There’s a large portrait screen for the infotainment and a smaller letterbox screen for the instrument cluster.
The Qoros 6 sedan will be launched on the Chinese car market in the fourth quarter, first the petrol version and then the EV version.