Geely Emgrand GS
Geely has released
the first official images of the new Geely Emgrand
GS, formerly known as the Geely Cross, the Geely Emgrand Cross, and
the Geely Emgrand S7. Geely is as always very confused about their naming
schemes. It is just a very confused company.
It should also be noted that the Geely
Emgrand GS has nothing to do with the MG GS Rui Teng, or with the Trumpchi GS5, or with the Buick Verano GS.
Then it should be clear that the
‘Emgrand’ part of the name is not a brand and not a sub-brand. Instead, it is
the name of a ‘range’ of semi-premium vehicles. However, the Emgrand name (帝豪, Dihao) will only be
used in China.
Finally, Geely has given the Emgrand GS
a facelift before its launch. We saw the current fancy nose and fancy rear
only appear in January, while first-batch
production of the car with the old front had clearly begun in December
2015. Like we said, Geely is very confused.
Some new news on the engines. The 1.3 liter turbo will have 129 hp, there won’t be a 1.5 liter, but
there will be a 1.8 liter with 133 hp, only four more than the 1.3 turbo. No final
confirmation yet about gearboxes. And nothing about the promised hybrid
variant, so we assume it has been canned.
