Changhe Auto, now under the wings of the Beijing Auto Industry
Corporation (BAIC), will launch two new SUVs this year. First up is a
seven-seat SUV code named F14S, it will have a wheelbase of 2800 mm and 1.8 and
1.8 turbocharged engines. The F14S will be based on the same platform as
the Beijing Auto Senova
X65.
The second SUV is much smaller. Code name is F4B.
Its origins are a bit unsure at the moment. Chinese media says it will have a wheelbase of 2551mm, and that
it will be based on the Changhe-Suzuki
Beidouxing.
However, the Beidouxing has a wheelbase of 2335 mm and it is a Suzuki.
It is possible that Change Auto has its own rights to the platform. Earlier on
we saw a Beijing-Changhe
branded EV-version of the Beidouxing.
The stated wheelbase of 2551 mm matches the wheelbase
of the Beijing Auto Senova
X25, and the drawing is much closer to the X25 than to the Beidouxing.
But Changhe already makes a car based on the X25, it is called
the Changhe Q25 and was launched in March last year. Media
also says the F4B will be powered by a 1.4 engine, which matches with the
Beidouxing but not with the X25.
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