Roewe
Vision-R Concept
The
spectacular Roewe Vision-R Concept was unveiled on the Guangzhou Auto
Show in China, looking sleek and sporty and swooping, and she is is very pretty
too. Roewe says the Vision-R previews the future design direction of the brand,
and we add that this is essentially the next generation Roewe 950, which will
be based on the 2017 Buick LaCrosse.
An
impressive front with heavily chromed bars and a huge Roewe logo, the grille is
flanked by LED lights and sleek but wide headlight units. More light in the
bumper and a racy lip below.
The
interior is a work of art with a jet-like steering wheel, for seats in white
leather, and suicide doors. Wood on the floor and on the center tunnel. Dash
all digital. Controller in blue. Pedals are made of heavy metal and look
brilliant. The whole roof is a window, held together by a backbone running over
the entire length of the car.
Rear
lights are huge and connected by a chrome bar. Racy bumper with woosh-woosh
exhaust pipe endings. Roewe hasn’t said anything about an engine, so we bet the
Vision-R doesn’t have one. The real thing however will likely get the same
engines as the new China-made LaCrosse; 254 hp 2.0 turbo and from a new 3.6
liter V6, both mated to a nine-speed automatic gearbox.
