This is the FAW Junpai A50, a new compact sedan that debuted on
the Shanghai Auto Show in China. The Junpai A50
stands on the same platform as the equally new Junpai CX65 wagon.
The A50 will launch on the
Chinese car market shortly, with a price ranging from 60.000 to 80.000 yuan.
Design is again very good for Junpai, they must have
hired some new designers there. The A50 simply looks good. Not exciting or
anything crazy, and rightly so, because buyers in this sedan segments don’t
want anything mad. They want wheels that bring them from A to B without any
fuzz.
The A50 gets the same engines as the CX65: 122 hp 1.5
mated to a six-speed manual, and a new 1.0 turbo mated to a seven-speed DCT.
Dash design didn’t improve as much as the exterior.
This is an all-too typical FAW dash. Solid but really too boring, especially in
this gray-gray-gray color scheme.
