The new Haval H6 Coupe debuted on the 2017 Guangzhou
Auto Show. The car on show is the Red Label version, the Blue Label variant
will be launched later. It was called the ‘New H6 Coupe’, indicating it is the
coupe version of the new H6.
To make matters confusing: there is another H6 Coupe
in Red Label and Blue label form. This H6 Coupe however is based on the old
Haval H6, which by the way is still in production.
So the New H6 Coupe is the Coupe version of the New
H6. It makes so much sense. And it actually is a fine looking car, very clean,
not as bloated as many other recent Haval SUVs.
Big round exhaust pipes neatly integrated in the
bumper. Power will come from a 1.5 turbo with 170 hp and 285 Nm, mated to a
7-speed DCT. Interestingly, the dashboard has a totally new design. It doesn’t
match with the old H6, the new H6, the old H6 Coupe, or any other Haval.
Screen is an 8-incher. Haval is fast falling behind
when it comes to the digitization of the cabin. Their touch screens are tiny
compared to the competition, and they still don’t fir digital instrument
panels. Chinese car buyers care a lot for those thing so this omission is going
to cost them sales.
Haval is just flooding the market with new SUVs and
new variants of new and old SUVs, and new variants of those. In the meantime
they completely miss out on digital and on electrics. The market is going to
flood and buyers will run away.
