Hi auto lovers..
The latest news China's car company, Hongqi, is not kidding to compete with foreign-made luxury and sports cars. After targeting Mercedes-Benz and BMW with the Hongqi H9, now the car company based in Changchun, China is now starting to target Ferrari and Lamborghini with the Hongqi S9.
Indeed, Hongqi has exhibited a hybrid sports car, the Hongqi S9 at the Auto Shanghai 2021 event, last April. At that time the Hongqi S9 appeared by showing off the specifications and exterior only. Now reported by Motor Authority, the Hongqi S9 will debut in full production at an even more prestigious event, 2021 Milan Design Week, in September.
In the manufacturing process, the Hongqi S9 even involved former important Ferrari people, such as Amedeo Felisa who had led Ferrari for 26 years, former Ferrari engineer Roberto Fedeli, former McLaren engineer Carlo Della Casa and former Lamborghini marketing head Katia Bassi.
Not only that the Hongqi S9 will not even be produced in China. The hybrid sports car will be produced in Bologna, adjacent to the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Bologna, Italy.
The Hongqi S9 is not an ordinary sports car. The Chinese-made car will use a V8 engine combined with an electric motor so that it can produce 1,400 horsepower. The car can accelerate from 0-100 kilometers per hour in 2 seconds.
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It's just that this car will be sold in limited quantities, namely 99 units. The price itself is predicted to reach USD 1.75 million or equivalent to Rp. 25.08 billion.
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Although the number is limited, Hongqi still opens up opportunities for consumers to feel the sensation of their sports car. Because the Hongqi S9 is not the only sports car that they will be. After Hongqi S9 they will also sell Hongqi S7.
In addition, they will also develop the Hongqi S Series car, which will work entirely with electric batteries. Not a hybrid like the Hongqi S9 and Hongqi S7.
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