2022 Haval H6 Hybrid review: RAV4, Sportage and CX-5 challenger gets a hybrid hit!

Haval’s parent, GWM, is an emerging automotive powerhouse which knows that to build a reputation and capture new customers it must match or better well established offerings from long trusted brands.
A relatively small player in the hotly contested medium SUV category, how can the Haval H6 cause a rusted on Toyota devotee to think twice before jumping into a RAV4, or a Subaru loyalist from lining up for another Forester?
One way is to develop a hybrid model to compete with the popular petrol/electric versions of those segment stalwarts, and even though a drive-away price of around $46K isn’t all that cheap, you stuff the car with leading edge safety tech and standard features to deliver a premium feel and solid value-for-money equation.
But what about the drive, and day-to-day practicality? Can it beat the market on ownership costs?
Who better than our very own Andrew Chesterton to get to grips with this significant new model and grapple with those questions? He’s even been living with a petrol-only H6 Ultra on a long-term basis.
Take it away, Chesto...
00:00 Intro
00:59 Pricing and features
01:42 Design
02:46 Practicality
03:39 Under the bonnet
04:08 Efficiency
04:29 Driving
07:09 Safety
08:52 Ownership
09:10 Verdict
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[@ozstrayapanoramas8610]

I picked up a H6 Hybrid recently. It is super smooth, super quiet, with heaps of grunt when required. It definitely doesn't get fuel economy of 5.2L per 100kms, more like an average of 6L to 6.5L with city driving.

[@utube9487]

6.5L/100km for city driving for a mid size SUV is bloody great. I have a Camry Hybrid and that does 5.5L/100km on 91 unleaded.

[@jsnthehe8168]

Hi, just wondering to know hows the driving experience so far ? Thanks.

[@MichalskiTube]

I just bought one today. Thanks for the review

[@oyingandoweng]

Great review. Been waiting for this review and cant wait to get my hybrid H6.

[@deganellis]

Interesting review. These Chinese manufacturers are really coming on strong, which can only be a positive for competition and value across the industry.

[@kaniel_outis1]

It’s just a pig with lipstick. Don’t be fooled by the makeup.

[@sandilemajiya7831]

What a great car my dream car indeed.

[@rahulpawar8750]

As always your videos are fab. Appreciate your work. But I have confusion if you want to choose between Rav4 HV GXL AWD Auto CVT which is now $50453 and Haval H6 Ultra hybrid which is $46103 then which one would you go for. I am getting both the cars in next week for the above mentioned price, so availability is not the issue for me. I am really confused and unable to make the decision. After sale market of haval is not so good as compared to Rav4. And now they have raised the price of rav4 so I am not sure is it worth to buy Rav4 or haval at this time now. Is this something you can please guide on. By any chance if you can please reply little early it would be really appreciated.

[@ronaldgrimes9347]

excellent review

[@nostradamus2642]

ChasingCars managed to achieve average 5.7L/100KM fuel consumption.

[@chefgav1]

Best I’ve got is 4.6

[@diegonaranjo2425]

How do you think this front grill will age? Typically bold designs look outdated pretty quickly but it also depends on the build quality. Thanks!

[@Jay-if7dj]

can we drive it in snow conditions? what snow mode does?

[@africanandproud6792]

Great review brother, watching from South Africa. We usually get the same cars as Australia,with us being a left hand drive Southern Hemisphere market like you. But the H6 Hybrid has not reached our shores yet. I’ll wait.

[@kaniel_outis1]

That’s not true. South Africa doesn’t get the same cars as AUS…it’s 50/50

[@africanandproud6792]

@@kaniel_outis1 oh 50/50?

[@Zedikai7]

What is the release date in Aus?

[@RailgunNZ]

Test drove one they other day. Like others have mentioned the steering wheel is thin, doesn't have wireless Apple carplay/android auto, AWD would have be awesome. Service cost avaerge $450 which seems pricy in NZ. Wait and see if any better comes out.

[@raym3325]

Great car.

[@rajaumerabbasi123]

Where is Richard Berry? Haven't seen any videos from him lately.

[@jamaicasysbm2580]

It looks nice

[@443829566]

interesting fuel figure, a couple of other publications got less than 6 litres, 8-10 litres is quite a significant difference, were you mainly testing on highways or urban scenario?

[@buddypat9702]

He’s not an efficient driver, hence high fuel usage figures.

[@chefgav1]

I get a long term average fuel of 5.9 . If your getting 8s you are driving like you stole it

[@mvnorsel6354]

There are many fearful, ignorant people who believe that this car is manufactured in the Solomon Islands.

[@SirGregory]

Haha, great comment.

[@kaniel_outis1]

China Bot

[@MegaLebron1991]

lol

[@arielfrancisleathem3280]

Never thought I would say this but for a Chinese SUV it looks quite nice, the grill reminds me a bit of the Peugeot 3008. Only things I would be worried about are resale value and reliability given its an all new car from a relatively new brand

[@wcrash9361]

Incorrect GWM have been around for over 13 years and are the biggest seller of suvs in Asia. Resale value will be the same as any high safety tech laden large suv

[@arielfrancisleathem3280]

@@wcrash9361 I mean for Australia, across hear Haval themselves have sold few cars for a relatively small number of years compared to other manufacturers, and then you have Aussie brand snobs who refuse to buy any Chinese vehicles

[@johnhowitt22]

Saw the 3008 likeness as well.

[@jkfooty8727]

@@wcrash9361 big question mark on reliability

[@jzvr5842]

​@@arielfrancisleathem3280 Haval has been the number one SUV brand in Asia for over a decade, its cars are super reliable.

[@theodorecoding8886]

I think you are claiming that RAV4 starts from 36k that is not the case the very basic boring model start from 41,390 so please do your research. The video is posted like a day ago and the Toyota RAV4 hybrid haven't been 36k for a while. The only bad thing is that haval put the pricing based on the their most expensive model, otherwise if they have put it on the base model no one will buy the more premium petrol haval. that is probably why they have chose to do this. Also if you can find a brand new for 36k please organise one for me so I can buy it immediately, I'm in Melbourne. I don't mind waiting for one year. Yeah not going to happen and that was pure lie don't know why you state this like I'm saying haval is ok but buy RAV4 is because it is cheaper, ridiculous

[@7amido12]

Don’t they say it is before on road costs and likely the 2.0 litre petrol version for the rav4?

[@theodorecoding8886]

Well he is mentioning the haval price drive away, so it will be stupid from him to mention the RAV4 before tax prices. Even with it it will be much more like 40k , you can't find hybrid for less than 45 in Australia

[@chefgav1]

Even the Corolla cross is now 50k

[@nostradamus2642]

I average 5.5L/100km in frugal driving with my RAV4 Crusier FWD Hybrid. However, making very short trips (a few kilometers) in cold weather, I managed to do as poorly as 7.8L/100km over a week.

[@yeha7242]

On a cold day, I would warm up the engine before I move the car. Hybrid heat up very quickly anyway. I find it much more efficient this way.

[@utube9487]

@@yeha7242 You are wasting fuel sitting idle warming up the car, best to start driving immediately and just drive slow for first 2 mins to get the cvt and motor warm, then you are good to go.

[@yeha7242]

@@utube9487 Hybrid cars use much more fuel when cold compare to warm. Idling the car for 1 min will use less fuel compared to driving slowly for 1 min with a cold engine.

[@utube9487]

@@yeha7242 idle 0km travelled.

[@yeha7242]

@@utube9487 Atkinson cycle engine needs to be at the right temp to operate efficiently. I can travel 50km more per tank based on my driving condition. 1min of idling is not going to use much fuel but help bring up the engine temp to the right level. Much more efficient than going uphill with a cold engine. I hope that makes sense to you.

[@mannykaras7278]

I ordered this car 4 months ago and it was meant to arrive mid April. Plus I also ordered a petrol h6 7 months ago. Any information please as to when they will be actually arriving? Thanks for the great review.

[@kaniel_outis1]

Not until the covid restrictions end in China. The whole country is a mess…

[@mharro88]

Is it better than the MG phev?

[@chefgav1]

Different cars this is hybrid not phev

[@buddypat9702]

This guy doesn’t know how to drive the car efficiently. The fuel efficiency figures he gets are much higher compared to other reviewers. Even on the H6 petrol model, his fuel efficiency figures were unbelievably high around 12 Litres something per 100 Kms.

[@angelopeiris]

Exactly

[@stendecstretcher5678]

Probably wait a couple of years until you can buy one and they refine it a bit more.

[@reelgreens4127]

Intro: “….So can the H6 really take on Toyota?” So where was the conclusion to the question you posed??

[@kaniel_outis1]

The answer is no it cannot take on Toyota

[@jzvr5842]

@@kaniel_outis1 The answer is yes it’s way better than Toyota in every way.

[@NizT]

He basically wasn’t happy with steering, seating position, traction, suspension…

[@ajscarreviews9330]

They priced it too high for what it is, unfortunately. They should have based the hybrid variant on the base model.

[@Meet0Ur0Maker]

Not sure if I agree but better if they offered multiple hybrid options.

[@jzvr5842]

Nope, this is still over 10K cheaper than similar options from other brands.

[@chefgav1]

Priced to high? What

[@tomskellern6128]

It wold be cool if an S-AWD was added later on

[@AlastairGilfillan]

哈弗 Haval good brand. Strong country.

[@electronicfarts5105]

Where is poppy ??? :(

[@InnerFire6213]

it looks like they took some inspiration from the peugeot 3008 when designing that front grill. that instrument cluster is really ugly though. looks aftermarkety

[@timinman9578]

I like the Havel, however I’m not happy seeing that Havel along with LDV seem to have plenty of stock coming into Australia.. it’s like they have monopolies the car market. But few are making comment on it..

[@kaniel_outis1]

What? That makes no sense

[@johnsonwang8728]

You know H6 like this sell at around 30000 in China.

[@kaniel_outis1]

@@johnsonwang8728 30,000 what ?

[@johnsonwang8728]

@@kaniel_outis1 USD

[@jzvr5842]

Lol what are you even trying to say? Are you on drugs?

[@Grant80]

Don’t know why everyone compares these cars to RWV4? whrn the Hyundai Tucson is the leader.

[@jzvr5842]

China makes the best cars, hybrids and EVs.

[@ryangopaul545]

Heleleoeooeoelleooeleloeleloelel can I get a shout out I wanna get the normal version of this car lol

[@kaniel_outis1]

Money straight to the Chinese Government…

[@kevinbalkwill8426]

Yea funny that same with every other car brand too

[@kaniel_outis1]

@@kevinbalkwill8426 nope…only 30% of global cars made in China.

[@markuc]

Who else gonna pay a premium for stuff dug out of the ground? But most importantly leave politics out of product reviews!

[@kaniel_outis1]

@@markuc ONLY 30% of cars in the world are made in China. Plenty of other alternatives. Once people are aware the Communist Party of China CCP is run by gang of murderous psychopaths, and buying this car would support them, they’d say NO….

[@jzvr5842]

Good, much better than giving money to a terrorist government like the US.