Hongqi E-HS9 Test Drive | Large 7-Seat Electric SUV | The Asians Are Coming!

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[@hemmper]

Front seems designed for presidents, ambassadors and super villains in 007 movies.

[@KrisRifa]

Very well said!

[@reginald7214]

😆 🤣

[@Chris94NOR]

To quote Jeremy Clarkson: "A cartoon baddies car" 🤣 This was when he drove a Hongqi in China from The Grand Tour, but a petrol-powered one Except this time you won't hear them coming 🤣

[@reginald7214]

@@Chris94NOR 😆 🤣

[@lauramechelle6206]

I need to know the price pleas I wanna buy a car

[@leiyue1411]

In China This thing's price is double of byd tang's price. Hongqi hires the previous RR exterior designer and Byd hire the previous Audi designer. So do feel free to accusing both designers steal ideas from their own brains.

[@stephenjacobs5640]

huh

[@evilspiritchild]

Even if they were hired surely you’re not daft enough to believe they had more than very little say. The Chinese are so racist, I doubt they would even follow his design instructions. He’s just there as a decoration so they can sell the car overseas. Don’t be so naive.

[@lilv8577]

@@evilspiritchild Racist? According to your logic, Japan and South Korea are more like this。btw china is not like your country has black slaves

[@theinfralink6598]

Hongqi was the limousine that carried Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai since 1950s.

[@jasonblair4057]

More options for the public to choose from and more competition is always a good thing. 👍👍

[@KrisRifa]

So true!

[@chaoszombie9995]

Wow that interior impressed me.. more impressive then my Audi Q7 I had D:

[@ToreHansen]

I think it looks better than the RR, which in the back looks like a London Taxi....

[@USAF25]

😂😂😂👍👍🏻

[@B4R0N.]

I LOVE that front end, I love the interior, not so sure about the rear, but overall this looks like something I would genuinely want to see in my garage.

[@gpsboladao8874]

front looks mean as fuuuck

[@brienfoaboutanything9037]

Wikipedia about Hongqi (marque): kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4KZm6Nvmat5kNE

[@Vladklx]

Well I really liked the rear unlike ugly Mercedes rear. Honestly it looks elegant than ugly Royce rear

[@gery4870]

Amazing Kris !!! I wanna watch all your tests with this massive E-HS9 !!! Superb collab with Bjorn !!

[@KrisRifa]

Thanks! 😊

[@sjones7986]

That looks like what Ford would make if they decided to build an electric Lincoln Navigator.

[@user-jh6vt8vx4v]

It will defintly feasible for a badge engineering. Consider the design language is similar. They can just get the chassis and suspension fited with Mustang E drive chain with some body work change. Built it in deborn to please uaw.

[@don.timeless4993]

The irony, we're waiting!

[@eylonemuskson4177]

"stealing" actually many of the parts in the car are VW-group parts that they have an agreement to buy.

[@bruce5030]

If they are stealing the parts or technology, VW would sue them long time ago before they even invented this impressive driving machine

[@andrewchew29]

Thats the only word youre familar with. 🥱🥱

[@Isiejeme0829]

Beautiful SUV inside/out. The stats also look very impressive.

[@dwchen1]

I still remember when Jeremy Clarkson and James May goes to China in Top Gear China Special 2012 reviewing some Chinese cars, some of it was Hongqi and the design and quality back then was ridiculous and pathetic, but that was 9 years ago and what Hongqi transformation has achieved nowdays with tech, cool design, and luxuriously bold.

[@proboxpepper6752]

4:58, FAW manufactures cars for Audi and VW in China, they also own the FAW-Audi and FAW-VW joint ventures. That's probably where they got it from.

[@leiyue1411]

It also makes Toyota

[@72wytwolf]

The looks are almost a cross of Lincoln with Rolls Royce Cullinan. Chris, you were mentioning the turning radius feeling tight, does it have rear steering?

[@alfredchen4579]

Because the designer was one of the former head design of RR.

[@mrgoodfind4949]

It’s like eTron meets Rang Rover meets RR. Beautiful. I love how spontaneous and relaxed you are.

[@VVWP]

Correct! Sort of Rang Lover or something

[@suntzu1409]

Range Rover and RR are the same thing /Sarcasmintended

[@suntzu1409]

Maybe not range rover To me its electric GLS with the bonnet of rolls royce

[@boenill]

Looks like a RR, so looks luxury outside, but don't looks like a EV.😉 Impressive inside! My E-tron looks like a plastic car compared to this.😣 Nice to see all of you three that I follow and where I live😉👍🏻

[@MrPeterzhu]

if you have a chance to play it,you'll fall in love with it

[@MrBazsi888]

wow. Art Deco car. Classy design. like a Lincoln + Rolls together

[@moremartin320]

Great review! ... I'm waiting for Bjørn to do the "Banana box" test!

[@davidws5439]

Looks great and very cozy. Nice and large inside and out. I love the look of the grill and chrome 😍.

[@jimnguyen1267]

Will see on the long run!

[@kenric1460]

Looks great 🤩😍

[@guanda76]

Hongqi always makes mean looking tanks. But I love this wicked looking machine.

[@leegoodman7760]

I hope they will come to Northern America, will definitely be my next car.

[@cleey]

Don't touch this brand at least not now. My cousin bought one for nearly 80, 000. Its a terrible car lots of issues. The reliability is a joke. And he's definitely not the only one

[@sunofshangoihate45thihated85]

@@cleey go away troll

[@TD1237]

@@cleey Reliability's superb from what I've heard, certainly better than American brands.

[@cleey]

@@TD1237 😂😂😂whoever told u that he is extremely lucky than

[@JohnAdams-kc8wx]

Love all your videos Kris !! I do actually like the design. Bit of a brick drag wise though !

[@abraxastulammo9940]

50 % worse than Tesla, how can you even disrespect the environment like that? 😱

[@KrisRifa]

Thanks a lot dude! :)

[@KrisRifa]

@@abraxastulammo9940 100% bigger though 🤩

[@apocrypth]

yeah, always great colab with Bjorn, makes even more fun. Maybe just use mics also others, Bjorn was a bit quieter.

[@KyleConner]

Hell yeah brother!! I love this thing - So beeeeeeeeefy. I need to test this out on the next trip overseas

[@V10PDTDI]

Is this the real Kyle Conner ?

[@kulaengineering]

Move to Europe!

[@manfredo4287]

Is this hudge ship suited for the U.S.-market only?

[@syshou]

Audi has a joint venture with FAW Group in China, and they share suppliers in the industrial chain.

[@vinhqngouoc]

I love the exterior of it.

[@carrefourcn]

It can never be too big ,yeah! that's what she said😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 Great video guys

[@arminius6506]

1:46 lol after saying hi Bjorn goes back to the thing he always do.

[@lightrockteam2147]

Great under the bonnet shown - nothing explained! Getting better.

[@talha5007]

One of the best looking ev I have seen. Hats off to HongQi

[@-PORK-CHOP-]

It looks fantastic exterior and Interior

[@taschenonkel]

What was the kwh/100km on your test drive on a country road / high way?

[@janolafonarheim2735]

So happy when you to join together. Good to have a big brother to watch over you😀

[@oykkh29]

Great video kris. I love the car. Will it come to Sweden?

[@gadgetgasspoll2923]

Yes

[@bernardshum2719]

EVs getting bigger starts defeat the purpose that it should be green and environment friendly. The bigger the car, the bigger piece of lithium battery that needs to be disposed some years later.

[@franksun4017]

90kwh isn’t big at all. The F150 has like 150+kWh lol.

[@teofilol2666]

All big cars are not environmental friendly, not only EVs

[@charlesthomas7372]

So where am I supposed to carry my family of seven ?

[@markuc]

Well I suppose if someone was going to get a big car, better it's a EV right? At least you can charge from renewable sources.

[@arminius6506]

Try owning a dokey or horse and see how much pollution they create and you've to feed them like 3 members of a family.

[@Reaperguy67]

This whould be perfect for the United States since alot of people like large cars by the way. Also I'm watching from the United States by the way.

[@KrisRifa]

Yeah, I think you're right!

[@Reaperguy67]

@@KrisRifa ha ha thanks

[@jatterhog]

Many people in the USA are aware of the atrocities committed by the CCP and wouldn’t want to fund it.

[@Reaperguy67]

@@jatterhog I see why

[@rogerbakke2566]

I assume it’s the same large car feeling like GMC Yukon XL or Suburban. Really too large for European cities, but great for a road trip.

[@bruceadam5632]

It's a luxury car and so you have to view it differently to a normal SUV. You should be comparing it to say, BMW 8 or 9 series or even a Rolls. Is this an older version? cos the new ones look different from the Shanghai and Guangzhou show.

[@reginald7214]

Awesome. The 4 seater is even better 😍. The Saudis and various sultans will buy as many as hongqi can make 😆.

[@christophernoble6810]

The front spoils it somewhat. Super luxurious and not that expensive for what it is. Good effort on the part of this Chinese company.

[@KrisRifa]

Yeah, I think a better front end would persuade me on this car!

[@abakrem]

Beautiful car, great review, thanks guys.

[@KrisRifa]

Thanks for watching, liking and subscribing 😊

[@ThoughtfulAl]

It was a good idea to bring Kim Dotcom along for the ride.

[@handsomewong2469]

They are just stunning! Consumers are free to choose!

[@rebwarkader2001]

Looks amazing machine

[@rogerstarkey5390]

When you want a car that says *GET OUT OF MY WAY* !!

[@zhongyunyuan8232]

I am Chinese. Hongqi is very famous in China. Chairman Mao Zedong personally wrote the Chinese character logo. Hongqi is a luxury brand in China!!! Very famous。。 In China, all people who like driving respect Hongqi very much.

[@febrianadji5758]

The design are growing on me

[@jackzhao3878]

When it will be available in USA market? really excited to get one, hope it is not like ABB has all kinds of issue

[@yanchan9711]

forget about it no chance

[@sleepertesla6613]

Hs9 looks really nice.

[@rodlister3098]

Looks like lady Penelope’s car from the thunderbirds LOL Do they have a conferable pink version. I like it and sounds quiet and looks smooth

[@OhMyLaurens]

REALLY like the design, though I would like to see one without all the silvery bits on the rear 1/3 of the side

[@elonma2819]

Agree

[@attnielthomas7856]

Good morning, for future reference consider adding comments on the following. Are mirrors large enough, what are screens for, size comparison to other known vehicles. What about price convert to others. Tire size and what a few buttons controls.

[@honesty_-no9he]

It is AWESOME !!

[@kin9225]

Put bigger wheels on it to fill out the wheel arches and it'll be gangster!! I got a feeling it'll look better if its a saloon!

[@franksun4017]

The car is probably on winter tire. I have seen 22 inch wheels on these in China.

[@uhm175]

There already exist a saloon car of this

[@bojanvirag7506]

Yeah, some buttons are definitely identical to my Audi.

[@otablott7779]

Very impressive ev

[@bobby7674]

Este bomba...sau mai romaneste....E BOOOMMMBAAAA

[@oneviwatara9384]

The front end look amazing.

[@michaelcarney6280]

Front end is OK, I like the back a lot. I'm impressed with the interior

[@SniperSnake50BMG]

I don't know you but I clearly recognized Bjørn Nyland!!! Sensei ninja!!

[@callistoscali4344]

红旗 (hongqi). It means red flag.

[@streetman6661]

love the massive and assertive front. so bad ass.

[@gustavhedelin9302]

Front windshield is always double laminated glass. A standard safety requirement.

[@KrisRifa]

Yes, but we are talking about acoustic glass which should be thicker than normal glass and with a different lamination film.

[@adriancooper78]

I would love to see that car in America. This vehicle is insane. I like it👍😃😎🔥

[@Lucaat]

has a Lincoln vibe to it.

[@karLcx]

no sane european would ever buy anything so large.

[@ackwebde]

Well, we live in Germany. If you have a big dog, 3 kids and want to be able to go on a road trip with luggage it is either this or a bus. I should not be liking this kind of car, but I am a man with a reptilian brain....so I do....

[@hemmper]

Only if you got five kids. But that many kids wouldn't be sane either.

[@ackwebde]

@@hemmper Europe is below replacement rates.

[@mapletree4283]

Or chinese...

[@hemmper]

@@ackwebde not sure everyone should be replaced.

[@Janaale]

The amount of "that's what she said" possibilities in here is too damn high.

[@KrisRifa]

Hahahaha 🤣🤣

[@hammondnordland4822]

Amazing car, great value for money

[@antoniokaramarkov2652]

fantastic car

[@lav1daloca]

This car looks like a home run design. They better offer some nice engine options gas and diesel and a good ZF 10speed automatic

[@heinuchung8680]

I think it looks cool.

[@cs-ub9nq]

Super design...very very nice

[@dokingjonson6173]

Looks nice

[@milosbgd]

beautiful , woowwww

[@yzhang9265]

Lovely design

[@OctavMandru]

No soft closing for the frunk?

[@lilman551000]

I love the exterior

[@TheFreezwater]

Cool!

[@KrisRifa]

Pretty cool car!

[@stephenwensley9328]

Love the carpool style review, but you guys need to upgrade to the second version Rode wireless Go which supports two microphones. Too difficult to hear someone off mic

[@mister_jon_jon]

Really good looking 👌

[@4literv6]

Looks like something either Darth Vader would drive or count Dracula. 😁

[@LordCommandor]

Count Dracula....lmbo!

[@marknorth7361]

I like the fact that it looks different from anything else apart from a Rolls! Keep up the good work! Would be interesting to get your view on the Nio ES8 too

[@cyrusho2797]

How about the Euro NCAP rating for this car?

[@rromancunard]

Woooh, very beautiful and elegant suv. Is the best suv in the world in appearance and tech. 🙏🏻I wish it were reliable. The off roads capability is a development with the time; The most important for win to the other's brands are the reliable in engine and parts, tech and elegant appearance and it's car promise that.

[@badimpulses17]

The Chineze EVs will dominate the American market.

[@ALWH1314]

Nope, US won’t allow any Chinese EV in, that will destroy Tesla, can’t let that happen.

[@markuc]

Exactly. But they'll use any other excuse, I. E. Ethnic cleansing, genocide, Taiwan... US is encouraging China to take Taiwan by force. Strategically it benefits America because Europe will have no choice but to side with America in that case...

[@TonyT-fz8od]

amazing car

[@Shadow-jo5yf]

To be fair, the screens are a bit of an exaguration and probable way way cheaper to finish the dash in screens rather than leather. You say Europe but mention non EU pricing

[@tyresemodeste3518]

will it ever be in rhd???

[@pumpuppthevolume]

the elusive ev ninja

[@adilboudida3412]

how much for this car?

[@ashtaroth1975]

Hongqi goes more after rolls Royce, Lincoln, Bentley or maybach than Audi or Mercedes

[@almac9203]

But they appear to have stolen some Audi components. They have access to Audi components because they produce Audi cars for the Chinese market under license. The look is Rolls Royce style grill in a Range Rover body.

[@booblam6919]

Keep saying that....kindly pass me the keys to the BENZ and thanks....seven

[@andrewchew29]

@@almac9203 keep saying that. Go get a bullock cart n feed it with grass n you can start your journey in a slow, no time limit n reach your destiny peacefully. Go

[@viorelvoicu274]

For once it doesn't looks like something on the market and on the first glance it does look luxurious,i'm curious if it's going to pass the test of time

[@Krystian10]

It looks like a quilt of everything that's on the market . Otherwise known as Chinese garbage

[@adilboudida3412]

how much?

[@wenbo595]

Which country its coming to

[@anthonytsui1161]

Can we test drive in Vancouver, Canada?

[@scottw4208]

Nice I’d buy one in a heartbeat if available in the US

[@MoDizzle92377]

I think this car is alright. The most impressive think that stands out on the car is the front grill. Everything else is ok. The inside kind of remind me of a tesla model Y but a little bigger.

[@bigdog5404]

That's awesome when will it come 😀 to America