Hongqi H9 2.0T: High-class newcomer

Hongqi H9 2.0T: High-class newcomer

Traditionally best known for its line of large state cars dating back to 1958 and their contemporary retro-futuristic Rolls Royce-rivalling ultra luxury Hongqi L5 successor circa 2014, the Chinese manufacturer has also dabbled in the executive segment with rebranded, locally produced variants of the third and fourth generation Audi 100 in the past. 

It is, however, only in very recent years that the automotive FAW Group’s luxury Hongqi brand has become a more commercially minded endeavour with a wider and more modern fleet of vehicles and new export markets.

Expanding at an exponential rate in terms of sales numbers since 2018, the Hongqi brand first began arriving in Gulf markets in the same year, and opened for business in Jordan late last year, with the H9 as its regional flagship saloon. Launched in 2020 and pitched as a luxury car, the elegantly imposing and sumptuously appointed Hongqi H9 however and perhaps more accurately slots in as analogous to something between a long wheelbase Mercedes-Benz E-Class executive car and standard wheelbase S-Class full-size luxury car, in terms of proportions, appointment and model segment.