Dongfeng Fengguang 580 SUV launched on the Beijing Auto Show in China

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The Dongfeng Fengguang 580 SUV has been launched on the Beijing Auto Show in China, looking sweet in blue showing off its shiny shiny grille. The Fengguang 580 is a new compact SUV, it will be launched on the Chinese car market in June, and price will range from 90.000 to 150.000 yuan.

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The Fengguang 580 will be powered by a 1.5 liter turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with an output of 150hp, mated to a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic.

Size: 4680/1845/1715, and wheelbase is 2780. Dongfeng will offer a five-seat and a seven-seat version. Price will range from 90.000 to 150.000 yuan. The Fengguang 580 is manufactured by Dongfeng Xiaokang, a commercial-vehicle division under Dongfeng Motor that makes a range of mini vans, mini MPV’s, and small trucks. The Fengguang 580 is their first true passenger-car SUV.

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The interior looks great for the segment, but it is possibly a tad too gray. This car too is aimed at young car buyers, and they do like a bit more color. The touch screen is large and the infotainment system comes with comes with full smartphone integration, USB and HDMI connectivity, satellite navigation, a wifi hot spot, and permanent 4G internet.

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Earlier spy shot of the system in action.

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The lights are red, the lights are large, and the lights are connected by a shiny strip. Just like almost all the new compact SUV’s from local Chinese automakers.

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The name for the engine series is ‘EuroDriver’. That names reminds us of the early 00’s. Everything car-related was ‘euro’ then, the Chinese thought that sounded modern and high tech-ish. It is very rare to see that kind of a name today, with all the mess in Europe, but Dongfeng does it.

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Security man kept a close eye on my movements. They had a security man at every car. The security man didn’t know about the car. For questions I had to go to the information men. One of those can be seen in the background, wearing a big blue badge around his neck, working his phone. I didn’t dare to disturb him, and anyway, I didn’t really have questions.




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