GWM Haval H6 will get one other facelift, not for Australia

GWM has revealed a mid-life replace for its Haval H6 mid-sized SUV in China, however don’t anticipate it to come back to Australia.

As a substitute, CarExpert understands the present Haval H6 will likely be changed both late in 2024 or early in 2025 with the brand new Haval Xiaolong Max, a brand new world SUV for the model providing plug-in hybrid energy.

For China, the up to date Haval H6 adopts a brand new face with vertical LED daytime operating lights – if largely unchanged headlights – and a grille consisting of dozens of metal-look rectangle trim items, moderately paying homage to the grille on the Hyundai Palisade.

Down again, the present mannequin’s full-width LED gentle bar – which makes it straightforward to identify at night time – has been changed with two separate, extra standard tail gentle clusters.

The Haval H6 additionally seems to be completed in a brand new color, and whereas official inside pictures have but to be launched, in a single leaked picture we will make out what seems to be a bigger infotainment touchscreen.

Unusually, a facelifted Haval H6 was revealed in July 2023, however doesn’t seem on GWM’s Chinese language web site.

This additionally appeared to have ditched the rear gentle bar, however incorporates a dramatically completely different entrance finish with solely a pair of slim decrease openings and a largely body-colour face.

The Haval H6 was as soon as one of many 5 best-selling autos in China, however fell to ninth place in 2022 and dropped out of the highest 10 fully in 2023.

It seems GWM could also be making an attempt to present the mannequin a lift to take it by to the tip of its life.

The present, third-generation mannequin debuted in 2020, arriving in Australia in 2021 to exchange the 2015-vintage mannequin recognized in China because the H6 Coupe; we skipped the second-generation mannequin.

The brand new Xiaolong Max, anticipated to exchange the H6 right here, has so far solely been launched with plug-in hybrid energy.

This automobile was revealed 12 months in the past on the 2023 Shanghai motor present as a “next-gen medium SUV” and “strategic mannequin” for the model, set for introduction to world markets.

It measures 4758mm lengthy, 1895mm large and 1725mm tall on a 2800mm wheelbase – 103mm longer, 9mm wider and 1mm taller than the present GWM Haval H6 on a 62mm longer wheelbase.

That makes it solely incrementally smaller than a Hyundai Santa Fe, although there are solely two rows of seating.

When the battery runs out, the automotive will perform as a standard hybrid and GWM claims it has a extra EV-like drive really feel than different plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUVs.

It options an 85kW/140Nm 1.5-litre Atkinson cycle 4 mated with a two-speed hybrid transmission and 70kW/100Nm entrance and 150kW/350Nm rear electrical motors for whole system outputs of 205kW and 585Nm.

There’s a 20kWh battery that may be charged at as much as 33kW on DC energy, whereas claimed WLTC electric-only vary is 83km with gasoline consumption of 5.5L/100km.

There’s a “sensible system” that may change between 9 completely different driving modes based mostly on real-time highway situations, plus GWM’s Clever Torque Vectoring Management.

In metropolis driving, the Xiaolong Max will change between pure electrical two-wheel drive, sequence hybrid mode, and first-gear direct drive mode to keep away from utilizing the petrol engine. At excessive speeds, it’ll use the second-gear direct drive mode to maximise effectivity.

Brake vitality recuperation additionally options within the system, whereas there’s vehicle-to-load expertise that means that you can run exterior home equipment with as much as 3.3kW of exterior discharge.

Contained in the Xiaolong Max there’s a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, and an extra 12.3-inch touchscreen for the passenger. A ten-inch head-up show is on the market.

Obtainable options embody a panoramic sunroof, surround-view digital camera and semi-autonomous parking help.

A full suite of energetic security and driver assists can be obtainable which incorporates autonomous emergency braking, lane conserving and centring aids, entrance cross-traffic help and visitors jam help.

The present Haval H6 doesn’t supply plug-in hybrid energy in Australia, although such a powertrain is obtainable in different markets.

Right here, it’s supplied with a alternative of a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine with 150kW and 320Nm, or a turbo 1.5-litre hybrid 4 with whole outputs of 179kW and 530Nm.

The Haval H6 additionally provides completely different front-end styling relying on whether or not it makes use of a petroleum or petrol-hybrid powertrain, whereas the H6 GT is a coupe SUV sibling with completely different styling entrance and rear.

It’s unclear what is going to substitute the petrol-powered Haval H6 in Australia, given the Xiaolong Max is (not less than for now) PHEV-only.

The additionally mid-sized Haval Second-Era Large Canine has been spied testing domestically.

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