Haval is the luxury arm of Chinese car maker Great Wall Motors and the firm ruffled some feathers with the impressive Coupe Concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.
Despite the Chinese origin, Haval is designing and making products which effortlessly rub shoulders with its European counterparts. It’s a sharp looking and modern SUV, and despite its coupe designation, it has four doors. You’re probably wondering where you’ve seen this style and shape before, and you’re not wrong if you thought of the BMW X6.
Pierre Leclercq is a Belgian-born car designer who used to work for BMW. By work, I mean he was design chief of BMW’s M division. His creations include the BMW X5 facelift, BMW X6, BMW 3-Series GT as well as many products from BMW’s M Division. He joined GWM in September 2013 and got to work on an SUV concept. It was that concept which has finally seen the light of day at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.
It’s a sleek design and an indication of where Haval is going in terms of look and style of future products. This concept is said to preview the upcoming Haval Sport and is powered by a plug-in hybrid engine. Haval is keeping mum on performance figures, but did claim 2.2l/100km from the all-wheel drive vehicle.
Haval Coupe Concept Gallery
