Crossover Hanteng X7 – based on Volkswagen and BMW

By Lukas Müller On Jun 4, 2022

Crossover Hanteng X7 2016-2017 – photo, price and detailed specifications for the Chinese new hunting X7, from the young company Hanteng Automobiles (Jiangxi Hanteng Automobile Corporation), established in 2013, the technology owners are a new group. By the way, the owners and owners of Zotye Holding, which includes the company Zotye International Automotive Trade Co., Ltd. (Zotye Auto). The official premiere of the new Chinese crossover Hanteng X7 (Hanteng Qiche) took place on May 9, 2016 in Beijing. And so, on September 2, sales of new products began in China. The Chinese compact crossover Okhot X7 is offered in the local market with two petrol turbocharged engines (1.5 turbo and 2.0 turbo), eight fixed trim levels at a price79800-149800 yuan (798-1498 thousand conventional units). According to preliminary information, Chinese new X7 crossover hunting in early 2017, may appear recently.

The Hanteng X7 compact crossover is the brother of the Zotye T600 SUV platform offered in the current market. Both models are built on a single platform, equipped with the same engines (1.5 turbo model 15S4G and 2.0 turbo model 4G63S4T), but the X7 hunting is positioned as a more expensive SUV.

He created a new Chinese crossover Hanteng cars according to a similar recipe with the brother of the platform from Zotye Auto. The exterior of the product is, of course, a collective image of the intersection of the lines of Audi and Volkswagen, the interior is all borrowed from BMW models. Therefore, visually Hanteng X7 at the same time similar to the Volkswagen Tuareg and Audi Q5, as well as, of course, the Zotye T600 and Zotye T600 sports. However, why be surprised if in the model line of the Zotye car subsidiary, every car is a clone: Damai X5 Zotye, Zotye SR7, SR8 and Zotye Zotye Damai, where X7.

With all the resemblance to the crossovers of German automobile companies in China, the novelty looks quite modern and stylish, with the correct and natural proportions of the body, modern headlights and marker lights (xenon, LED), a minimum of chrome decor and original light alloy wheels gives this crossover a sporty look.

For Chinese SUV offers several options for 17-18 inch wheels with tires in size 235/65R17 and 235/60R18.
The external dimensions of the Hanteng X7 2016-2017 body are 4671 mm long, 1902 mm wide, 1697 mm high, with a wheelbase of 2810 mm and 180 mm ground clearance.

Nine paint colors are offered for the appearance of the new Chinese crossover: from white to deep black.

The Chinese five-seat interior of the new car welcomes the driver and four companions with comfortable seats and a modern interior with rich equipment. The design of the front panel and the center console, turned towards the driver, is clearly copied from the Bavarian model, even the screen of the multimedia system is identical. That's just the quality of interior elements and finishing materials are far from the level of premium BMW, there are budget materials. However, in the richest profit, the manufacturer even promises upholstery in Nappa leather and Japanese premium audio Nakamichi.

In the basic configuration of the new Chinese crossover with the original 1.5-liter turbocharged engine, a minimum set of equipment: power windows for all windows, electrically adjustable exterior mirrors, fabric upholstery, a simple audio system (radio, USB), air conditioning, a pair of frontal airbags.

Richer equipment delight and a rich set: xenon, rear-view mirrors with heating and automatic folding, keyless door unlocking system and engine start button, electric parking brake key, panoramic sunroof, electric tailgate, front and rear parking sensors, multifunctional steering leather-trimmed wheels, leather-trimmed seats, driver and front-passenger seats with electric adjustment and heating, dual-zone climate control, multimedia system with a 7 or 9-inch color touch screen (music, phone, navigation, rear-view camera or surround view system), cruise control, side and curtain airbags, stabilization system, hill descent assistant, forward collision warning system with automatic braking, system,monitoring the state of the driver, a system for tracking objects in the blind areas of mirrors and unauthorized crossing of the marking line.

Technical characteristics of the new Chinese crossover X7 Hanteng 2016-2017: independent suspension of all wheels with McPherson struts in front and multi-link rear, disc brakes supplemented with safety, ABS, EBD and BA systems and for a fee the ESC, TCS and VAC key, servo-hydraulic drive exclusively to the front wheels.
In the engine compartment, you have a choice of two four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engines.

Gupt 15S4G 1.5 turbo (150 hp 215 Nm) paired with 5 manual transmissions.
4G63S4T Mitsubishi 2.0 turbo (190 hp 250 Nm) in tandem with a robotic gearbox 6 DCT s.