GREAT WALL MOTORS Australia has at present introduced the discharge of its Haval Jolion Hybrid for the native market. Slated to reach subsequent month, and priced from $40,990 drive-away, the small-segment SUV joins Haval’s bigger H6 Hybrid because the second New Vitality Automobile (NEV) within the Chinese language importer’s vary.
GWM Australia says the Jolion Hybrid is the second providing in an NEV vary which is predicted to develop additional in 2023 however stopped wanting confirming simply which mannequin is subsequent due in its native showrooms.
For now, the Haval Jolion Hybrid will sit atop the mannequin vary and options GWM’s 1.5-litre hybridised petrol engine mated to a Devoted Hybrid Transmission (DHT) to ship mixed outputs of 139kW and 375Nm. The producer says gas financial system returns of 5.0 litre per 100km are attainable on the mixed cycle utilizing common 91 RON unleaded petrol.
The hybrid mannequin’s electronically managed DHT unit is alleged to offer the Jolion with “glorious acceleration and efficiency from low speeds with elevated effectivity and energy at greater speeds” to ship a driving expertise GWM says is “just like that of a battery electrical car”.
Like many related hybrid autos, the Jolion can function in quite a lot of modes together with EV, Collection Hybrid, Parallel Hybrid and Regeneration, with the DHT unit adjusted to supply most effectivity throughout all velocity and cargo circumstances, whatever the drive mode chosen.
The Haval Jolion Hybrid is differentiated from its by-product vary by a brand new entrance grille, entrance LED head- and fog-lights with blue accents, a reprofiled entrance bumper, new rear spoiler and 18-inch alloy wheels. In any other case, the mannequin shares the identical specification and gear ranges as the present Jolion Extremely.
Normal security gear for the Jolion Hybrid consists of Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) with pedestrian, bike owner and crossroads detection, Lane Preserve Help (LKA), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Blind Spot Detection & Lane Change Help, Ahead Collision Warning (FCW) and Site visitors Signal Recognition (TSR).
Like all GWM merchandise, the brand new Haval Jolion Hybrid is backed by a seven-year / unlimited-kilometre guarantee with 5 years’ roadside help and capped value servicing.
GWM says gross sales regionally are up 11.6 per cent of the place they had been final yr, the Haval Jolion making a “important contribution” to the general quantity with year-to-date gross sales of 3769 items, a 185 per cent improve on 2021.
The importer says that provide challenges that had been affecting its inventory ranges for the previous few months look to be diminishing that means it’s prone to see one other report gross sales yr in 2022 with anticipated gross sales of greater than 20,000 items.
2022 GWM Haval Jolion pricing*:
Premium (a) | $27,490 | |
Lux (a) | $29,990 | |
Extremely (a) | $32,990 | |
Vanta (a) | $34,485 | |
Hybrid (a) | $40,990 | New Variant |
*Nationwide drive-away value.
